diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/composer.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/composer.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 42e32d97a..000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/composer.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-app.pages.Composer = app.views.Base.extend({
-  templateName : "flow",
-
-  subviews : {
-    ".flow-content" : "postForm",
-    ".flow-controls .controls" : "composerControls"
-  },
-
-  events : {
-    "click .next" : "navigateNext"
-  },
-
-  formAttrs : {
-    "textarea#text_with_markup" : "text"
-  },
-
-  initialize : function(){
-    app.frame = this.model = this.model || new app.models.StatusMessage();
-
-    /* add class to make this smaller than the default framer */
-    this.postForm = new app.forms.Post({model : this.model, className : "span4 offset1"});
-    this.composerControls = new app.views.ComposerControls({model : this.model});
-  },
-
-  unbind : function(){
-    this.model.off()
-    if(this.model.photos) {
-      this.model.photos.off()
-    }
-  },
-
-  navigateNext : function(){
-    var self = this,
-        textArea = this.$("form textarea.text")
-
-    textArea.mentionsInput('val', function(markup){
-      textArea.mentionsInput('getMentions', function(mentions){
-        var overrides = {
-          text : markup,
-          mentioned_people : mentions
-        }
-
-        self.setModelAttributes(overrides);
-        app.router.navigate("framer", true);
-      })
-    });
-  },
-
-  setModelAttributes : function(overrides){
-    this.setFormAttrs()
-    this.model.photos = this.postForm.pictureForm.photos
-    this.model.set({"photos": this.model.photos.toJSON() })
-    this.model.set(overrides)
-  }
-});
-
-app.views.ComposerControls = app.views.Base.extend({
-  templateName : 'composer-controls'
-})
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
index 88c544738..a4e86a729 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 app.Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
   routes: {
     //new hotness
-    "stream?ex=true:params": 'newStream',
-    "stream?ex=true": 'newStream',
-    "people/:id?ex=true": "newProfile",
     "posts/new" : "composer",
     "posts/:id": "singlePost",
     "posts/:id/next": "siblingPost",
     "posts/:id/previous": "siblingPost",
     "p/:id": "singlePost",
-    "framer": "framer",
 
     //oldness
     "activity": "stream",
@@ -25,26 +21,14 @@ app.Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
     "tags/:name": "stream",
     "people/:id/photos": "photos",
 
-    "people/:id": "profile",
-    "u/:name": "profile"
-  },
-
-  newStream : function() {
-    this.renderPage(function(){ return new app.pages.Stream()});
-  },
-
-  newProfile : function(personId) {
-    this.renderPage(function(){ return new app.pages.Profile({ personId : personId })});
+    "people/:id": "stream",
+    "u/:name": "stream"
   },
 
   composer : function(){
     this.renderPage(function(){ return new app.pages.Composer()});
   },
 
-  framer : function(){
-    this.renderPage(function(){ return new app.pages.Framer()});
-  },
-
   singlePost : function(id) {
     this.renderPage(function(){ return new app.pages.PostViewer({ id: id })});
   },
@@ -80,10 +64,6 @@ app.Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
     $('#selected_aspect_contacts .content').html(streamFacesView.render().el);
   },
 
-  profile : function(page) {
-    this.stream()
-  },
-
   photos : function() {
     app.photos = new app.models.Stream([], {collection: app.collections.Photos});
     app.page = new app.views.Photos({model : app.photos});
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/_mixins.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/_mixins.css.scss
index 546cacf88..bc5d6ed2b 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/_mixins.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/_mixins.css.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* Mixin file for sass.  Here is where we define our variables and
    browser compatability functions used in all scss/sass files */
-@import 'new_styles/new_mixins';
 
 /* Diapora's default color palate */
 $blue: #3f8fba;
diff --git a/app/controllers/people_controller.rb b/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
index 534be62c1..7ba5e2790 100644
--- a/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
@@ -115,15 +115,7 @@ class PeopleController < ApplicationController
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.all do
-        if params[:ex]
-          @page = :experimental
-          gon.person = PersonPresenter.new(@person, current_user)
-          gon.stream = PostPresenter.collection_json(@stream.stream_posts, current_user)
-
-          render :nothing => true, :layout => 'post'
-        else
-          respond_with @person, :locals => {:post_type => :all}
-        end
+        respond_with @person, :locals => {:post_type => :all}
       end
 
