diff --git a/bin/battery b/bin/battery
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b0f26780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/battery
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+#  battery: print the state of the battery
+#  Copyright (C) 2009 Raphaël Pinson.
+#
+#  Authors: Raphaël Pinson <raphink@ubuntu.com>
+#           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 "off"
+p="battery"
+grep -qs "^$p=1$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" || exit 0
+
+search () {
+   local str expr
+   str="$1"
+   expr="$2"
+
+   echo "$str" | sed -n "s/${expr}/\1/p"
+}
+
+
+BATS=$(ls /proc/acpi/battery)
+NB=$(echo "$BATS" | wc -l)
+
+for bat in $BATS; do
+   if [ "$NB" -gt 1 ]; then
+      echo -n "$bat: "
+   fi
+
+   # read files once
+   infofile=$(cat "/proc/acpi/battery/$bat/info")
+   statefile=$(cat "/proc/acpi/battery/$bat/state")
+
+   present=$(search "$infofile" "present: *\(.*\)")
+
+   if [ "x${present}" = "xno" ]; then
+      echo "n/a"
+      break
+   fi
+
+   full=$(search "$infofile" "last full capacity: *\(.*\) m[AW]h")
+   warn=$(search "$infofile" "design capacity warning: \(.*\) m[AW]h")
+   low=$(search "$infofile" "design capacity low: \(.*\) m[AW]h")
+
+   rem=$(search "$statefile" "remaining capacity: *\(.*\) m[AW]h")
+   if [ "$rem" -lt "$low" ]; then
+      color="{= rk}"
+   elif [ "$rem" -lt "$warn" ]; then
+      color="{= yk}"
+   else
+      color="{= Gk}"
+   fi
+
+
+   percent=$(echo "100*$rem/$full" | bc)
+   state=$(search "$statefile" "charging state: *\(.*\)")
+
+   case $state in
+      charging)
+         sign="+"
+         ;;
+      discharging)
+         sign="-"
+         ;;
+      charged)
+         sign="="
+         ;;
+      *)
+         sign="$state"
+         ;;
+   esac
+
+   printf "\005%s|%s|%d%%\005{-} " "$color" "$sign" "$percent"
+done
diff --git a/bin/uptime b/bin/uptime
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..58dcb77d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/uptime
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+#  uptime: condensed uptime of the machine
+#  Copyright (C) 2009 Raphaël Pinson.
+#  Copyright (C) 2009 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+#  Authors: Raphaël Pinson <raphink@ubuntu.com>
+#           Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com>
+#
+#  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# Default is "off"
+p="uptime"
+grep -qs "^$p=1$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" || exit 0
+
+u=$(sed "s/\..*$//" /proc/uptime)
+if [ "$u" -gt 86400 ]; then
+	printf "%dd" `echo "$u" | awk '{printf "%.0f", $1 / 86400 }'`
+elif [ "$u" -gt 3600 ]; then
+	printf "%dh" `echo "$u" | awk '{printf "%.0f", $1 / 3600 }'`
+elif [ "$u" -gt 60 ]; then
+	printf "%dm" `echo "$u" | awk '{printf "%.0f", $1 / 60 }'`
+else
+	printf "%ds" "$u"
+fi
diff --git a/bin/users b/bin/users
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a43bf141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/users
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+#  users: print the number of users on the machine
+#  Copyright (C) 2009 Raphaël Pinson.
+#  Copyright (C) 2009 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+#  Authors: Raphaël Pinson <raphink@ubuntu.com>
+#           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 "off"
+p="users"
+grep -qs "^$p=1$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" || exit 0
+
+printf "#%d\005{-} " `who | wc -l`
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c10d6cb5..cd86b1a9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ screen-profiles (1.43) unreleased; urgency=low
   * UNRELEASED
   * bin/logo: allow users to define their own logo
 
- -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:23:13 -0500
+  [ Raphaël Pinson and Dustin Kirkland ]
+  * bin/battery, bin/users, bin/uptime, profiles/common, screen-profiles:
+    added new status items for battery state, number of users, and system
+    uptime
+
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:45:36 -0500
 
