[aen0]

I highly recommends HTTPS Switchboard or uBlock (same author). They are both faster and better than any Adblocker out there.

[webwanderings]

Giving ublock a try. Going to turn off Adblock Plus while I run it. Will see how it goes.

[wernercd]

This looks like something worth playing with. How does this overlay with other tools like Ghostery? Are there any other tools worth mentioning?

[ac29]

In my experience, you wont need other privacy/ad-blocking tools. See here:

https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/How-does-HTT...