       format.json { render :json => @stream.stream_posts.map { |p| LastThreeCommentsDecorator.new(PostPresenter.new(p, current_user)) }}
diff --git a/db/migrate/20120909053122_remove_wallpaper_from_profile.rb b/db/migrate/20120909053122_remove_wallpaper_from_profile.rb
index 60517dda3..de903ae8a 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20120909053122_remove_wallpaper_from_profile.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20120909053122_remove_wallpaper_from_profile.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 class RemoveWallpaperFromProfile < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def up
+    remove_column :profiles, :wallpaper
+  end
+  
+  def down
     add_column :profiles, :wallpaper, :string
   end
-  def down
-    remove_column: profiles, :wallpaper
 end
diff --git a/features/not_safe_for_work.feature b/features/not_safe_for_work.feature
index 0a61a43f0..998ccca5c 100644
--- a/features/not_safe_for_work.feature
+++ b/features/not_safe_for_work.feature
@@ -55,5 +55,6 @@ Scenario: Resharing an nsfw post
   And I wait for the ajax to finish
   And I go to the home page
   #if this is failing on travis throw a random wait in here :/
+  And I wait for the ajax to finish
   Then I should not see "Sexy Senators Gone Wild!"
   And I should have 2 nsfw posts
diff --git a/features/step_definitions/posts_steps.rb b/features/step_definitions/posts_steps.rb
index a89a21f72..28572573f 100644
--- a/features/step_definitions/posts_steps.rb
+++ b/features/step_definitions/posts_steps.rb
@@ -60,3 +60,7 @@ end
 When /^I post an extremely long status message$/ do
   click_and_post("I am a very interesting message " * 64)
 end
+
+When /^I open the show page of the "([^"]*)" post$/ do |post_text|
+  visit post_path_by_content(post_text)
+end
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/pages/composer_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/pages/composer_spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 812950cea..000000000
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/pages/composer_spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-describe("app.pages.Composer", function(){
-  beforeEach(function(){
-    this.page = new app.pages.Composer()
-  })
-
-  describe("rendering", function(){
-    beforeEach(function(){
-      this.page.render();
-    })
-
-    describe("clicking next", function(){
-      beforeEach(function(){
-       this.navigateSpy = spyOn(app.router, "navigate")
-      })
-
-      it("navigates to the framer", function(){
-        this.page.$("input.next").click()
-        expect(this.navigateSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("framer", true)
-      });
-
-      describe(" setting the model's attributes from the various form fields", function(){
-        beforeEach(function(){
-          this.page.$("form .text").val("Oh My")
-        })
-
-        it("instantiates a post on form submit", function(){
-          this.page.$("input.next").click()
-          waitsFor(function(){ return this.navigateSpy.wasCalled })
-          runs(function(){
-            expect(this.page.model.get("text")).toBe("Oh My")
-          })
-        })
-      });
-    })
-  })
-
-  it("stores a reference to the form as app.composer" , function(){
-    expect(this.page.model).toBeDefined()
-    expect(app.frame).toBe(this.page.model)
-  });
-});
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diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/pages/framer_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/pages/framer_spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f615c9290..000000000
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/pages/framer_spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-describe("app.pages.Framer", function(){
-  beforeEach(function(){
-    loginAs(factory.user())
-    app.frame = new factory.statusMessage({frame_name: undefined});
-
-    this.page = new app.pages.Framer();
-    this.model = this.page.model
-    expect(this.model).toBe(app.frame) //uses global state of app.frame :/
-  });
-
-  describe("navigation on save", function(){
-    it("navigates to the current user's profile page", function(){
-      spyOn(app.router, "navigate")
-      this.page.model.trigger("sync")
-      expect(app.router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalled()
-    })
-    // want a spec here for the bookmarklet case
-  })
-
-  describe("initialization", function(){
-    it("calls setFrameName on the model when there is no frame_name", function(){
-      spyOn(this.model, 'setFrameName')
-      this.model.unset("frame_name")
-      new app.pages.Framer()
-      expect(this.model.setFrameName).toHaveBeenCalled()
-    })
-
-    it("sets the frame_name of the model to 'Vanilla' by default", function(){ //jasmine integration test, arguably unnecessary
-      expect(this.model.get("frame_name")).toBe("Vanilla")
-    })
-  })
-
-  describe("rendering", function(){
-    beforeEach(function(){
-      this.page.render();
-    });
-
-    it("saves the model when you click done", function(){
-      spyOn(app.frame, "save");
-      this.page.$("input.done").click();
-      expect(app.frame.save).toHaveBeenCalled();
-    });
-
-    describe("setting the model's attributes from the various form fields", function(){
-      beforeEach(function(){
-        this.page.$("input.mood").attr("checked", false) //radio button hax
-        expect(app.frame.get("frame_name")).not.toBe("Typist")
-        this.page.$("input.aspect_ids").val("public")
-        this.page.$("input[value='Typist']").attr("checked", "checked")
-        this.page.$("input.services[value=facebook]").attr("checked", "checked")
-        this.page.$("input.services[value=twitter]").attr("checked", "checked")
-      })
-
-      it("instantiates a post on form submit", function(){
-        this.page.$("input").trigger("change") //runs setFormAttrs
-        waitsFor(function(){
-          return  this.page.model.get("frame_name") == "Typist"
-        })
-
-        runs(function(){
-          expect(this.page.model.get("aspect_ids")).toEqual(["public"])
-          expect(this.page.model.get("services")).toEqual(["facebook", "twitter"])
-          expect(this.page.model.get("frame_name")).toBe("Typist")
-        })
-      })
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/pages/profile_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/pages/profile_spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ca199d26c..000000000
