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
Berkeley Archive
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November 13: Cyrus on The California Report
Posted on November 13, 2009 | No CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my piece on the creation of the world’s longest California roll, is airing today on, appropriately enough, The California Report. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): FRI – San Francisco – 4:30/6:30/11... -
Longest California Roll record returns to the Golden State
Posted on November 9, 2009 | 1 CommentYesterday afternoon, I reported on the creation of the longest California Roll yesterday for an upcoming edition of The California Report. The event celebrated the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Center for Japanese Studies at UC Berkeley. The new record, set at 330... -
October 17: Cyrus on NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday
Posted on October 16, 2009 | No CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my piece on UC Berkeley’s parking spaces for Nobel Laureates will be on Weekend Edition Saturday (October 17)! It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams). New York – 8 to 10 am Eastern... -
New York Times Op-Ed (Herbert): Cracks in the Future
Posted on October 3, 2009 | No CommentsOctober 3, 2009 Op-Ed Columnist Cracks in the Future By BOB HERBERT Berkeley, Calif. While the U.S. has struggled with enormous problems over the past several years, there has been at least one consistent bright spot. Its system of higher education has remained the finest... -
Karim Sadjadpour: Iran After the Election (Oct. 1, 4 pm, UC Berkeley)
Posted on September 27, 2009 | 2 CommentsMy cousin and Iran analyst extraordinaire, Karim Sadjadpour, will be speaking this Thursday on the UC Berkeley campus to discuss: the impact of Iran’s elections on the balance of power within Iran and on its foreign policy. Sadjadpour will also assess the implications of recent... -
May 20: Katie Hafner Reading in Berkeley
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WSJ: Brunch as a Religious Experience Is Disturbing Berkeley’s Karma
Posted on February 12, 2009 | No CommentsThe Wall Street Journal, February 10 2009: But last spring, some of the temple’s neighbors decided they’d had their fill. They asked the city’s zoning board to shut down what they call a “commercial enterprise” operating in a residential zone. At a public hearing, a... -
Berkeley Daily Planet: Cody’s Books Closes After 42 Years in Berkeley
Posted on June 20, 2008 | No CommentsBDP: Cody’s Books, founded on Telegraph Avenue in 1956, expanded to Fourth Street in 1998 and San Francisco in 2005, closed on Telegraph in 2006, closed in San Francisco the following year, moved to Shattuck Avenue in March, and then, yesterday, on June 19, 2008,... -
Me and Ira Glass, Berkeley
Posted on February 23, 2008 | 5 CommentsBecky and I saw Ira Glass and David Rakoff at an event in Berkeley tonight. -
Sarmad Ali’s first Christmas
Posted on December 21, 2007 | 1 CommentFrom Sarmad Ali’s new blog, Baghdad Life: I celebrated my first Christmas in 2004, after I had moved to the U.S. to attend Columbia University. One of my classmates, who became one of my best friends here, invited me first for Thanksgiving and then for...
