diff --git a/i3/i3/conky/virtualarch.conkyrc b/i3/i3/conky/virtualarch.conkyrc
index 511fef0..52cae3a 100644
--- a/i3/i3/conky/virtualarch.conkyrc
+++ b/i3/i3/conky/virtualarch.conkyrc
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # vim:set filetype=conkyrc:
-# TODO: coloring of LOAD should depend on number of cpus, as it scales accordingly
 out_to_console yes
 out_to_ncurses no
 out_to_stderr no
@@ -18,79 +17,12 @@ update_interval_on_battery 1.0
 
 TEXT
 [
-{ "full_text" : "     ${cpu cpu0}%\
- " , "color" : "\
-${if_match ${cpu cpu0} <= 25}\#00FF00\
-${else}${if_match ${cpu cpu0} <= 75}\#FFFF00\
-${else}\#FF0000\
-${endif}\
-${endif}\
-" , "min_width" : "CPU 00%" },\
-\
-\
-\
-{ "full_text" : "     ${mem}/${memmax} (${memperc}%)\
- " , "color" : "\
-${if_match ${memperc} <= 50}\#00FF00\
-${else}${if_match ${memperc} <= 75}\#FFFF00\
-${else}\#FF0000\
-${endif}\
-${endif}\
-" },\
-\
-\
-\
-${if_mounted /}\
-{ "full_text" : "     \
-/: ${fs_used /}/${fs_size /} (${fs_used_perc /}%)\
- " , "color" : "\
-${if_match ${fs_used_perc /} <= 70}\#00FF00\
-${else}${if_match ${fs_used_perc /} <= 90}\#FFFF00\
-${else}\#FF0000\
-${endif}\
-${endif}\
-" },\
-${endif}\
-\
-\
-\
-${if_mounted /home}\
-{ "full_text" : " \
-/home: ${fs_used /home}/${fs_size /home} (${fs_used_perc /home}%)\
- " , "color" : "\
-${if_match ${fs_used_perc /home} <= 70}\#00FF00\
-${else}${if_match ${fs_used_perc /home} <= 90}\#FFFF00\
-${else}\#FF0000\
-${endif}\
-${endif}\
-" },\
-${endif}\
-\
-\
-\
-{ "full_text" : " \
-${if_match "${swapperc}" != "No swap"}\
-SWAP: ${swap}/${swapmax} (${swapperc}%)\
-${else}\
-no swap\
-${endif}\
- " , "color" : "\
-${if_match "${swapperc}" == "No swap"}\#FFFFFF\
-${else}${if_match ${swapperc} <= 50}\#00FF00\
-${else}${if_match ${swapperc} <= 75}\#FFFF00\
-${else}\#FF0000\
-${endif}\
-${endif}\
-${endif}\
-" },\
-\
-\
-\
+{ "full_text" : " " }, \
 ${if_existing /sys/class/net/wlp2s0}\
-{ "full_text" : "     \
+{ "full_text" : "      \
 ${if_up wlp2s0}\
 ${if_match "${addr wlp2s0}" != "No Address"}\
-${addr wlp2s0} @ ${wireless_essid wlp2s0} (${wireless_link_qual_perc wlp2s0}%)\
+${wireless_essid wlp2s0} (${wireless_link_qual_perc wlp2s0}%)\
 ${else}\
 No Address\
 ${endif}\
@@ -105,14 +37,14 @@ ${if_match ${wireless_link_qual_perc wlp2s0} <= 25}\
 ${else}${if_match ${wireless_link_qual_perc wlp2s0} <= 50}\
 \#FFFF00\
 ${else}\
-\#00FF00\
+\#FFFFFF\
 ${endif}\
 ${endif}\
 ${else}\#FFFF00\
 ${endif}\
 ${else}\#FF0000\
 ${endif}\
-" },\
+" , "name" : "wireless" },\
 ${endif}
 \
 \
@@ -177,45 +109,33 @@ ${endif}
 \
 \
 \
-{ "full_text" : "     ${loadavg 2}\
- " , "color" : "\
-${if_match ${loadavg 2} <= 0.7}\#00FF00\
-${else}${if_match ${loadavg 2} <= 1}\#FFFF00\
-${else}\#FF0000)\
-${endif}\
-${endif}\
-" },\
-\
-\
-\
 { "full_text" : "     \
-${if_match ${mixer} == 0}\
-mute\
-${else}\
-${mixer}%\
-${endif}\
- " , "color" : "\#FFFFFF" },\
+${pre_exec bash $HOME/.i3/scripts/pa-volume.bash status} " , "color" : "\#FFFFFF" , "name" : "volume" },\
 \
 \
 \
 ${if_existing /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1}\
-{ "full_text" : "     ${execi 5 head -c 1 /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/status} ${execi 5 cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/capacity}% " , "color" : "\#FFFFFF" },\
+${execi 10 bash $HOME/.i3/scripts/status.d/battery.bash conky}\
 ${endif}\
 \
 \
 \
-{ "full_text" : "     ${kernel} " , "color" : "\#FFFFFF" },\
+{ "full_text" : "     ${kernel} " , "color" : "\#FFFFFF" , "name" : "sysinfo" },\
 \
 \
 \
-{ "full_text" : "     $nodename " , "color" : "\#FFFFFF" },\
+{ "full_text" : "     ${execi 60 bash ~/.i3/scripts/status.d/conky_pacman.bash} " , "color" : "\#FFFFFF" , "name" : "pacman" },\
 \
 \
 \
-{ "full_text" : "     $uptime_short " , "color" : "\#FFFFFF" },\
+{ "full_text" : "     $uptime_short " , "color" : "\#FFFFFF" , "name" : "sysinfo" },\
 \
 \
 \
-{ "full_text" : " ${time %a %F %T} " , "color" : "\#FFFFFF" , "name" : "time" }\
+{ "full_text" : " ${time %a %F %T} " , "color" : "\#FFFFFF" , "name" : "time" },\
+\
+\
+\
+{ "full_text" : "" }\
 ],
 
