FIFA has released a few details on the availability of tickets to fans (as opposed to corporations). Most notable are that public sales will begin in February of next year and the amount of tickets allocated to each team's federation will increase from eight percent to 12 percent.

Read the full article at FIFA.com.

In Germany in 2006, I brought my RAZR phone with me and bought a SIM card from the European operator O2 for it. It is simple to switch them out and you pay by the minute, adding more minutes as you go. I had a German phone number too. It was a great way to stay in touch with people, and I am hoping to do the same thing in South Africa.

This is a bit old, but I wanted to post something to get myself thinking about planning. FIFA and the South Africa 2010 organizing committee released the official logo a few months back.