Cyrus Farivar

AP: The nation’s second-largest theater chain AMC Entertainment Inc., announced plans Tuesday to acquire Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corp. in a move that may help the new company compete as Hollywood struggles to lure more people to the nation’s megaplexes. The combined company, to be called AMC Entertainment Inc., will own, manage or have interests in about 450 theaters in 30 states and 13 countries. It will be headquartered in Kansas City and led by current AMC Chairman, CEO and President…

From my j-school friend Zakir, who just took a trip down to Alabama after leaving New York before heading home to his native Singapore. Hey y’all, Hope you’re doing well. Apologies for the mass mail, but I said I’d send a proper update since school ended, and if I haven’t mentioned it, I spent over a week in early June in Alabama reporting thanks to a grant. I managed to get out of the Deep South in one piece. I…

So a few days ago, I blogged about which photo I should use as my main press photo. But then I figured that there had to be a way to display all three on a rotating basis in JavaScript. Lo and behold, there is. I found this script which provided me with simple instructions on how to do it. If you go to the main blog site, cfarivar.org, you’ll see that the picture of me rotates now. Sweet.

From Kabissa: Microsoft goes Wolof After Swahili, Microsoft will now turn its hand to translating its software into Wolof, which is the most widely spoken native language in Senegal. According to the managing director of the Senegalese “Agence informatique de l’ƒtat” (AIE or State informatics agency), the agreement was given by the multinational’s president for Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Linguists and specialists in the Wolof language from Senegal will be involved in the project. According to the chief…

Chicago Tribune, via Slashdot: Like many African nations, this modest country has struggled economically as the industries that underlie its economy–particularly sugar production and textile manufacturing–have run into tough global competition and declining prices. Looking for alternatives, the government has settled on a new and ambitious vision: Turning sleepy Mauritius with its endless sugar cane fields and tourist beaches into a high-tech computer and telecommunications center. “It is our vision to transform Mauritius into a cyber-island,” said Deelchand Jeeha, the…

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Last week, I was interviewed by Rob Wessman, who’s in town for a conference of high school journalism teachers. His story came out today. Check out my new glamour shot. ÒBlogs scare the living daylights out of most journalists,Ó declares Cyrus Farivar, a Bay Area freelance journalist and blogger. ÒBlogs are constantly making fun of the media, saying that the media is biased one way or another.Ó Mike Warren, News Editor of the San Francisco office of the Associated Press,…

So what’s better than Flickr? Flickr + Google Maps! Example: Photo of Boyk at The Bird, click the link that says “GeoTagged” under the photo. Here’s how to do it.

So this morning I noticed that there was an error in my piece in Wired News from this morning. I sent the following email to Leander Kahney, my editor at Wired News: Leander, Thanks for helping me with the story, but I wanted to alert you to an editing error that was introduced into the final version. FINAL: — “Criminals are not real smart,” said Cmdr. Sid Heal in a report. “Their P.O. (parole officer) came out and saw all…