diff --git a/i3/i3/i3bar_clickparser.bash b/i3/i3/i3bar_clickparser.bash
deleted file mode 100644
index f54198f..0000000
--- a/i3/i3/i3bar_clickparser.bash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-line="$1"
-
-log(){
-    echo $* >> ~/.i3/logs/output_i3bar.log
-}
-
-# I'm sorry.
-getval(){
-    echo $(echo "$1" | grep -Po "\"$2\":.*?," | awk -F ':' '{print $2}' | tr -d '",')
-}
-
-log "line: $line"
-
-name="$(getval "$line" "name")"
-log "name: $name"
-
-case "$name" in
-"time")
-    log "starting dzen with cal"
-    (echo "$(cal -1m)" ; sleep 15s) | dzen2 -w 100 -l 10 -x 1700 -y 20 &
-    ;;
-"mpd_status")
-    mpc toggle
-    ;;
-esac
-
diff --git a/i3/i3/i3bar_parser.bash b/i3/i3/i3bar_parser.bash
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e8e951..0000000
--- a/i3/i3/i3bar_parser.bash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-while read line; do
-    echo $line
-    echo $line >> ~/.i3/output_i3bar.log
-done
diff --git a/i3/i3/i3bar_wrapper.bash b/i3/i3/i3bar_wrapper.bash
index 62f7423..27086cf 100644
--- a/i3/i3/i3bar_wrapper.bash
+++ b/i3/i3/i3bar_wrapper.bash
@@ -1,8 +1,59 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # From http://i3wm.org/docs/user-contributed/conky-i3bar.html
 
+# the height of the i3bar in pixels. used to align the yad windows.
+I3BAR_HEIGHT=24
+
+# the width of the screen in pixels.
+X_MAX=1920
+
+# paths to scripts used.
+PA_VOLUME_SCRIPT="$HOME/.i3/scripts/pa-volume.bash"
+I3BAR_UPDATE="$HOME/.i3/scripts/update-status.bash"
+LOGFILE="$HOME/.i3/logs/output_i3bar.log"
+SCRIPTS_SYSINFO="$HOME/.i3/scripts/status.d/sysinfo.bash"
+SCRIPTS_WIRELESS="$HOME/.i3/scripts/status.d/wireless.bash"
+SCRIPTS_BATTERY="$HOME/.i3/scripts/status.d/battery.bash"
+SCRIPTS_PACMAN="$HOME/.i3/scripts/status.d/pacman.bash"
+PIDFILE="$HOME/.i3/logs/conky.pid"
+
+COLOR_FG="#FFFFFF"
+COLOR_BG="#222222"
+
+GTK_THEME="/usr/share/themes/Boje-Greyscale/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"
+YAD_PREFIX="GTK2_RC_FILES=$GTK_THEME"
+
+FONT="DejaVu Sans Mono 11"
+
+echo > "$LOGFILE"
+
+log() {
+    echo $* >> "$LOGFILE"
+}
+
+update() {
+    bash $I3BAR_UPDATE
+}
+
+get_x() {
+    x=$1
+    width=$2
+    pos=$(( $x - ($width / 2) ))
+    if [[ $(( $pos + $width )) -gt $X_MAX ]] ; then
+        log "window would exceed the right screen border. adjusting"
+        pos=$(( $X_MAX - $width ))
+    fi
+    echo $pos
+}
+
+# I'm sorry.
+getval() {
+    echo $(echo "$1" | grep -Po "\"$2\":.*?," | awk -F ':' '{print $2}' | tr -d '",')
+}
+
 path_conkyrc="$1"
 
+
 # end the header so that i3bar knows we want to use JSON:
 echo '{ "version" : 1 , "click_events" : true }'
 
@@ -15,7 +66,136 @@ echo '[],'
 # Now send blocks with information forever:
 conky -c "$path_conkyrc" &
 