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/pages/profile_spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,167 +0,0 @@
-describe("app.pages.Profile", function(){
-  beforeEach(function(){
-    this.guid = 'abcdefg123'
-    this.profile = factory.profile({personId: this.guid})
-    this.profile.deferred = new $.Deferred()
-    spyOn(app.collections.Posts.prototype, "fetch").andReturn(new $.Deferred)
-    app.page = this.page = new app.pages.Profile({model : this.profile });
-    this.stream = this.page.stream
-    this.profile.deferred.resolve()
-  });
-
-  it("fetches the profile of the user with the params from the router and assigns it as the model", function(){
-    var profile = new factory.profile()
-    profile.deferred = $.Deferred()
-    spyOn(app.models.Profile, 'findByGuid').andReturn(profile)
-    var page =  new app.pages.Profile({personId : 'jarjabinkisthebest' })
-    expect(app.models.Profile.findByGuid).toHaveBeenCalledWith('jarjabinkisthebest')
-    expect(page.model).toBe(profile)
-  })
-
-  it("passes the stream down to the canvas view", function(){
-    expect(this.page.canvasView.model).toBeDefined()
-    expect(this.page.canvasView.model).toBe(this.stream)
-  });
-
-  it("preloads the stream for the user", function(){
-    spyOn(this.stream, "preload")
-
-    window.preloads = {stream : JSON.stringify(["unicorns"]) }
-
-    new app.pages.Profile({stream : this.stream})
-    expect(this.stream.preload).toHaveBeenCalled()
-
-    delete window.preloads //cleanup
-  })
-
-  describe("rendering", function(){
-    context("with no posts", function(){
-      beforeEach(function(){
-        this.profile.set({"name" : "Alice Waters", person_id : "889"})
-        this.stream.deferred.resolve()
-      })
-
-      it("has a message that there are no posts", function(){
-        this.page.render()
-        expect(this.page.$("#canvas").text()).toBe("Alice Waters hasn't posted anything yet.")
-      })
-
-      it("tells you to post something if it's your profile", function(){
-        this.profile.set({is_own_profile : true})
-        this.page.render()
-        expect(this.page.$("#canvas").text()).toBe("Make something to start the magic.")
-      })
-    })
-
-    context("with a post", function(){
-      beforeEach(function(){
-        this.post = factory.post()
-        this.stream.add(this.post)
-        this.stream.deferred.resolve()
-        this.page.toggleEdit()
-        expect(this.page.editMode).toBeTruthy()
-        this.page.render()
-      });
-
-      context("profile control pane", function(){
-        it("shows the edit and create buttons if it's your profile", function() {
-          this.page.model.set({is_own_profile : true})
-          this.page.render()
-          expect(this.page.$("#profile-controls .control").length).toBe(2)
-        })
-      })
-
-      context("clicking fav", function(){
-        beforeEach(function(){
-          spyOn(this.post, 'toggleFavorite')
-          spyOn($.fn, "isotope")
-          this.page.$(".content").click()
-        })
-
-        it("relayouts the page", function(){
-          expect($.fn.isotope).toHaveBeenCalledWith("reLayout")
-        })
-
-        it("toggles the favorite status on the model", function(){
-          expect(this.post.toggleFavorite).toHaveBeenCalled()
-        })
-      })
-
-      context("clicking delete", function(){
-        beforeEach(function () {
-          spyOn(window, "confirm").andReturn(true);
-          this.page.render()
-        })
-
-        it("kills the model", function(){
-          spyOn(this.post, "destroy")
-          this.page.$(".canvas-frame:first a.delete").click()
-          expect(this.post.destroy).toHaveBeenCalled()
-        })
-
-        it("removes the frame", function(){
-          spyOn($.fn, "remove").andCallThrough()
-          expect(this.page.$(".canvas-frame").length).toBe(1)
-          this.page.$(".canvas-frame:first a.delete").click()
-          waitsFor(function(){ return $.fn.remove.wasCalled })
-          runs(function(){ expect(this.page.$(".canvas-frame").length).toBe(0) })
-        })
-      })
-    })
-  });
-
-  describe("edit mode", function(){
-    describe("toggle edit", function(){
-      it("changes the page's global edit state", function(){
-        expect(this.page.editMode).toBeFalsy()
-        this.page.toggleEdit()
-        expect(this.page.editMode).toBeTruthy()
-      })
-
-      it("changes the page's class to 'edit-mode'", function(){
-        expect(this.page.$el).not.toHaveClass('edit-mode')
-        this.page.toggleEdit()
-        expect(this.page.$el).toHaveClass('edit-mode')
-      })
-    })
-  })
-
-  describe("composing", function(){
-    beforeEach(function(){
-      this.page.model.set({is_own_profile : true})
-      this.page.render()
-
-      /* stub navigation changes */
-      spyOn(app.router, "navigate")
-    })
-
-    describe("invoking the interaction", function(){
-      it("shows the publisher and disables the body from scrolling", function(){
-        expect(this.page.$("#composer")).toHaveClass('hidden')
-        this.page.$("#composer-button").click()
-        expect(this.page.$("#composer")).not.toHaveClass('hidden')
-        expect($("body")).toHaveClass('lock')
-      })
-
-      it("changes the URL", function(){
-        this.page.$("#composer-button").click()
-        expect(app.router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalled()
-      })
-    })
-
-    describe("revoking the interaction", function(){
-      beforeEach(function(){
-        /* invoke the composer */
-        this.page.$("#composer-button").click()
-
-        this.evt = Event
-        this.evt.keyCode = 28
-      })
-
-      it("changes the URL", function(){
-        $(window).trigger("keydown", this.evt)
-        expect(app.router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalled()
-      })
-    })
-  });
-});
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/pages/stream_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/pages/stream_spec.js
index 5e8d9248d..6171a40cd 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/pages/stream_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/pages/stream_spec.js
@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@ describe("app.Pages.Stream", function(){
     expect(this.post).toBeTruthy()
   })
 
