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
France Archive
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La vie lyonnaise
Posted on September 27, 2008 | 2 CommentsRight now I’m sitting on a TGV that’s about to depart from Lyon back to Paris. It’s a quick two hour trip between boths stations. With comfortable seats, food/drink (hell, beer and wine are served on board!) and stations in the center of town —... -
I’m in France!
Posted on September 22, 2008 | No CommentsI had a great weekend with my awesome cousins in DC. Hit up Ben’s Chili Bowl, a Sunset Rubdown show at the Black Cat, Newseum, a Nationals game, Eastern Market all in about 48 hours. I’m in Paris right now but will be on my... -
A bientôt, mes amis!
Posted on September 18, 2008 | 4 CommentsWell guys, I’m off tomorrow. I’ll be visiting my cousins in Washington DC tomorrow through Sunday, and by Monday will be arriving in Paris. By Tuesday afternoon, I’ll be in Lyon, where Becky and I will start the beginning of our seven month sojourn. I’ll... -
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... -
Nous allons en France!
Posted on July 15, 2008 | 5 CommentsSo after much speculation, discussions, and email exchanges with French bureaucrats, Becky and I are be going to be English Teaching Assistants in France, a program arranged through the French government. What does that mean? We’ll be working 12 hours a week for 28 weeks... -
NYT: For Blacks in France, Obama’s Rise Is Reason to Rejoice, and to Hope
Posted on June 17, 2008 | 1 CommentNYT: A new black consciousness is emerging in France, lately hastened by, of all things, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president of the United States. An article in Le Monde a few days ago described how Mr. Obama is “stirring up high hopes” among blacks... -
I’m in Paris until Saturday
Posted on April 3, 2008 | No CommentsWe had a six-hour flight from Tehran, braved Paris rush-hour traffic and made it to my aunt Firouzeh’s house in Issy-Les-Moulineaux. I’ll be spending two nights here (my parents four) before heading home to California for one night before I mosey on over to Austin... -
France to legally sell unlocked iPhones for around €999
Posted on October 16, 2007 | No CommentsThe French business magazine Challenges is reporting that Orange will be selling the world’s first legally unlocked iPhone for somewhere around €999 (that’s about $1,400) later this year. Or €399 with a subscription, of which Apple gets a 30 percent revenue share. The iPhone apparently... -
France in the year 2000, as predicted in 1910
Posted on October 14, 2007 | No CommentsI came across these delights on Paleo-Future: The Electric Train from Paris to Beijing Flying police Hearing the newspaper (aka “radio”) Cars of war (aka “tanks) -
La belle France!
Posted on August 17, 2007 | 4 CommentsSo Becky and I saw Sicko last night and it makes us (seriously) want to move to France. Our lack of EU citizenship, of course, makes this rather tricky. A little digging around the Internets turned up this, which is hopeful: A letter addressed to...
