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
Sex Archive
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Supreme Court refuses to hear Alabama sex toy case
Posted on October 7, 2007 | 2 CommentsDuring my freshman year at Berkeley (that’s 2000), I wrote an article for The Daily Californian about how Pleasures, a sex toy shop in Alabama, was being supported by Berkeley’s own Good Vibrations. Good Vibrations, a Berkeley sex toy store, is supporting the cause of... -
Profile of Girls Gone Wild Founder, Joe Francis
Posted on August 6, 2006 | 4 CommentsGo read this article about asshole extraordinaire and scum of the earth Joe Francis, the founder of the “Girls Gone Wild” empire. Bravo to Claire Hoffman of the L.A. Times for doing such a fantastic piece of journalism. L.A. Times: Eventually, Szyszka [an 18-year-old girl... -
Mark Pilgrim is a Funny Fellow
Posted on June 29, 2006 | No CommentsMark Pilgrim‘s blog has taught me two things today: 1) HOWTO make the perfect fruit salad and get laid 2) On storage, from the comments: My uncle works for NASA. Years ago, he was called in to consult for the government on how to store... -
Want to work for Penthouse?
Posted on April 13, 2006 | No CommentsThis just came over the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alum listserv: Managing Editor, Penthouse Variations. The Penthouse Media Group, a bi-coastal publishing and multimedia company globally recognized as a premier brand in adult entertainment seeks a managing editor to join its dynamic Editorial... -
Secure Computing Saga Gets Weirder
Posted on March 9, 2006 | 7 CommentsSo the whole Boing Boing vs. Secure Computing saga (my radio piece is here and NYT coverage is here) has gotten just a touch weirder. From the NYT piece: In an e-mail message to Xeni Jardin, another of Boing Boing’s chiefs, Tomo Foote-Lennox, a director... -
Amazon Sells Sex Toys: A Sex Toy Modder’s DREAM
Posted on August 23, 2005 | No CommentsSlashdong: Amazon Sells Sex Toys: A Sex Toy Modder’s DREAM 79 CENT VIBRATORS. 7 FUCKING 9 CENT VIBRATORS. Who CARES if you fuck it up, the motor inside the thing is worth more than 79 cents! Buy a bunch! Mod your brains out! AND YOU... -
TheAssBook.net
Posted on May 16, 2005 | No CommentsWhy should I join? What, that isn’t reason enough? Fine. I suppose you could use your valuable time to do work, get good grades, get ahead in life and make something of yourself. Or you could be having mind-blowing sex. An article on groupware discusses... -
I Love Norway
Posted on April 13, 2005 | No CommentsSF Chronicle (courtesy Wonkette): Welcome to F–forforest.com (FFF), a porn site with a difference. Along with raw, explicit images and videos with scenes like the one described above, FFF is well stocked with facts about the world’s forests. On the Web site, naked sylphs share...