-  describe('postRenderTemplate', function(){
-    it("sets the background-image of #header", function(){
-      this.page.render()
-      expect(this.page.$('#header').css('background-image')).toBeTruthy()
-    })
-  })
-
   describe("rendering", function(){
     beforeEach(function(){
       this.page.render()
@@ -30,11 +23,11 @@ describe("app.Pages.Stream", function(){
   context("when more posts are loaded", function(){
     it("navigates to the last post in the stream's max_time", function(){
       spyOn(app.router, 'navigate')
-      var url = location.pathname + "?ex=true&max_time=" + this.post.createdAt()
+      var url = location.pathname + "?max_time=" + this.post.createdAt()
         , options =  {replace: true}
 
       this.page.streamView.trigger('loadMore')
       expect(app.router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(url, options)
     })
   })
-});
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+});
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/framer_controls_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/framer_controls_view_spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 713500662..000000000
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/framer_controls_view_spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-describe("app.views.framerControls", function(){
-  beforeEach(function(){
-    loginAs(factory.user())
-    this.post = new factory.statusMessage({frame_name: undefined});
-    this.view = new app.views.framerControls({model : this.post})
-  })
-
-describe("rendering", function(){
-    beforeEach(function(){
-      this.view.render();
-    });
-
-    it("disables the buttons when you click the X", function(){
-      this.view.$("input.done").click();
-      expect(this.view.$('input').prop('disabled')).toBeTruthy();
-    });
-
-    it("does not disable the frame if it is invaild", function(){
-      spyOn(this.view, 'inValidFrame').andReturn(true)      
-      this.view.$("input.done").click();
-      expect(this.view.$('input').prop('disabled')).toBeFalsy();
-    });
-
-    it("does not disable the frame if it is invaild", function(){
-      spyOn(this.view.model, 'save')
-      spyOn(this.view, 'inValidFrame').andReturn(true)      
-      this.view.$("input.done").click();
-      expect(this.view.model.save).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-    });
-  })
-
-describe("inValidFrame", function(){
-    it("is invalid if the frame has no text or photos", function(){
-      this.view.model = new factory.statusMessage({text: '', photos : []})
-      expect(this.view.inValidFrame).toBeTruthy();
-    })
-  });
-});