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 April, 2006
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The New Yorker, on Maps
Posted on April 21, 2006 | No Comments“GETTING THERE”, The New Yorker; April 17, 2006: A map is a piece of art. It is also a form of language — a rendering of information. A good map can occupy the eye and the mind longer than almost any other single page of... -
Q&A with Prof. Sam Freedman
Posted on April 21, 2006 | 2 CommentsThe toughest, most demanding and most ultimately rewarding professor I ever had, Sam Freedman, has just come out with his latest book, Letters to a Young Journalist. Poynter (a clearinghouse of journalism industry happenings) has a great interview with him: You’re tough on bloggers, FOX... -
J.J. Abrams to take over “Star Trek” !
Posted on April 21, 2006 | No CommentsVariety reported last night that J.J. Abrams (the mastermind behind “Alias”, “Lost”, and the soon-to-be-released “Mission:Impossible III”) and his team from “Lost” is going to make the next “Star Trek” feature film, to be released in 2008. Damon Lindelof and Bryan Burk, Abrams’ producing team... -
Google in China: The Big Disconnect
Posted on April 19, 2006 | 1 CommentClive Thompson is at it again — this time he’s just penned a long piece on Google in China for The New York Times Magazine: It was difficult for me to know exactly how [Kai-Fu Lee, head of operations for Google in China] felt about... -
Dying iBook Battery
Posted on April 19, 2006 | No CommentsNo, I wasn’t imagining things. After 13 months of use, my iBook battery has cycled 279 times, thus reducing its capacity. It now can run on the battery for about one hour. A new battery is about $100 – $120. Damn. So that reduces the... -
My WiFi radio piece got killed
Posted on April 19, 2006 | No CommentsIn journo-speak that means that The World isn’t airing it. It happens all the time, but it still sucks. They were kind enough to provide me with the mixed version of it, as it would have aired. You can listen to it here. Here’s the... -
Pitcairn Fun Fact
Posted on April 19, 2006 | 1 CommentStuff.co.nz: The cost of bringing justice to remote Pitcairn Island has already topped $14 million NZ, and there are several sex crime hearings still to go. That’s about $9 mil US. That’s over $200,000 US spent on each of the 42 residents. Wow. -
The World interviews a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal
Posted on April 18, 2006 | No CommentsThe World: Today’s answer is Senegal. The World’s David Leveille talks to a new Peace Corps volunteer there to find out what life is like for someone who’s recently been dropped in completely unfamiliar territory. Listen here. -
Want to go to the A’s game on Saturday June 17?
Posted on April 18, 2006 | No CommentsI realized I can’t go, but would like to go on the 16th or the 18th. Wanna trade or buy my tickets? -
Racism in Oakland, 1906
Posted on April 18, 2006 | No CommentsBut many San Franciscans left the city permanently. Oakland’s population doubled to 150,000 between 1900 and 1910, spurred by the earthquake and developers Francis “Borax” Smith and Frank Havens. There was also a big jump in population in Marin and on the Peninsula. All these...
