diff --git a/exercise.sh b/exercise.sh
index ce69a9389a..9b63888dfe 100755
--- a/exercise.sh
+++ b/exercise.sh
@@ -188,3 +188,4 @@ nova secgroup-delete $SECGROUP
 
 # make sure that we can describe instances
 euca-describe-instances
+Mon Oct 31 15:18:21 PDT 2011
diff --git a/files/sources.list b/files/sources.list
index a58eca3b10..77a1bfb52e 100644
--- a/files/sources.list
+++ b/files/sources.list
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ %DIST% main restricted
-deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ %DIST%-updates main restricted
-deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ %DIST% universe
-deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ %DIST%-updates universe
-deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ %DIST% multiverse
-deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ %DIST%-updates multiverse
+deb http://mirror.rackspace.com/ubuntu/ %DIST% main restricted
+deb http://mirror.rackspace.com/ubuntu/ %DIST%-updates main restricted
+deb http://mirror.rackspace.com/ubuntu/ %DIST% universe
+deb http://mirror.rackspace.com/ubuntu/ %DIST%-updates universe
+deb http://mirror.rackspace.com/ubuntu/ %DIST% multiverse
+deb http://mirror.rackspace.com/ubuntu/ %DIST%-updates multiverse
 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu %DIST%-security main restricted
 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu %DIST%-security universe
 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu %DIST%-security multiverse