diff --git a/content/message.txt b/content/message.txt
index 7f81ee2..0584a8a 100644
--- a/content/message.txt
+++ b/content/message.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ type Person = {
 let usr: Person = {
   name: "Kieran",
   nomeDeGuerra: "Kieran",
-  age: 15.834,
+  age: {age},
   roles: [
     "student",
     "developer",
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ let usr: Person = {
   ],
   isAlive: true,
 };
-
 console.log(usr);
 
 console.log("{greeting} This is my plain text site!");
+console.log("{slack_status}");
diff --git a/utils/files.ts b/utils/files.ts
index ea24832..51e065a 100644
--- a/utils/files.ts
+++ b/utils/files.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { getSlackStatus } from "./slack";
+
 // get the greeting from a file and return a random greeting
 async function getGreeting() {
   const greetingFile = await Bun.file("content/greeting.txt").text();
@@ -9,5 +11,18 @@ async function getGreeting() {
 export async function getMessage() {
   let messageFile = await Bun.file("content/message.txt").text();
   messageFile = messageFile.replace("{greeting}", await getGreeting());
+  // get a decimal value of the time since 2008-04-27
+  messageFile = messageFile.replace(
+    "{age}",
+    (
+      (Date.now() - new Date("2008-04-27").getTime()) /
+      1000 /
+      60 /
+      60 /
+      24 /
+      365
+    ).toFixed(10),
+  );
+  messageFile = messageFile.replace("{slack_status}", await getSlackStatus());
   return messageFile;
 }
diff --git a/utils/slack.ts b/utils/slack.ts
index 2ad83d1..59dadc8 100644
--- a/utils/slack.ts
+++ b/utils/slack.ts
@@ -104,3 +104,23 @@ export async function get10DaysLeaderboard(start: Date, end: Date) {
 
   return leaderboardFormatted;
 }
+
+export async function getSlackStatus() {
+  // get slack status from the slack API
+  const response = await fetch(
+    "https://slack.com/api/users.getPresence?user=U062UG485EE&pretty=1",
+    {
+      headers: {
+        Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SLACK_OAUTH_TOKEN}`,
+      },
+    },
+  );
+
+  const status = await response.json();
+
+  return status.presence === "active"
+    ? new Date().getHours() > 20 && new Date().getHours() < 8
+      ? "I'm currently listed as active on slack but i probably forgot to set myself not active :)"
+      : "I'm currently listed as active on slack :)"
+    : "I'm currently listed as not active on slack :( catch you later?";
+}