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
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Francophonie Archive
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Toronto Star: New Quebec law turns Lara Croft into francophone
Posted on April 4, 2009 | No CommentsThe Toronto Star: ANDREW CHUNG QUEBEC BUREAU CHIEF MONTREAL – In Lara Croft’s latest action adventure, part of the wildly popular Tomb Raider video game series, the lithe heroine can demand of her evil doppelganger either, “What the hell are you?” or, “Qu’est-ce que tu... -
Shafer skewers Kapuściński
Posted on January 26, 2007 | 2 CommentsSlate: Scratch a KapuÅ›ciÅ„ski enthusiast and he’ll insist that everybody who reads the master’s books understands from context that not everything in them is to be taken literally. This is a bold claim, as KapuÅ›ciÅ„ski’s work draws its power from the fantastic and presumably true... -
BBC: French marchers say ‘non’ to 2007
Posted on January 1, 2007 | No CommentsBBC: Hundreds of protesters in France have rung in the New Year by holding a light-hearted march against it. Parodying the French readiness to say “non”, the demonstrators in the western city of Nantes waved banners reading: “No to 2007″ and “Now is better!” The... -
Would you rent a MacBook for under three bucks a day — for three years?
Posted on December 14, 2006 | 7 CommentsSo here’s the deal: Apple France and French ISP Orange are hooking up to provide French consumers with a rented MacBook and 1 Mbps DSL for €60 ($79.50) a month. That works out to about €2 a day. (You can upgrade to 8 Mbps DSL... -
The Films of Ousmane Sembène at the Pacific Film Archive
Posted on September 19, 2006 | 1 CommentWhen I was a sophomore at Berkeley in 2002, I took a class with Prof. Anna-Livia Brawn, on French colonial films — given that I knew I would be headed to Senegal later that fall. One of the filmmakers that she introduced us to was... -
Chine-Afrique: Le Dragon et l’Autruche
Posted on August 17, 2006 | 6 CommentsSo I don’t know which is more ridiculous, the cover of this new book Chine-Afrique: Le Dragon et l’Autruche (China-Africa: The Dragon and the Ostrich), or the fact that it would cost me 40 € to buy the book and have it shipped to the... -
Parlez-Vous Dodgers?
Posted on March 9, 2006 | No CommentsESPN.com: [Russ] Martin spent part of the winter catching Dodgers closer Eric Gagne, who is continuing his comeback from elbow surgery. “He’s throwing very well,” Martin said. “His changeup is as filthy as ever.” The two have spent a lot of time together this spring... -
Goddamn, Slate is Awesome
Posted on November 11, 2005 | No CommentsSlate: On a certain level, it’s hard to blame Anglophone critics. Your junior-high être et avoir won’t get you very far with the torrents of slang that fill French rap. Even most French-speakers find it hard to follow along. Many MCs deliver whole songs in... -
Taxi
Posted on July 1, 2004 | No CommentsSo as many of you know, Taxi is one of my favorite films — it’s a fantastic French action comedy about a superfast driving Taxi driver who ends up working for the Marseille police when he gets busted by a bumbling cop who enlists him... -
“When Your Pen Betrays Your Mouth”
Posted on March 13, 2004 | No CommentsJust when I was starting to get used to this gorgeous weather, I have to head for the frigid East next week. Should be cool, though. Planning on seeing Sina “Herr Doktor” Mohammadi in Boston, which should be cool. Yeah, and I’m supposed to do...
