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 August, 2008
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The Machinist: I’m guest-blogging this week
Posted on August 18, 2008 | 3 CommentsHey guys, in addition to my intermittent blogging here, I’ll be taking the wheel at Salon’s The Machinist blog this week, from August 18th through the 22nd. I’ll be following the footsteps of guest writers Evan Ratliff, Denise Caruso, Joe Hutsko, and the original Machinist... -
Slate: How I became a soldier in the Georgia-Russia cyberwar
Posted on August 15, 2008 | 4 CommentsBig ups to Evgeny Morozov for penning this oft-lauded piece for Slate, “An Army of Ones and Zeroes: How I became a soldier in the Georgia-Russia cyberwar.” (Not to toot my own horn, but I played a small role in this piece, in that Evgeny... -
Yay bikes!
Posted on August 15, 2008 | No CommentsWith the good weather lately, feeling all crunchy and wanting to save gas and all that I’ve been riding my bike a bit more. For far too long, I’ve been been too paranoid about not having my bike stolen (I got a bike stolen in... -
Measuring the ‘Colbert Bump’
Posted on August 13, 2008 | 2 CommentsWow, apparently a UCSD political science professor, James H. Fowler, has just published a bona fide research paper on the effects of the “Colbert Bump.” From the press release: His analysis finds that Democrats who appear on The Colbert Report enjoy a significant increase in... -
August 12: Cyrus on Morning Edition (NPR)
Posted on August 11, 2008 | 2 CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio piece on the cyberattacks against Georgian websites will be on Morning Edition tomorrow (August 12). It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams). New York – 5 am to 9 am Eastern... -
Georgia: WTF is going on?
Posted on August 10, 2008 | No CommentsThese are the headlines that I’ve been reading this afternoon: The New York Times: On Slog to Safety, Seething at West One soldier, his face a mask of exhaustion, cradled a Kalashnikov. “We killed as many of them as we could,” he said. “But where... -
Looking for an apartment in Lyon
Posted on August 8, 2008 | No CommentsBecky and I are moving to Lyon next month. I leave Oakland in exactly six weeks (OMG! SIX WEEKS!) for a weekend trip to DC to visit my cousins and will go to France from there on September 21. So, who’s got leads on apartments... -
Yet another reason to move to Estonia
Posted on August 7, 2008 | 3 CommentsThe subject of traffic tickets is on my mind lately, as a few months ago I got busted for doing a California roll right turn here in North Oakland. I’m in the midst of online traffic school right now, and when all is said and... -
OPEC 2.0
Posted on August 1, 2008 | 1 CommentTim Wu’s Op-Ed in The New York Times: Wired connections to the home — cable and telephone lines — are the major way that Americans move information. In the United States and in most of the world, a monopoly or duopoly controls the pipes that...
