Hi all.
Thanks for the plug Vizier87. Though I would like to point out that many many people here are as much or more skilled than I am, some even in this thread. All I have is experience and knowledge in the area. With that particular project, I had a light bulb of an idea, and I just focused my effort in to it. The image you have was the result. But It could have been anyone probably.
The original "Joule Thief" circuit is plenty efficient, it's the reason I chose it for my project. It's actually one of the most efficient of the simple converters out there. That's why it's so popular. My only beef with it was that, in it's basic form, it is totally unregulated and easily capable of destroying LED's and other things if you are not careful. So I added regulation. My circuit is, in theory, just as efficient as the original, as it uses the original in whole as the core.