start page is now not today but the last ten articles

app/controllers/timeline_controller.rb

@@ -3,16 +3,14 @@ class TimelineController < ApplicationController
 
   def articles_for
     if params[:year].nil? or params[:month].nil? or params[:day].nil?
-      @current_date = Time.now
-    else
       @current_date = Time.parse("#{params[:year]}-#{params[:month]}-#{params[:day]}")
+      @articles = Article.find :all, :order => 'published DESC', :limit => 10
+    else
+        @current_date = Time.now
+        @articles = Article.find :all, :include => :feed,
+                                    :conditions => ['published BETWEEN ? AND ?', @current_date.end_of_day, @current_date.beginning_of_day],
+                                    :order => 'published DESC'
     end
-
-    @start_at = @current_date.end_of_day
-    @end_at = @current_date.beginning_of_day
-    @articles = Article.find :all, 
-                                :conditions => ['published BETWEEN ? AND ?', @end_at, @start_at],
-                                :order => 'published DESC'
   end
 
 end