diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Examples/SimpleApp/MySceneObject.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Examples/SimpleApp/MySceneObject.cs
index 8508dac22b..1218dacc00 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Examples/SimpleApp/MySceneObject.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Examples/SimpleApp/MySceneObject.cs
@@ -5,35 +5,35 @@ using OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes;
 using libsecondlife;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Types;
 using System.Timers;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 
 namespace SimpleApp
 {
     public class MySceneObject : SceneObject
     {
-        LLVector3 delta = new LLVector3(0.1f, 0.1f, 0.1f);
+        private PerformanceCounter m_counter;
         
         public MySceneObject(Scene world, LLUUID ownerID, uint localID, LLVector3 pos, PrimitiveBaseShape shape)
             : base(world, ownerID, localID, pos, shape )
         {
+            String objectName = "Processor";
+            String counterName = "% Processor Time";
+            String instanceName = "_Total";
+
+            m_counter = new PerformanceCounter(objectName, counterName, instanceName);
+
             Timer timer = new Timer();
             timer.Enabled = true;
             timer.Interval = 100;
             timer.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(this.Heartbeat);
+
         }
 
         public void Heartbeat(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
-            if (rootPrimitive.Scale.X > 1)
-            {
-                delta = new LLVector3(-0.1f, -0.1f, -0.1f);
-            }
-
-            if (rootPrimitive.Scale.X < 0.2f)
-            {
-                delta = new LLVector3(0.1f, 0.1f, 0.1f);
-            }
-
-            rootPrimitive.ResizeGoup(rootPrimitive.Scale + delta);
+            float cpu = m_counter.NextValue() / 40f;
+            LLVector3 size = new LLVector3(cpu, cpu, cpu);            
+            rootPrimitive.ResizeGoup( size );
             update();
         }
     }