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
General Archive
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Priests Citing New Problem in Gay Policy
Posted on November 24, 2005 | No CommentsNYT: “Unless you get a critical mass of bishops and religious superiors who say, Now we can’t admit any gay men, I don’t think it’s going to have any discernible effect,” Father Bretzke said. “There are lots of excellent gay priests and seminarians, and we... -
INTERVIEW: ROBERT BAER (SYRIANA)
Posted on November 22, 2005 | No CommentsCHUD.com (courtesy Fred Badlisi) : Q: My impression – and a lot of people share this – is that the CIA is a dangerous and possibly evil organization. At least that’s the emotional reaction. Baer: That’s because you watch too many movies. Q: Yeah, I... -
My Parents’ Expedition is for Sale in LA
Posted on November 14, 2005 | No CommentsCraigslist: 1997 Ford Expedition XLT, in excellent condition. Champagne color (beige), power steering, cruise control, antilock brakes, dual airbags, power windows, power mirrors, multi-disc CD player, tan color leather seats, illuminated running boards, alloy wheels, rear stereo and A/C control, roof rack, rubber lip container... -
Woz Speaking in Mountain View on Saturday!
Posted on November 4, 2005 | 1 CommentAnyone want to go with me? Homebrew Computer Club 30th Anniversary Retrospective: On March 5, 1975, a very special meeting took place at Gordon French’s garage in the then freshly named “Silicon Valley”. This was the first gathering of the “Homebrew Computer Club” (also called... -
Macworld Wins Awards!
Posted on November 1, 2005 | No CommentsHello from New York City and congratulations to everyone at Macworld. Tonight we won the silver Ozzie award (second place nationally) for best illustration in our class (consumer above 250,000 circ) for the illustration that went with our “Prevent Mac Disasters” feature. Congratulations to Rob... -
My Two Items on Craigslist
Posted on October 30, 2005 | No CommentsThey Might Be Giants Friday Nov. 4 – 2 tix @ $30 each – or Thurs swap? – $60 Eight Paris Metro Tickets (unused) – $5 -
Quick Turkey Post at 1:30 am Paris Time
Posted on October 25, 2005 | 6 CommentsTurkey is awesome. Especially awesome to see it with a couple of Columbia buddies of mine who have set up shop as journos in Istanbul — one at the Turkish Daily News and one at the Associated Press. Quick recap before I hit the sack... -
greetings from anatolia
Posted on October 21, 2005 | No CommentsI’m in neveshir in central turkey. We arrived in ankara by train and then a 3 hr bus further. We’re staying with the uncle of a co-worker of a friend of a co-worker of my aunt heidi’s. Go figure, huh? they don’t speak much english... -
“The evidence is rock solid,” Dr. Doolittle said.
Posted on August 22, 2005 | No CommentsLA Times is podcasting now. The good folks at Slice have gotten even cooler, with their Google Maps hack of their NYC pizza review database. Maybe this will push me into doing proper reviews of Bay Area pizzerias. NYT has a massive article on the... -
Weekend Food in SF Roundup
Posted on August 21, 2005 | No CommentsYesterday, before going to a show at Café du Nord, Becky, Leila and I had pizza from Zante’s, which is basically Indian food but on a naan-style dough, in pizza form. Amazing. As Becky said: “I like pizza and I like Indian food. But together...
