diff --git a/i3blocks/config b/i3blocks/config
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+# Global properties
+command=~/.config/i3blocks/$BLOCK_NAME
+separator_block_width=15
+markup=none
+
+[volume]
+label=🔈
+interval=once
+signal=10
+
+[cpu]
+label=CPU
+interval=1
diff --git a/i3blocks/cpu b/i3blocks/cpu
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+utilisation=$(mpstat | awk '$12 ~ /[0-9.]+/ { print 100 - $12"%" }')
+temperature_path=/sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/hwmon/hwmon*/temp1_input
+load="↑ $(awk '{print $1}' /proc/loadavg)"
+temperature=$(($(cat $temperature_path)/1000))°C
+
+echo $utilisation $load $temperature 
diff --git a/i3blocks/volume b/i3blocks/volume
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (C) 2014 Julien Bonjean <julien@bonjean.info>
+# Copyright (C) 2014 Alexander Keller <github@nycroth.com>
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# The second parameter overrides the mixer selection
+# For PulseAudio users, eventually use "pulse"
+# For Jack/Jack2 users, use "jackplug"
+# For ALSA users, you may use "default" for your primary card
+# or you may use hw:# where # is the number of the card desired
+if [[ -z "$MIXER" ]] ; then
+    MIXER="default"
+    if command -v pulseaudio >/dev/null 2>&1 && pulseaudio --check ; then
+        # pulseaudio is running, but not all installations use "pulse"
+        if amixer -D pulse info >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+            MIXER="pulse"
+        fi
+    fi
+    [ -n "$(lsmod | grep jack)" ] && MIXER="jackplug"
+    MIXER="${2:-$MIXER}"
+fi
+
+# The instance option sets the control to report and configure
+# This defaults to the first control of your selected mixer
+# For a list of the available, use `amixer -D $Your_Mixer scontrols`
+if [[ -z "$SCONTROL" ]] ; then
+    SCONTROL="${BLOCK_INSTANCE:-$(amixer -D $MIXER scontrols |
+                      sed -n "s/Simple mixer control '\([^']*\)',0/\1/p" |
+                      head -n1
+                    )}"
+fi
+
+# The first parameter sets the step to change the volume by (and units to display)
+# This may be in in % or dB (eg. 5% or 3dB)
+if [[ -z "$STEP" ]] ; then
+    STEP="${1:-5%}"
+fi
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+capability() { # Return "Capture" if the device is a capture device
+  amixer -D $MIXER get $SCONTROL |
+    sed -n "s/  Capabilities:.*cvolume.*/Capture/p"
+}
+
+volume() {
+  amixer -D $MIXER get $SCONTROL $(capability)
+}
+
+format() {
+  
+  perl_filter='if (/.*\[(\d+%)\] (\[(-?\d+.\d+dB)\] )?\[(on|off)\]/)'
+  perl_filter+='{CORE::say $4 eq "off" ? "MUTE" : "'
+  # If dB was selected, print that instead
+  perl_filter+=$([[ $STEP = *dB ]] && echo '$3' || echo '$1')
+  perl_filter+='"; exit}'
+  output=$(perl -ne "$perl_filter")
+  echo "$LABEL$output"
+}
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+case $BLOCK_BUTTON in
+  3) amixer -q -D $MIXER sset $SCONTROL $(capability) toggle ;;  # right click, mute/unmute
+  4) amixer -q -D $MIXER sset $SCONTROL $(capability) ${STEP}+ unmute ;; # scroll up, increase
+  5) amixer -q -D $MIXER sset $SCONTROL $(capability) ${STEP}- unmute ;; # scroll down, decrease
+esac
+
+volume | format