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
Oakland Archive
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East Bay Express 2010: Best Bike Tour
Posted on July 14, 2010 | No CommentsWow! I can’t believe it! The February 2010 Tour de Taco won the East Bay Express’ Best of the Bay 2010 award for: Best Bike Tour. (That said, I’m not sure how many bike tours there are in the East Bay, but heck, I’ll take... -
Cyrus on: ABC’s Future Tense (Australia)
Posted on April 14, 2010 | 2 CommentsMeine FreundInnin, I’m pleased to share with you my latest piece on the new WiFi-free Weekend policy at Actual Café in Oakland. This was one of the last pieces that I did before leaving the Bay Area. It has just aired on the Australian Broadcasting... -
Tour de Taco: February 20, 2010 (Fruitvale BART)
Posted on January 28, 2010 | 4 CommentsSo after my last Taco Truck Tour, the good peoples at Oaklandish and the East Bay Bicycle Coalition connected with me and wanted to put together a sort of “best-of” taco truck ride for those who didn’t make it the other times, along with some... -
Taco Truck Tour #2: Foothill Blvd. Edition (Nov. 22, 2009)
Posted on November 9, 2009 | No CommentsAfter the success of October’s taco truck tour, it’s time for another! Taco Truck Tour Numéro Dos: When: Sunday, November 22, 2009 Meet: 12:30 pm, Lake Merritt BART station (9th and Oak St., Oakland). Start: ~ 12:45 pm End: ~ 3:30 pm ish, Fruitvale BART... -
Fruitvale taco truck bike tour with Cyrus (Oct. 25, 2009)
Posted on October 19, 2009 | 2 CommentsBefore it gets too rainy, I thought I’d take whoever would like to join me for a taco truck bike tour of my four favorite trucks in Fruitvale this Sunday: When: Sunday, October 25, 2009 Meet: 12:30 pm, Lake Merritt BART station (9th and Oak... -
BART to get WiFi!
Posted on January 30, 2009 | No CommentsHot damn! I reported on WiFi Rail back in July 2008 for NPR. Well done! From WiFi Rail‘s press release: Service on BART is scheduled to begin on selected segments during 2009. Four downtown San Francisco stations and some segments of the tunnels are already... -
Oakland International Airport to get free WiFi!
Posted on November 13, 2008 | 1 CommentHellz yeah. Oaktown is getting free WiFi! Waiting for my next Southwest flight will now be WAY better. Says the company presser: The launch marks FreeFi’s second deployment at a major U.S. airport in 2008. In January, FreeFi partnered with Denver International Airport to replace... -
New WiFi Café in Oakland: Awaken
Posted on August 28, 2008 | 1 CommentI had a couple hours to chill between interview in downtown Oakland today and so I discovered Awaken Café, on 14th at Broadway. It’s a four-month-old, pleasant spot with free WiFi (you gotta ask for the password), great lattes ($2.50 for a small!), sweet bumper... -
Kids 4 Obama / Mom 4 Hillary
Posted on April 21, 2008 | 1 CommentThese banners are hung in two windows of the same house, less than a block north of my own. I think it pretty much sums up the entire election. -
NYT’s Voices from the Polls
Posted on February 5, 2008 | 2 CommentsI’m interviewing voters as they come out of the voting booths in Oakland, Piedmont and Lafayette today for the NYT’s online feature “Voices from the Polls”. Check it out here. Update: I had to go all the way out to Danville to find Republicans. Seriously.