 screen-profiles (1.42-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/po/es.po b/po/es.po
index 6ed0b168..d6b4d64e 100644
--- a/po/es.po
+++ b/po/es.po
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 # This file is distributed under the same license as the GNU Screen Profiles package.
 # Nicolas Valcarcel <nvalcarcel@ubuntu.com>, 2008.
 #
-#: screen-profiles:297
+#: screen-profiles:300
 #, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: 1.0\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2009-03-31 17:36-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2009-04-03 11:01-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2008-12-22 01:01-0500\n"
 "Last-Translator: Nicolas Valcarcel <nvalcarcel@ubuntu.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Exit"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:87 screen-profiles:463
+#: screen-profiles:87 screen-profiles:466
 msgid " Screen Profiles Configuration Menu"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ msgid "Okay"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: screen-profiles:98 screen-profiles:134 screen-profiles:150
-#: screen-profiles:185 screen-profiles:304 screen-profiles:346
-#: screen-profiles:424
+#: screen-profiles:185 screen-profiles:307 screen-profiles:349
+#: screen-profiles:427
 msgid "Cancel"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: screen-profiles:116 screen-profiles:143 screen-profiles:157
-#: screen-profiles:317 screen-profiles:371 screen-profiles:379
-#: screen-profiles:452
+#: screen-profiles:320 screen-profiles:374 screen-profiles:382
+#: screen-profiles:455
 msgid "Menu"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ msgid "Screen Profiles Help"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: screen-profiles:134 screen-profiles:150 screen-profiles:185
-#: screen-profiles:304 screen-profiles:346 screen-profiles:424
+#: screen-profiles:307 screen-profiles:349 screen-profiles:427
 msgid "Apply"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Which profile would you like to use?"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:142 screen-profiles:156 screen-profiles:316
-#: screen-profiles:378 screen-profiles:450
+#: screen-profiles:142 screen-profiles:156 screen-profiles:319
+#: screen-profiles:381 screen-profiles:453
 msgid "Message"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -119,35 +119,35 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Create new window(s):"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:305
+#: screen-profiles:308
 msgid "Toggle status notifications:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:338
+#: screen-profiles:341
 msgid "Windows:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:348
+#: screen-profiles:351
 msgid "Select window(s) to create by default:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:368
+#: screen-profiles:371
 msgid "Screen will be launched automatically next time you login."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:376
+#: screen-profiles:379
 msgid "Screen will not be used next time you login."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:423
+#: screen-profiles:426
 msgid "Escape key: ctrl-"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:426
+#: screen-profiles:429
 msgid "Change escape sequence:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:464
+#: screen-profiles:467
 msgid "<Tab>/<Alt-Tab> between elements | <Return> Validates"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/po/fr.po b/po/fr.po
index fbf64ffd..6895dfd9 100644
--- a/po/fr.po
+++ b/po/fr.po
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 # This file is distributed under the same license as the GNU Screen Profiles package.
 # Nicolas Barcet <nicolas.barcet@ubuntu.com>, 2008.
 #
-#: screen-profiles:297
+#: screen-profiles:300
 #, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: 1.0\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2009-03-31 17:36-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2009-04-03 11:01-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2008-12-17 23:42+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Nicolas Barcet <nicolas.barcet@ubuntu.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Exit"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:87 screen-profiles:463
+#: screen-profiles:87 screen-profiles:466
 msgid " Screen Profiles Configuration Menu"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ msgid "Okay"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: screen-profiles:98 screen-profiles:134 screen-profiles:150
-#: screen-profiles:185 screen-profiles:304 screen-profiles:346
-#: screen-profiles:424
+#: screen-profiles:185 screen-profiles:307 screen-profiles:349
+#: screen-profiles:427
 msgid "Cancel"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: screen-profiles:116 screen-profiles:143 screen-profiles:157
-#: screen-profiles:317 screen-profiles:371 screen-profiles:379
-#: screen-profiles:452
+#: screen-profiles:320 screen-profiles:374 screen-profiles:382
+#: screen-profiles:455
 msgid "Menu"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ msgid "Screen Profiles Help"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: screen-profiles:134 screen-profiles:150 screen-profiles:185
-#: screen-profiles:304 screen-profiles:346 screen-profiles:424
+#: screen-profiles:307 screen-profiles:349 screen-profiles:427
 msgid "Apply"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Which profile would you like to use?"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:142 screen-profiles:156 screen-profiles:316
-#: screen-profiles:378 screen-profiles:450
+#: screen-profiles:142 screen-profiles:156 screen-profiles:319
+#: screen-profiles:381 screen-profiles:453
 msgid "Message"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -119,35 +119,35 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Create new window(s):"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:305
+#: screen-profiles:308
 msgid "Toggle status notifications:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:338
+#: screen-profiles:341
 msgid "Windows:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:348
+#: screen-profiles:351
 msgid "Select window(s) to create by default:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:368
+#: screen-profiles:371
 msgid "Screen will be launched automatically next time you login."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:376
+#: screen-profiles:379
 msgid "Screen will not be used next time you login."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:423
+#: screen-profiles:426
 msgid "Escape key: ctrl-"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:426
+#: screen-profiles:429
 msgid "Change escape sequence:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:464
+#: screen-profiles:467
 msgid "<Tab>/<Alt-Tab> between elements | <Return> Validates"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/po/screen-profiles.pot b/po/screen-profiles.pot
index ea1d9597..f0b19a23 100644
--- a/po/screen-profiles.pot
+++ b/po/screen-profiles.pot
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 # This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package.
 # FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
 #
-#: screen-profiles:297
+#: screen-profiles:300
 #, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2009-03-31 17:36-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2009-04-03 11:01-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Exit"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:87 screen-profiles:463
+#: screen-profiles:87 screen-profiles:466
 msgid " Screen Profiles Configuration Menu"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ msgid "Okay"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: screen-profiles:98 screen-profiles:134 screen-profiles:150
-#: screen-profiles:185 screen-profiles:304 screen-profiles:346
-#: screen-profiles:424
+#: screen-profiles:185 screen-profiles:307 screen-profiles:349
+#: screen-profiles:427
 msgid "Cancel"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: screen-profiles:116 screen-profiles:143 screen-profiles:157
-#: screen-profiles:317 screen-profiles:371 screen-profiles:379
-#: screen-profiles:452
+#: screen-profiles:320 screen-profiles:374 screen-profiles:382
+#: screen-profiles:455
 msgid "Menu"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ msgid "Screen Profiles Help"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: screen-profiles:134 screen-profiles:150 screen-profiles:185
-#: screen-profiles:304 screen-profiles:346 screen-profiles:424
+#: screen-profiles:307 screen-profiles:349 screen-profiles:427
 msgid "Apply"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Which profile would you like to use?"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:142 screen-profiles:156 screen-profiles:316
-#: screen-profiles:378 screen-profiles:450
+#: screen-profiles:142 screen-profiles:156 screen-profiles:319
+#: screen-profiles:381 screen-profiles:453
 msgid "Message"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -119,34 +119,34 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Create new window(s):"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:305
+#: screen-profiles:308
 msgid "Toggle status notifications:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:338
+#: screen-profiles:341
 msgid "Windows:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:348
+#: screen-profiles:351
 msgid "Select window(s) to create by default:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:368
+#: screen-profiles:371
 msgid "Screen will be launched automatically next time you login."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:376
+#: screen-profiles:379
 msgid "Screen will not be used next time you login."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:423
+#: screen-profiles:426
 msgid "Escape key: ctrl-"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:426
+#: screen-profiles:429
 msgid "Change escape sequence:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: screen-profiles:464
+#: screen-profiles:467
 msgid "<Tab>/<Alt-Tab> between elements | <Return> Validates"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/profiles/common b/profiles/common
index 41593e66..2a1d71b7 100644
--- a/profiles/common
+++ b/profiles/common
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ backtick 109 3600 3600 /var/lib/screen-profiles/hostname
 backtick 110 86400 86400 /var/lib/screen-profiles/whoami
 backtick 111 86400 86400 /var/lib/screen-profiles/menu
 backtick 112 86400 86400 /var/lib/screen-profiles/arch
+backtick 113 30 30 /var/lib/screen-profiles/battery
+backtick 114 2 2 /var/lib/screen-profiles/users
+backtick 115 60 60 /var/lib/screen-profiles/uptime
 