-while read input ; do
-    bash ~/.i3/i3bar_clickparser.bash "$input"
+echo $! > "$PIDFILE"
+
+while read line ; do
+    # This part must not produce any output to stdout as this would be sent
+    # to i3bar and crash it due to wrong formatting.
+
+    log "line: $line"
+
+    name="$(getval "$line" "name")"
+    log "name: $name"
+
+    case "$name" in
+
+    "pacman")
+        width=500
+        height=700
+        x=$(get_x $(getval "$line" "x") $width)
+        bash "$SCRIPTS_PACMAN" | env $YAD_PREFIX yad \
+            --text-info \
+            --class=yad-status \
+            --button !gtk-apply:0 \
+            --button "update"!go-down:1 \
+            --button "reload"!gtk-refresh:2 \
+            --buttons-layout center \
+            --fore "$COLOR_FG" \
+            --back "$COLOR_BG" \
+            --fontname="$FONT" \
+            --geometry ${width}x${height}+${x}+${I3BAR_HEIGHT}
+        button=$?
+        if [[ $button == 1 ]] ; then
+            log "update requested"
+            urxvt -e sudo pacman -Syu
+        elif [[ $button == 2 ]] ; then
+            log "packagelist reload requested"
+            urxvt -e sudo pacman -Sy
+        fi
+        ;;
+    "wireless")
+        width=500
+        height=700
+        x=$(get_x $(getval "$line" "x") $width)
+        bash "$SCRIPTS_WIRELESS" | env $YAD_PREFIX yad \
+            --text-info \
+            --class=yad-status \
+            --button !gtk-apply:0 \
+            --buttons-layout center \
+            --fore "$COLOR_FG" \
+            --back "$COLOR_BG" \
+            --fontname="$FONT" \
+            --geometry ${width}x${height}+${x}+${I3BAR_HEIGHT}
+        ;;
+    "battery")
+        width=250
+        height=150
+        x=$(get_x $(getval "$line" "x") $width)
+        bash "$SCRIPTS_BATTERY" | env $YAD_PREFIX yad \
+            --text-info \
+            --class=yad-status \
+            --button !gtk-apply:0 \
+            --buttons-layout center \
+            --fore "$COLOR_FG" \
+            --back "$COLOR_BG" \
+            --fontname="$FONT" \
+            --geometry ${width}x${height}+${x}+${I3BAR_HEIGHT}
+        ;;
+    "time")
+        width=300
+        height=0
+        x=$(get_x $(getval "$line" "x") $width)
+        env $YAD_PREFIX yad \
+            --calendar \
+            --class=yad-status \
+            --button !gtk-apply:0 \
+            --buttons-layout center \
+            --geometry ${width}x${height}+${x}+${I3BAR_HEIGHT} >/dev/null
+        ;;
+    "mpd_status")
+        mpc toggle
+        ;;
+    "sysinfo")
+        # i should rather write an extra script
+        width=600
+        height=800
+        x=$(get_x $(getval "$line" "x") $width)
+        bash "$SCRIPTS_SYSINFO" | env $YAD_PREFIX yad \
+            --text-info \
+            --class=yad-status \
+            --button !gtk-apply:0 \
+            --buttons-layout center \
+            --fore "$COLOR_FG" \
+            --back "$COLOR_BG" \
+            --fontname="$FONT" \
+            --geometry ${width}x${height}+${x}+${I3BAR_HEIGHT}
+        ;;
+    "volume")
+        width=300
+        height=0
+        x=$(get_x $(getval "$line" "x") $width)
+        vol=$(bash $PA_VOLUME_SCRIPT get-vol)
+        log "got current volume: $vol"
+        is_muted=$(bash $PA_VOLUME_SCRIPT is-muted)
+        if [[ "$is_muted" == 0 ]] ; then
+            button_mute_text="mute"
+        else
+            button_mute_text="unmute"
+        fi
+        newvol=$(env $YAD_PREFIX yad \
+            --text=Volume: \
+            --scale \
+            --class=yad-status \
+            --button !gtk-apply:0 \
+            --button !gtk-cancel:1 \
+            --button ${button_mute_text}!:2 \
+            --buttons-layout center \
+            --value $vol \
+            --text-align center \
+            --min-value 0 \
+            --max-value 100 \
+            --step 1 \
+            --geometry ${width}x${height}+${x}+${I3BAR_HEIGHT}
+        )
+        button=$?
+        if [[ $button == 2 ]] ; then
+            bash $PA_VOLUME_SCRIPT mute-toggle
+        elif [[ $button == 0 ]] ; then
+            bash $PA_VOLUME_SCRIPT set-vol $newvol
+        fi
+        update
+        ;;
+    esac
+
 done
 
diff --git a/i3/i3/scripts/update-status.bash b/i3/i3/scripts/update-status.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..981d110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i3/i3/scripts/update-status.bash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+kill -SIGUSR1 $(cat $HOME/.i3/logs/conky.pid)