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@@ -6,10 +6,20 @@ Distributed ID generation in python for the lazy. To install, run::
 
     pip install simpleflake
 
+Example usage::
+
+	from simpleflake import simpleflake
+
+	def getid():
+	    return simpleflake()
+
 You can read an overview of what this does and why it came into being at the `Sawdust Software Blog`_.
 
 You can also read the `API Documentation`_ and check out the `Travis build status`_.
 
-.. _Sawdust Software Blog: http://engineering.custommade.com/simpleflake-distributed-id-generation-for-the-lazy
+
+.. _Sawdust Software Blog: https://web.archive.org/web/20140420064035/http://engineering.custommade.com/simpleflake-distributed-id-generation-for-the-lazy/
+
 .. _API Documentation: https://simpleflake.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
+
 .. _Travis build status: https://travis-ci.org/SawdustSoftware/simpleflake