diff --git a/hc/front/views.py b/hc/front/views.py
index 49abadad..dcd007cf 100644
--- a/hc/front/views.py
+++ b/hc/front/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from collections import Counter
 from datetime import timedelta as td
+from itertools import tee
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
@@ -15,6 +16,14 @@ from hc.api.models import Channel, Check, Ping
 from hc.front.forms import AddChannelForm, NameTagsForm, TimeoutForm
 
 
+# from itertools recipes:
+def pairwise(iterable):
+    "s -> (s0,s1), (s1,s2), (s2, s3), ..."
+    a, b = tee(iterable)
+    next(b, None)
+    return zip(a, b)
+
+
 @login_required
 def my_checks(request):
     checks = Check.objects.filter(user=request.user).order_by("created")
@@ -185,30 +194,31 @@ def log(request, code):
 
     profile = Profile.objects.for_user(request.user)
     limit = profile.ping_log_limit
-    pings = Ping.objects.filter(owner=check).order_by("-created")[:limit]
+    pings = Ping.objects.filter(owner=check).order_by("created")[:limit]
+    pings = list(pings)
+
+    # Add a dummy ping object at the end. We iterate over *pairs* of pings
+    # and don't want to handle a special case of a check with a single ping.
+    pings.append(Ping(created=timezone.now()))
 
     # Now go through pings, calculate time gaps, and decorate
     # the pings list for convenient use in template
     wrapped = []
-    now = timezone.now()
-    for i, ping in enumerate(pings):
-        prev = now if i == 0 else pings[i - 1].created
-
-        duration = prev - ping.created
-        if duration > check.timeout:
-            downtime = {"prev_date": prev, "date": ping.created}
-            if i > 0:
-                wrapped[-1]["status"] = "late"
 
-            if duration > check.timeout + check.grace:
-                downtime["down"] = True
-                if i > 0:
-                    wrapped[-1]["status"] = "down"
+    early = False
+    for older, newer in pairwise(pings):
+        wrapped.append({"ping": older, "early": early})
 
-            wrapped.append(downtime)
+        # Fill in "missed ping" placeholders:
+        expected_date = older.created + check.timeout
+        while expected_date + check.grace < newer.created:
+            wrapped.append({"placeholder_date": expected_date})
+            expected_date = expected_date + check.timeout
 
-        wrapped.append({"ping": ping})
+        # Prepare early flag for next ping to come
+        early = older.created + check.timeout > newer.created + check.grace
 
+    wrapped.reverse()
     ctx = {
         "check": check,
         "pings": wrapped
diff --git a/static/css/log.css b/static/css/log.css
index cd419af1..9327a0ca 100644
--- a/static/css/log.css
+++ b/static/css/log.css
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 #log td {
     color: #444;
-    padding: 16px 8px;
     position: relative;
     border: 0;
     border-bottom: 1px solid #E5E5E5;
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@
     white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
-#log .date {
+#log .date, #log .time {
     display: inline-block;
     width: 70px;
 }
@@ -36,52 +35,12 @@
     font-size: 11px;
 }
 
-
-#log .bullet {
-    position: absolute;
-    display: block;
-    top: 50%;
-    margin-top: -6px;
-    left: 0;
-    width: 12px;
-    height: 12px;
-    border: 2px solid #FFF;
-    border-radius: 6px;
-    background: #376f37;
-}
-
-#log .tl {
-    position: absolute;
-    left: 4px;
-    width: 4px;
-    background: #5cb85c;
-}
-
-#log .top {
-    top: 0;
-    height: 50%;
-}
-
-#log .bottom {
-    top: 50%;
-    height: 50%;
+#log .ok {
+    color: #5cb85c;
 }
 
-#log .full-down {
-    top: 0;
-    height: 100%;
-    background: #d9534f;
-}
-
-#log .down { background: #d9534f; }
-#log .late { background: #f0ad4e; }
-
-#log .tl-cell {
-    border: 0;
+#log tr.missing td {
+    color: #d9534f;
+    background: #fff3f2;
 }
 
-#log .downtime-cell {
-    border: 0;
-    font-size: small;
-    color: #d9534f;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/front/log.html b/templates/front/log.html
index 52d3f64f..e5afd369 100644
--- a/templates/front/log.html
+++ b/templates/front/log.html
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
         Note: Dates and times are displayed in <strong>UTC</strong>.
     </p>
 
-
     <div class="table-responsive">
     <table class="table" id="log">
         <tr>
@@ -35,11 +34,9 @@
         </tr>
         {% for record in pings %}
         {% if record.ping %}
-        <tr>
-            <td class="tl-cell">
-                <div class="tl top"></div>
-                <div class="tl bottom {{ record.status }}"></div>
-                <div class="bullet"></div>
+        <tr class="ok {% if record.early %} early {% endif %}">
+            <td class="icon">
+                <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok ok"></span>
             </td>
             <td class="datetime">
                 <div>
@@ -49,6 +46,9 @@
                     <span class="time">
                         {{ record.ping.created|date:"H:i" }}
                     </span>
+                    {% if record.early %}
+                        <span class="label label-tag">early</span>
+                    {% endif %}
                 </div>
             </td>
             <td class="ip">
@@ -62,22 +62,24 @@
                 {{ record.ping.ua }}
             </td>
         </tr>
-        {% else %}
-        {% if record.down %}
-        <tr>
-            <td class="tl-cell">
-                <div class="tl full-down"></div>
+        {% endif %}
+        {% if record.placeholder_date %}
+        <tr class="missing">
+            <td class="icon">
+                <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-remove"></span>
             </td>
-            <td class="downtime-cell" colspan="4">
-                <p>No ping received for {{ record.date|timesince:record.prev_date }}</p>
-
+            <td class="datetime">
+                <div>
+                    <span class="date">
+                        {{ record.placeholder_date|date:"N j" }}
+                    </span>
+                    <span class="time">
+                        {{ record.placeholder_date|date:"H:i" }}
+                    </span>
+                </div>
             </td>
-        </tr>
-        {% endif %}
-        <tr>
-            <td class="tl-cell">
-                <div class="tl top late"></div>
-                <div class="tl bottom"></div>
+            <td colspan="4">
+                <small>Ping expected but not received</small>
             </td>
         </tr>
         {% endif %}