As I understand that, it's a caching problem. Reported over here: <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+bug/642860">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+bug/642860</a> It's a new problem from previous releases, because they're trying something new: the countdown is just a single external image that you link to instead of a crazy JavaScript / iframe thing. Dylan