diff --git a/app/views/dashboards/index.html.haml b/app/views/dashboards/index.html.haml
index 86dbeeec9..70357af75 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboards/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/dashboards/index.html.haml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 - if user_signed_in?
   %h1#user_name
     = link_to current_user.real_name, root_path
-    %span.description
-      = my_latest_message
 
 %h1= title_for_page
 = render "shared/publisher"
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index be3cecc82..6f7738030 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@
 
     .container
       .span-24.last
-        .span-3.append-1.last
+        .span-18.append-3.last
+          = yield
+        .span-3.last
           = link_to person_image_tag(User.owner), root_path
           = link_to "Edit your profile", edit_user_path(current_user)
           %br
           %br
           = render 'people/sidebar' if user_signed_in?
-        .span-18.last
-          = yield
 
         .span-24.last
           = render "posts/debug"
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/session_wall.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/session_wall.html.haml
index 19e9d2043..3b85566bc 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/session_wall.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/session_wall.html.haml
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
     = stylesheet_link_tag "sessions"
     /= javascript_include_tag"http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"
     = javascript_include_tag 'jquery142', 'google'
+
+    :javascript
+      $(document).ready(function(){
+        $("#user_password").focus(); 
+      });
   
     = csrf_meta_tag
     = yield(:head)
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 21ad80d48..4c40c470f 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -68,10 +68,7 @@ header {
   color: #555555;
   background-color: #2b2726;
   border-bottom: 1px solid #444444;
-  padding: 8px 0;
-  box-shadow: 0 2px 2px black;
-  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 2px 2px black;
-  -moz-box-shadow: 0 2px 2px black; }
+  padding: 8px 0; }
   header #diaspora_text {
     font-family: "BrandonGrotesqueLightRegular";
     font-size: 24px;
@@ -157,7 +154,9 @@ form {
 
 #user_name {
   display: inline;
-  margin-bottom: 1em; }
+  margin-bottom: 1em;
+  font-size: 70px;
+  line-height: 100px; }
   #user_name a {
     color: black; }
 
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index 9fa68bb69..b7eb20106 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ header
   :border
     :bottom 1px solid #444
   :padding 8px 0
-  :box-shadow 0 2px 2px #000
-  :-webkit-box-shadow 0 2px 2px #000
-  :-moz-box-shadow 0 2px 2px #000
 
   #diaspora_text
     :font
@@ -185,6 +182,9 @@ form
   :display inline
   :margin
     :bottom 1em
+  :font
+    :size 70px
+  :line-height 100px
   a
     :color #000