 hardstatus alwayslastline
 
diff --git a/profiles/profile.skel b/profiles/profile.skel
index 4d454c47..5a24ff5a 100644
--- a/profiles/profile.skel
+++ b/profiles/profile.skel
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ source /usr/share/screen-profiles/profiles/common
 caption always "%{kW}%?%-Lw%?%{bw}%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%{kW}%?%+Lw%? %= %{=b Wk}%110`%109` %{= kw}%111`"
 
 # Status string, last line
-hardstatus string '%99`%{=b Wk} %100` %{= Wk}%112` %= %{=b bW}%102`%{= Wk} %{=b rW}%101`%{= Wk} %{= Wg}%108`%{= Wk} %{= Yk}%106`%{= Wk} %{= Wk}%104`%{=b cW}%103`%{= Wk} %{=b gW}%105`%107`%{= Wk} %Y-%m-%d %0c:%s'
+hardstatus string '%99`%{=b Wk} %100` %{= Wk}%112` %= %113`%{=b Wk}%114`%{=b Wk}%115`%{=b Wk} %{=b bW}%102`%{= Wk} %{=b rW}%101`%{= Wk} %{= Wg}%108`%{= Wk} %{= Yk}%106`%{= Wk} %{= Wk}%104`%{=b cW}%103`%{= Wk} %{=b gW}%105`%107`%{= Wk} %Y-%m-%d %0c:%s'
 
 # NOTE: Older version of screen have an arbitrary limit of only being able
 # to change colors 16 times in this 'hardstatus string'.
diff --git a/screen-profiles b/screen-profiles
index 3f3c17f7..947b7dfd 100755
--- a/screen-profiles
+++ b/screen-profiles
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ def readwindows():
 def readstatus():
     status={}
     status["arch"]=0
+    status["battery"]=0
     status["cpu-count"]=1
     status["cpu-freq"]=1
     status["ec2-cost"]=0
@@ -259,6 +260,8 @@ def readstatus():
     status["reboot-required"]=1
     status["release"]=1
     status["updates-available"]=1
+    status["users"]=0
+    status["uptime"]=0
     status["whoami"]=0
     if os.path.exists(HOME+'/.screen-profiles/status'):
         f=open(HOME+'/.screen-profiles/status', 'r')