diff --git a/bin/khal_sync.sh b/bin/khal_sync.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b9dba30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/khal_sync.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+notify_khal() {
+	while inotifywait -r -e modify -e create -e delete "${HOME}/.calendars/"; do
+		"${HOME}/bin/vdirsyncer.sh"
+	done
+}
+notify_khal &
diff --git a/bin/lock.sh b/bin/lock.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3956227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/lock.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+notify-send "DUNST_COMMAND_PAUSE"
+
+i3lock-fancy -n
+
+notify-send "DUNST_COMMAND_RESUME"
diff --git a/bin/polybar.sh b/bin/polybar.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4244b54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/polybar.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+# kill running polybar instances
+killall -q polybar
+
+# wait for termination
+while pgrep -x polybar >/dev/null; do sleep 1; done
+
+for m in $(polybar --list-monitors | cut -d":" -f1); do
+	MONITOR=$m polybar --reload example &
+done
+
+polybar example &
diff --git a/bin/tm b/bin/tm
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..aad3dc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tm
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# abort if we're already inside a TMUX session
+[ "$TMUX" == "" ] || exit 0
+# startup a "default" session if non currently exists
+# tmux has-session -t _default || tmux new-session -s _default -d
+
+# present menu for user to choose which workspace to open
+PS3="Please choose your session: "
+options=($(tmux list-sessions -F "#S" 2>/dev/null) "New Session" "zsh")
+echo "Available sessions"
+echo "------------------"
+echo " "
+select opt in "${options[@]}"
+do
+	case $opt in
+		"New Session")
+			read -p "Enter new session name: " SESSION_NAME
+			tmux new -s "$SESSION_NAME"
+			break
+			;;
+		"zsh")
+			zsh --login
+			break;;
+		*)
+			tmux attach-session -t $opt
+			break
+			;;
+	esac
+done
+# vim: set filetype=sh ts=4 sw=4 tw=120 noet :
diff --git a/bin/vdirsyncer.sh b/bin/vdirsyncer.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4a730b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/vdirsyncer.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+set -e
+
+/usr/bin/vdirsyncer sync
+/usr/bin/vdirsyncer metasync
+khal