Cyrus Farivar

Veljo and I are on the road from Tallinn to Tartu in the south. We’re about halfway (or 100 km) into the trip. We’re stopping at this pub for a lunch of salmon chowder. The interior of this pub is like a Swiss/Nordic chalet, with light colored wood, high ceilings and loads of snow outside. The road between Tallinn and here has been full of snow-covered fields with hardly anything of note, save a few express buses that make the…

Second and Third Sets Kolumbus Pub Tallinn bombing site This weird bar that felt like an Apple ad. More of the bar Still more of the bar Street in Old Town Tallinn View from the Pegasus restaurant More from the Pegasus restaurant Old Town Tallinn by night

So here’s an idea to all you podcasters out there. We’ve got many government agencies using RSS now. (Ask Dave Winer for a full list.) But what if we took that a step further and recorded audio sessions of Congress, or even local government and made them available as podcasts? Now that would be cool. And no, Estonia’s not doing this, but they do audio record their sessions of the cabinet meetings. How cool would it be if you could…

Wow, I haven’t been here for even 24 hours and I feel like I’ve seen so much. I won’t go into the details right now, but in brief, here’s what I’ve been up to. – Breakfast at CafŽ Mademoiselle (first WiFi hotspot in Tallinn, in the Hotel Olympia) We started the day with a breakfast at a cafŽ that Veljo (pronounced VEL-ih-yo) likes to frequent. It also has sentimental value as it’s one of the first WiFi hotspots in Tallinn.…

Click here. More later. Off to Parliament now.

Despite getting delayed in New York, I made my flights in London and Stockholm without a problem. Well, Stockholm was sorta weird, only in the sense that when I arrived it was not inherently obvious where I was supposed to go. I asked some people at a desk and they told me to go downstairs where I was to “press a button” to summon a bus which would take me to the proper terminal. It took me a few minutes…

Flight to London got delayed. Update 6:50 [Pacific Time]: now delayed further, until 11:15 pm. Shouldn’t affect Tallinn arrival time, though. I have four hours in London and three in Stockholm. I’m now routed through Stockholm, arriving in Tallinn at 9:35 pm Tallinn time on Wednesday. (That’s 11:35 am Pacific Time, for those of you keeping score at home.)

Eesti: Tere! Minu nimi on Cyrus. Ma olen Ameerikast. Ma olen ajakirjanik Estonian: Hello! My name is Cyrus. I am American. I am a journalist. Favorite Estonian word thus far: ülikool (university) Favorite Estonian sentence thus far: Millised on Eesti koige tugevamad majandusharud? (What are the strongest sectors of the economy in Estonia?) T-minus 22 hours, 30 min.

Women mail their bras to try to save their favorite sci-fi show. (Courtesy Slashdot) BBC covers Hoder’s foray into podcasting. (Courtesy Dave Winer) A blog from Damascus (Courtesy Instapundit) The government of Niger was going to have a 7,000 slave-freeing ceremony — that is, until they changed their mind and decided that there were no slaves in Niger. (Courtesy Instapundit) The magic of the Internet, brings people together through a common historical bond.(Courtesy Daily Kos)

I spoke too soon. I think my logic board is busted. No good. Going to try to take it in tomorrow and hopefully can have it replaced quickly. Otherwise, I may have to buy a computer temporarily so I can have one while I’m away. In other news, Show #4 is up. Comments always welcome. I had two stories. And finally, I’ve got the first full rough draft of my thesis done. We’ll see what my advisor makes of it.…