diff --git a/bin/arch b/bin/arch
index 61424998..79de39cf 100755
--- a/bin/arch
+++ b/bin/arch
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 # Default is "on"
-p=`basename $0`
+p="cpu-count"
 grep -qs "^$p=0$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" && exit 0
 
 count=`grep -c "^processor.*:" /proc/cpuinfo`
diff --git a/bin/cpu-count b/bin/cpu-count
index 61424998..521b1a64 100755
--- a/bin/cpu-count
+++ b/bin/cpu-count
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 #
-#    cpu-count: count cpu's on a systems
+#    arch: print the machine architecture
 #    Copyright (C) 2008 Canonical Ltd.
 #
 #    Authors: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com>
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-# Default is "on"
-p=`basename $0`
-grep -qs "^$p=0$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" && exit 0
+# Default is "off"
+p="arch"
+grep -qs "^$p=1$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" || exit 0
 
-count=`grep -c "^processor.*:" /proc/cpuinfo`
-[ "$count" = "1" ] || echo $count"x"
+uname -m
diff --git a/bin/cpu-freq b/bin/cpu-freq
index 6c4f5218..dec79174 100755
--- a/bin/cpu-freq
+++ b/bin/cpu-freq
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 # Default is "on"
-p=`basename $0`
+p="cpu-freq"
 grep -qs "^$p=0$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" && exit 0
 
 mhz=`grep -m 1 "^cpu MHz" /proc/cpuinfo | awk -F"[:.]" '{print $2}'`
diff --git a/bin/ec2-cost b/bin/ec2-cost
index 4c91274e..2be1e6d9 100755
--- a/bin/ec2-cost
+++ b/bin/ec2-cost
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ FORCE=0
 DETAIL=0
 
 # Default is "off"
-p=`basename $0`
+p="ec2-cost"
 grep -qs "^$p=1$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" && FORCE=1
 grep -qs "^$p=0$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" && FORCE=0
 
diff --git a/bin/hostname b/bin/hostname
index b95d192b..ebe3ec88 100755
--- a/bin/hostname
+++ b/bin/hostname
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 # Default is "off"
-p=`basename $0`
+p="hostname"
 grep -qs "^$p=1$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" || exit 0
 
 echo "@"`hostname -s`
diff --git a/bin/load-average b/bin/load-average
index 5c743c3a..08cfa8a1 100755
--- a/bin/load-average
+++ b/bin/load-average
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 # Default is "on"
-p=`basename $0`
+p="load-average"
 grep -qs "^$p=0$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" && exit 0
 
 cat /proc/loadavg | cut -d " " -f -1
diff --git a/bin/mem-available b/bin/mem-available
index 92831e7c..46fb3d6d 100755
--- a/bin/mem-available
+++ b/bin/mem-available
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 # Default is on
-p=`basename $0`
+p="mem-available"
 grep -qs "^$p=0$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" && exit 0
 
 mem=`free | grep -m 1 "^Mem:" | awk '{print $2}'`
diff --git a/bin/mem-used b/bin/mem-used
index 269952a9..05779809 100755
--- a/bin/mem-used
+++ b/bin/mem-used
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 # Default is on
-p=`basename $0`
+p="mem-used"
 grep -qs "^$p=0$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" && exit 0
 
 free | awk '/buffers\/cache:/ {printf ",%.0f%%\n", 100*$3/($3 + $4)}'
diff --git a/bin/menu b/bin/menu
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c5bb494e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/menu
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+#    menu: display the menu text
+#    Copyright (C) 2008 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+#    Authors: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Default is "on"
+p="menu"
+grep -qs "^$p=0$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" && exit 0
+
+echo `gettext "Menu:<F9>"`
diff --git a/bin/reboot-required b/bin/reboot-required
index 811ca6da..8a32b345 100755
--- a/bin/reboot-required
+++ b/bin/reboot-required
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 # Default is on
-p=`basename $0`
+p="reboot-required"
 grep -qs "^$p=0$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" && exit 0
 
 [ -e /var/run/reboot-required ] && echo "(@)"
diff --git a/bin/release b/bin/release
index d57a8775..9ad88127 100755
--- a/bin/release
+++ b/bin/release
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 # Default is on
-p=`basename $0`
+p="release"
 grep -qs "^$p=0$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" && exit 0
 
 echo $(/usr/bin/lsb_release -s -i) $(/usr/bin/lsb_release -s -r)
diff --git a/bin/updates-available b/bin/updates-available
index 8b39167d..a337c6dc 100755
--- a/bin/updates-available
+++ b/bin/updates-available
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 # Default is on
-p=`basename $0`
+p="updates-available"
 grep -qs "^$p=0$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" && exit 0
 
 # expire the cache in X seconds; 1 hour by default
diff --git a/bin/whoami b/bin/whoami
index 3f8242b6..c002ae21 100755
--- a/bin/whoami
+++ b/bin/whoami
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 # Default is "off"
-p=`basename $0`
+p="whoami"
 grep -qs "^$p=1$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" || exit 0
 
 whoami