diff --git a/content/style.css b/content/style.css
index 8eacec1..cea6425 100644
--- a/content/style.css
+++ b/content/style.css
@@ -111,15 +111,6 @@ ul {
     padding-left: 1em;
 }
 
-/* colors for techne states */
-span.techne_done {
-    color: green;
-}
-
-span.techne_rough {
-    color: red;
-}
-
 em {
     color: #562D6F;
     font-style: italic;
diff --git a/layouts/category.erb b/layouts/category.erb
index 40dc7c9..5857080 100644
--- a/layouts/category.erb
+++ b/layouts/category.erb
@@ -30,5 +30,3 @@ end %>
 <div style='clear: both'></div>
 
 <% end %>
-
-<!-- <div class='category_item'> -->
diff --git a/lib/default.rb b/lib/default.rb
index 71d34dd..b7e4a75 100644
--- a/lib/default.rb
+++ b/lib/default.rb
@@ -21,80 +21,7 @@ def category name
   render "category", :category => name
 end
 
-def techne status
-  case status
-  when :rough
-    "needs revisiting"
-  when :incomplete
-    "work in progress"
-  when :done
-    "finished"
-  else
-    status.to_s
-  end
-end
-
-def episteme_cat status
-  s = case status
-      when :broken
-        "partly believed"
-      when :discredited
-        "not believed"
-      else
-        status.to_s
-      end
-  "[#{s}][Epistemic State]{:.episteme}"
-end
-
 # only articles that actually get printed
 def printed_items
   @items.select { |i| not i[:is_hidden] and not i.binary? }
 end
-
-# build rss feed
-def rss_feed
-  require "rss/maker"
-  version = "2.0"
-
-  # find changelog
-  log = @items.find{|i| i.identifier.match %r{/changelog/}}
-  
-  content = RSS::Maker.make(version) do |rss|
-    rss.channel.title = "Lies and Wonderland"
-    rss.channel.link = "http://muflax.com"
-    rss.channel.author = "mail@muflax.com"
-    rss.channel.description = "Lies and Wonderland"
-    rss.channel.date = log.mtime
-    rss.items.do_sort = true # sort items by date
-
-    changes(log).each do |change|
-      i = rss.items.new_item
-      i.title = "muflax hath written unto you..."
-      i.link = "http://muflax.com/changelog/"
-      i.date = Time.parse(change[:date])
-      i.description = change[:description]
-    end
-  end
-
-  content
-end
-
-# return changes based on changelog
-def changes log
-  require 'nokogiri'
-
-  changes = []
-
-  # parse log
-  html_log = Nokogiri::HTML(log.compiled_content)
-  html_log.css("ul#changelog").each do |ul|
-    ul.css("li").each do |li|
-      change = {}
-      change[:description] = li.children.to_s.strip
-      change[:date] = li.content[%r{\d{4}/\d{2}/\d{2}}]
-      changes << change
-    end
-  end
-
-  changes
-end
diff --git a/lib/episteme.rb b/lib/episteme.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ce2bed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/episteme.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Helper functions for epistemic states.
+
+def techne status
+  case status
+  when :rough
+    "needs revisiting"
+  when :incomplete
+    "work in progress"
+  when :done
+    "finished"
+  else
+    status.to_s
+  end
+end
+
+def episteme_cat status
+  s = case status
+      when :broken
+        "partly believed"
+      when :discredited
+        "not believed"
+      else
+        status.to_s
+      end
+  "[#{s}][Epistemic State]{:.episteme}"
+end
diff --git a/lib/rss.rb b/lib/rss.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52b941e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rss.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# build rss feed
+def rss_feed
+  require "rss/maker"
+  version = "2.0"
+
+  # find changelog
+  log = @items.find{|i| i.identifier.match %r{/changelog/}}
+  
+  content = RSS::Maker.make(version) do |rss|
+    rss.channel.title = "Lies and Wonderland"
+    rss.channel.link = "http://muflax.com"
+    rss.channel.author = "mail@muflax.com"
+    rss.channel.description = "Lies and Wonderland"
+    rss.channel.date = log.mtime
+    rss.items.do_sort = true # sort items by date
+
+    changes(log).each do |change|
+      i = rss.items.new_item
+      i.title = "muflax hath written unto you..."
+      i.link = "http://muflax.com/changelog/"
+      i.date = Time.parse(change[:date])
+      i.description = change[:description]
+    end
+  end
+
+  content
+end
+
+# return changes based on changelog
+def changes log
+  require 'nokogiri'
+
+  changes = []
+
+  # parse log
+  html_log = Nokogiri::HTML(log.compiled_content)
+  html_log.css("ul#changelog").each do |ul|
+    ul.css("li").each do |li|
+      change = {}
+      change[:description] = li.children.to_s.strip
+      change[:date] = li.content[%r{\d{4}/\d{2}/\d{2}}]
+      changes << change
+    end
+  end
+
+  changes
+end