About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Oakland, CATwitter
Archive for 2004
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Global News
Posted on December 31, 2004 | No CommentsSo the Casamance is no longer a dangerous place. The Senegalese government has signed a peace deal with the rebels. This is very good news for that region, and for all of Senegal. And as MeFi points out the folly with some of the governmental... -
T-minus 11 hrs 30 min
Posted on December 29, 2004 | No CommentsTurducken went into the oven at 6:30 am Pacific. My parents’ oven timer doesn’t go beyond 9 hours 50 min. Slightly less daunting this time, but was made more daunting by the fact that the butchery had cut through the skin already, requiring the use... -
Helping those in SE Asia
Posted on December 26, 2004 | No CommentsMy thoughts go out to the tsunami/earthquake-striken people of SE Asia. My grandmother knows at least a dozen people in that region. When I left Berkeley this morning (in Santa Monica now), we got a call from one friend in northern Thailand, who said that... -
I love Berkeley
Posted on December 25, 2004 | No CommentsThe more I’m here, the more I realize just how much I love Berkeley. From the “Happy Happy” guy, to Intermezzo, to Kingpin, to Berkeley Bowl, to my Grandparents, to my great friends who live here — I just love Berkeley. I really want to... -
Merry Christmas!
Posted on December 23, 2004 | No CommentsSo as a Christmas gift to everyone (and also to myself), I’ve created a new website devoted to podcasts, mostly themed around my travels about the world. The Wanderlust Geek -
David Boyk is DA MAN!
Posted on December 21, 2004 | No CommentsYou rock. -
Oh yes, my life in New York would be complete, if . . .
Posted on December 21, 2004 | No CommentsThere is a rumor floating around my neighborhood Yahoo Group that Trader Joe’s has leased space at Broadway and 103rd Street (taking the street-level space in the new Columbia dorm being built there). Does anyone know anything about this? - http://chowhound.com/boards/manhat/messages/159735.html -
Greetings from Seattle
Posted on December 20, 2004 | No CommentsSo I caught a 7:30 am flight (which turned out to be a 7:00 am flight, so good thing I was a little early) from JFK to SEA this morning, which meant that I had to leave my apt at 3:30 am to take the... -
Score another one for Jesusland.
Posted on December 18, 2004 | No CommentsOn a WTF!?! note: AP: Nearly one in two Americans believe the U.S. government should restrict civil liberties for Muslim-Americans, according to a nationwide Cornell University poll on terrorism fears. . . . The Cornell survey found 44 percent favored at least some restrictions on... -
When will the Dodgers management pull their head out of their ass? (Pt. 2)
Posted on December 17, 2004 | No CommentsLA Times: Dodger General Manager Paul DePodesta expressed disappointment, but he immediately moved on, closing in on a three-team trade that would send right fielder Shawn Green, starting pitcher Brad Penny and reliever Yhency Brazoban to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Pitcher Randy Johnson, the five-time Cy...
