Working with old colleagues again — Fundamo and having some fun.

Up until August 2010, Herman (above) and I worked together at IBM South Africa, in fact sitting right next to one another.  I then went my way doing some things and Herman joined Fundamo in January this year.   I then joined (in fact returned) Fundamo earlier this month and yesterday we both attended an internal function celebrating the work Fundamo did on the MTN account during the second quarter.  While having great fun, we talked about the road that led us to where we are and how things tend to go in circles since a couple of years ago we also worked together on MTN account but at that time as IBMers.

One had to dress up as one’s favourite movie star and who can guess what Herman was dressed up as?

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent – 10/8/2010

tekken girlsThe top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘Tekken’ tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Sex and the City 2’. ‘Salt’ completes the top three.

This week there are four newcomers in the list. Tekken is the most downloaded movie on BitTorrent this week.

The data for our weekly download chart is collected by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are DVDrips unless stated otherwise.

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Week ending August 8, 2010
Ranking (last week) Movie Rating / Trailer
 
1 (…) Tekken 6.0 / trailer
2 (1) Sex and the City 2 3.9 / trailer
3 (…) Salt (TS) 6.7 / trailer
4 (2) Operation Endgame 6.6 / trailer
5 (4) Inception (CAM) 9.3 / trailer
6 (…) Date Night 6.6 / trailer
7 (9) Toy Story 3 (TC) 9.0 / trailer
8 (3) The Ghost Writer 7.8 / trailer
9 (7) Kick-Ass 8.2 / trailer
10 (…) Furry Vengeance 2.0 / trailer

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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent – 2010/08/01

sex cityThe top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘Sex and the City 2′ tops the chart for the second week in row, followed by ‘Operation Endgame’. ‘The Ghost Writer’ completes the top three.

This week there are four newcomers in the list. Sex and the City 2 is the most downloaded movie on BitTorrent this week.

The data for our weekly download chart is collected by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are DVDrips unless stated otherwise.

Week ending August 1, 2010
Ranking (last week) Movie Rating / Trailer
1 (…) Sex and the City 2 3.9 / trailer
2 (2) Operation Endgame 6.6 / trailer
3 (1) The Ghost Writer 7.8 / trailer
4 (3) Inception (CAM) 9.3 / trailer
5 (5) Clash Of The Titans 6.0 / trailer
6 (…) The Last Song 3.4 / trailer
7 (…) Kick-Ass 8.2 / trailer
7 (6) The Yes Men Fix The World 7.5 / trailer
8 (10) The Bounty Hunter 5.1 / trailer
9 (…) Toy Story 3 (TC) 9.0 / trailer
10 (4) Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6.1 / trailer

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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent – 2010/07/25

ghost writerThe top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘The Ghost Writer’ tops the chart for the second week in row, followed by ‘Operation Endgame’. ‘Inception’ completes the top three.

This week there are four newcomers including the special p2p release of The Yes Men Fix The World. The Ghost Writer is the most downloaded movie on BitTorrent this week.

The data for our weekly download chart is collected by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are DVDrips unless stated otherwise.

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Week ending July 25, 2010
Ranking (last week) Movie Rating / Trailer
1 (4) The Ghost Writer 7.8 / trailer
2 (…) Operation Endgame 6.6 / trailer
3 (…) Inception (CAM) 9.3 / trailer
4 (…) Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6.1 / trailer
5 (1) Clash Of The Titans 6.0 / trailer
6 (…) The Yes Men Fix The World 7.5 / trailer
7 (2) Death At A Funeral 4.8 / trailer
8 (7) The A-Team (R5) 7.5 / trailer
9 (3) Repo Men 6.2 / trailer
10 (10) The Bounty Hunter 5.1 / trailer

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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent – 18/6/2010

clashThe top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, Clash Of The Titans’ tops the chart for the second week in row, followed by ‘Death At A Funeral’. ‘Repo Man’ completes the top three.

This week there are two newcomers in the top 10 and one returnee. Clash Of The Titans is the most downloaded movie on BitTorrent again this week.

The data for our weekly download chart is collected by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are DVDrips unless stated otherwise.

Week ending July 18, 2010
Ranking (last week) Movie Rating / Trailer
1 (1) Clash Of The Titans 6.0 / trailer
2 (&) Death At A Funeral 4.8 / trailer
3 (2) Repo Men 6.2 / trailer
4 (&) The Ghost Writer 7.8 / trailer
5 (5) The Karate Kid 5.8 / trailer
6 (3) The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (TS) 4.3 / trailer
7 (4) The A-Team (R5) 7.5 / trailer
8 (9) Green Zone 7.2 / trailer
9 (6) Hot Tub Time Machine (R5) 7.2 / trailer
10 (back) The Bounty Hunter 5.1 / trailer

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Not one single minute watching World Cup but I kept up to date.

With the World Cup ending last night and Spain being crowned the champions, I have a confession to make.  I did not watch 1 single minute of the World Cup on either the TV or live in a stadium.  I did not even attend one of the Fan Fests or Fan Walks.

This might sound very unpatriotic but I can assure you I took an active interest in it and am very proud at the way that South Africa hosted the event and presented the country doing it.  The main reason is that I do not own a TV and am just not into soccer that much to spend money in a restaurant or other venue watching it.

Having said that, I have kept up with whatever was going on by mainly using social media like Twitter and Facebook.  And I must say that following the soccer on Twitter was probably much better than on TV if I have to listen to the tweets.  Heavy breathing commentators is just not my scene and totally missing Madiba by showing an advert – that is just not on.

Also I had this great little app on my Linux workstation that got updated via the Internet, so I always knew the stand of the teams in the group stages or during the knockout rounds.

This just goes to show, in this day and age one can be up to date and take part without TV and old way media by using new way media.  And the cherry on the cake is that my debt levels is way less than lots of other people that went on a spending spree and blame it on the World Cup.

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If downloads counted, District 9 will win the Oscar

When it comes to Bittorrent downloads for Oscar nominated movies, then South African movie, District 9 will win this year’s Oscar.

Most Downloaded Oscar Nominees, 2010
rank movie downloads
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1 District 9 12,639,000
2 Avatar 11,326,000
3 The Hurt Locker 7,930,000
4 Up 5,437,000
5 Inglourious Basterds 5,376,000
6 Precious 4,922,000
7 Up In The Air 4,855,000
8 A Serious Man 3,836,000
9 The Blind Side 1,845,000
10 An Education 683,000