diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index 2667ddddc4..e7c95d35c9 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ if(! function_exists('replace_macros')) {
 function replace_macros($s,$r) {
 	global $t;
 	
-	return $t->replace($s,$r);
+	//$ts = microtime();
+	$r =  $t->replace($s,$r);
+	//$tt = microtime() - $ts;
+	
+	//$a = get_app();
+	//$a->page['debug'] .= "$tt <br>\n";
+	return $r;
 
 }}
 
@@ -731,9 +737,10 @@ function smilies($s, $sample = false) {
 		':headdesk',
 		'~friendika', 
 		'~friendica', 
-		'Diaspora*', 
+//		'Diaspora*' 
 		':beard',
 		':whitebeard'
+
 	);
 
 	$icons = array(
@@ -774,10 +781,9 @@ function smilies($s, $sample = false) {
 		'<img src="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/smiley-bangheaddesk.gif" alt=":headdesk" />',
 		'<a href="http://project.friendika.com">~friendika <img src="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/friendika-16.png" alt="~friendika" /></a>',
 		'<a href="http://friendica.com">~friendica <img src="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/friendica-16.png" alt="~friendica" /></a>',
-		'<a href="http://diasporafoundation.org">Diaspora<img src="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/diaspora.png" alt="Diaspora*" /></a>',
+//		'<a href="http://diasporafoundation.org">Diaspora<img src="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/diaspora.png" alt="Diaspora*" /></a>',
 		'<img src="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/beard.jpg" alt=":beard" />',
 		'<img src="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/whitebeard.jpg" alt=":whitebeard" />'
-
 	);
 
 	$params = array('texts' => $texts, 'icons' => $icons, 'string' => $s);
@@ -790,6 +796,7 @@ function smilies($s, $sample = false) {
 		}
 	}
 	else {
+		$params['string'] = preg_replace_callback('/&lt;(3+)/','preg_heart',$params['string']);
 		$s = str_replace($params['texts'],$params['icons'],$params['string']);
 	}
 
@@ -808,7 +815,18 @@ function smile_decode($m) {
 	return(str_replace($m[1],base64url_decode($m[1]),$m[0]));
 }
 
+// expand <3333 to the correct number of hearts
 
+function preg_heart($x) {
+	$a = get_app();
+	if(strlen($x[1]) == 1)
+		return $x[0];
+	$t = '';
+	for($cnt = 0; $cnt < strlen($x[1]); $cnt ++)
+		$t .= '<img src="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/smiley-heart.gif" alt="<3" />';
+	$r =  str_replace($x[0],$t,$x[0]);
+	return $r;
+}
 
 
 if(! function_exists('day_translate')) {
@@ -1000,7 +1018,7 @@ function lang_selector() {
 			}
 			$ll = substr($l,5);
 			$ll = substr($ll,0,strrpos($ll,'/'));
-			$selected = (($ll === $lang && (x($_SESSION['language']))) ? ' selected="selected" ' : '');
+			$selected = (($ll === $lang && (x($_SESSION, 'language'))) ? ' selected="selected" ' : '');
 			$o .= '<option value="' . $ll . '"' . $selected . '>' . $ll . '</option>';
 		}
 	}
@@ -1205,3 +1223,16 @@ function reltoabs($text, $base)
   return $text;
 }
 
+function item_post_type($item) {
+	if(intval($item['event-id']))
+		return t('event');
+	if(strlen($item['resource-id']))
+		return t('photo');
+	if(strlen($item['verb']) && $item['verb'] !== ACTIVITY_POST)
+		return t('activity');
+	if($item['id'] != $item['parent'])
+		return t('comment');
+	return t('post');
+}
+
+