diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ddaa0183..34c31115 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ byobu (2.46) unreleased; urgency=low
     into a single cpu_temp script
   * profiles/common: adjust the formatting-only, and run-only-at-startup
     status scripts to run every 9,999,999 seconds (~115 days), minor
-    performance improvement once a day, easier to identify such jobs
+    performance improvement once a day, easier to identify such jobs;
+    adjust cpu_count and mem_available to run more frequently, as
+    cpu-hotplug and memory-ballooning are becoming more feasible,
+    particularly in VMs
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:53:14 -0600
 
diff --git a/profiles/common b/profiles/common
index e72817e4..825aafea 100644
--- a/profiles/common
+++ b/profiles/common
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ backtick 100	599	599		byobu-status release
 backtick 101 	7	7		byobu-status updates_available
 backtick 102 	5	5		byobu-status reboot_required
 backtick 103 	2	2		byobu-status cpu_freq
-backtick 104 	86017	86017		byobu-status cpu_count
-backtick 105 	86027	86027		byobu-status mem_available
+backtick 104 	43	43		byobu-status cpu_count
+backtick 105 	47	47		byobu-status mem_available
 backtick 106 	2	2		byobu-status load_average
 backtick 107 	13	13		byobu-status mem_used
 backtick 108 	601	601		byobu-status ec2_cost