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"Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy" So said Tim O’Reilly in his seminal 2002 article.
Piracy is Progressive Taxation, and Other Thoughts on the Evolution of Online Distribution


Here is a neat feature from Paul watson over at the lazarus corporation who tells the story of Steve Lieber from a few days ago  and really illustrates Tim O’Reilly’s argument.
Piracy-trumps-obscurity-again

USA - England final?. Not the offical world cup though, but a cyber-version of the World Cup, with Italy now out.




Famecount, who’ve been keeping a careful eye on Facebook whilst the rest of us have been enjoying the football,show England surging up the social media charts despite a less than sensational start to the tournament on the pitch. With Italy out and the world cup fever to hit the USA in their next match.

Once again facebook shows its usefulness in brand promotion.

Every team playing in the World Cup has an official Facebook page, and Famecount has been monitoring how many people ‘like’ these pages over the past few weeks.


On the foodie side of things ..
Chefs Justin Wilson and Paul Prudhomme taught us about the trinity of Cajun cuisine. Very pleasantly, South Africa has its own trinity of cuisine as well and one point of that trinity is Bobotie. Naming the three, Bobotie, Sosaties, and Bredie are the Trinity of South African cuisine. Bobotie is a delicious casserole, sosaties are much like shish kebob, and bredie is a good meat ..check out their winning World  World Cup FIFA 2010 Good Eats - A Gold Mine of Recipes

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