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: Bonn, GermanyTwitter
Archive for March, 2008
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Blog silence
Posted on March 18, 2008 | No CommentsI will be traveling abroad starting tomorrow and will not be blogging until early April. However, feel free to email me if need be. Thanks. -
Remarks of Senator Barack Obama
Posted on March 18, 2008 | No CommentsObama: But I have asserted a firm conviction – a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the American people – that working together we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds, and that in fact we have no... -
March 17: Cyrus on Morning Edition (NPR)
Posted on March 17, 2008 | 1 CommentDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio piece on mobile text message spam will air on Morning Edition today (March 17)! It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams). New York – 5 am to 9 am Eastern –... -
Who wants a postcard?
Posted on March 16, 2008 | 1 CommentI have a bunch of postcards of San Francisco that I bought for cheap from Cody’s moving sale yesterday. Want me to send you one? Email me your mailing address. -
AFP: Estonia fears English too dominant in its schools
Posted on March 16, 2008 | 1 CommentAgence France Presse: TALLINN (AFP) — Education authorities in Estonia Thursday warned that the hands-down dominance of English in its schools is depriving the Baltic state of the language specialists it will need in the future. A hefty 84 percent of pupils in this country... -
Chico Enterprise Record: Starving Student: The cultural significance of taco trucks
Posted on March 16, 2008 | No CommentsStarving Student: The cultural significance of taco trucks: It is not a secret that the highest-income earners in Chico are white people. So let’s go ahead and stop trying to pretend I’m being racist. Everyone is racist. And every journalist is biased. If you do... -
“inhaling democracy”
Posted on March 12, 2008 | No CommentsIM conversation with an Iraqi friend now living in New York: Friend: are u following spitzer’s resignation now Friend: ? Friend: crazy Cyrus Farivar: yeah Friend: cool Friend: his wife is so pissed Friend: man that’s so cool Friend: they just resign like that Friend:... -
For Sale: My MacBook – $800 (SOLD)
Posted on March 11, 2008 | No CommentsIt’s less than a year old, and if you buy it before March 20, you can extend the AppleCare on it. Specs are here. I’ll drop the price $40 if you’re a blog reader/friend. Update: It’s been sold, thanks! -
March 10: Cyrus on Morning Edition (NPR)
Posted on March 9, 2008 | 1 CommentDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio piece about gadgets of “the future” will air on Morning Edition tomorrow (March 10)! It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams). New York – 5 am to 9 am Eastern –... -
Wired: Free Municipal Wi-Fi Has Hit the Streets — Mostly in Places You’ve Never Heard Of
Posted on March 7, 2008 | No CommentsWired: By Cyrus Farivar To read the headlines, you’d think the dream of free, citywide wireless was dead coast to coast. One after another, big municipal Wi-Fi projects — San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta — have hit the skids. But check out the rest of the...
