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
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Chapter II Draft Complete
Posted on February 5, 2004 | No CommentsWe’re about 20% of the way there. Comments are welcome. Read it here. [I love OpenOffice's HTML conversion!] -
Iranians Don’t Want To Go Nuclear
Posted on February 3, 2004 | No CommentsThis is a great op-ed in today’s Washington Post about how ordinary Iranians don’t want nuclear stuff in their country. (Suprise!) Oh, and this was written by my cousin, Karim Sadjadpour, who is an analyst with the International Crisis Group, and is a visiting fellow... -
John Kerry
Posted on February 1, 2004 | No CommentsWith all the excitement surrounding John Kerry, I thought I’d link to my post right after Garett and I heard him at Stanfurd in December. Also check out Garett’s post. Now that we’re entering round three of primaries, who are you all going to vote... -
TURKEY EXPLODES IN MORGAN HILL
Posted on February 1, 2004 | No CommentsPulitzer nomination for this one? A wild turkey was found exploded after running into a power line this morning in Morgan Hill, fire officials said. The power line could not withstand the impact of the turkey and was found snapped at the intersection of Sycamore... -
Feng shui this!
Posted on February 1, 2004 | No CommentsFirst BART is on this whole feng shui kick — and now the California State Assembly too? Associated Press: Calif. lawmaker wants building officials to consider feng shui TAMI MIN, Associated Press Writer Saturday, January 31, 2004 (01-31) 00:16 PST SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – More... -
Activity Heats Up as U.S. and Iran Flirt With Closer Ties
Posted on February 1, 2004 | No CommentsFrom today’s Washington Post — here’s to hoping for the best: The two U.S. interventions in countries that share long borders with Iran have galvanized a rethinking of policy in Washington and Tehran, officials and analysts say. Iran’s agreement in December to allow surprise inspections... -
“New York and California / I was born on Jupiter.”
Posted on February 1, 2004 | No CommentsSo if you’ve come from the cfarivar.org domain name, you’ve probably noticed the new format. I’d love to hear what people think — particularly you random readers who visit me from the UK, Australia, Israel, Poland, Romania, and all those other random places that I... -
Works now!
Posted on January 31, 2004 | No CommentsOk, I got my Moveable Type to work on my OCF account. It was pretty easy to install. I’ll probably write instructions on how to do it soon. Check it, yo. Anyway, time to tackle the Econ homework. -
Migration
Posted on January 31, 2004 | No CommentsSo I’ve decided that I’m going to give Moveable Type a try, considering that it is the best of the blogging type softwares. I’ve used LiveJournal and enjoyed its ease-of-use, but now that they’ve moved to S2, I find that the configurations and flexibility are...