Cyrus Farivar
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Interview on “Bud Hedinger Live” (WFLA 540 AM)
Lemme know what you think. I was pretty happy with it. (Again, if you missed it, the interview was in relation to this story.) InterviewWFLA540AM.2005-02-07.mp3 [5.7 MB (12:27) 64 kbps]
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West Hollywood May Ban Cosmetic Surgery for Pets
LA Times: Cosmetic surgery may be all the rage in Southern California, but one Westside community is considering banning it Ñ for animals. The city is pet-friendly West Hollywood. And at today’s meeting of the City Council, Mayor John Duran will introduce a motion to ban the cropping of animals’ ears, docking of their tails, surgical procedures to silence them, defanging and other operations performed for “noncurative” reasons. Such procedures, which Duran and others believe are painful, purely cosmetic or…
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“In the Shadows”
Ed: The following is an assignment for my book writing class that is due tomorrow on the theme of “In the Shadows”. I just finished it. We’re supposed to practice writing narrative non-fiction. Comments always welcome. Lisa’s name has been changed at her request. Farivar, Cyrus Prof. Freedman February 7, 2005 “In the Shadows” WC: 2395 Maybe it was the tight “disquette” jeans that did it. Or perhaps it was the “bin-bins”. Either way, Lisa wanted to be noticed. She…
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Trying to be a better journalist
Yesterday, Dave Winer challenged me over lunch at 2nd Ave. Deli (which is amazing — and thanks again, Dave) to provide more journalistic transparency, by displaying my notes online — because he charged that when he’s been interviewed that the reporters bungled what he said, or didn’t focus on what he wanted them to. And I said if my editors were ok with it, that I would. And my editor at Wired News said he was ok with it. So,…
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My first media appearance
On Monday afternoon, around 5 pm Eastern, I’m going to be on “Bud Hedinger Live”, a news and topic oriented talk show on WFLA radio in Orlando to talk about my recent piece in Wired News. Now I just have to make sure I’m near a landline. Hmmm, I wonder if I can use the ISDN line here at school.
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Which is worse, the quote, or the Marines’ response?
NY Times: WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 – A senior Marine general who commanded forces in Iraq and Afghanistan has been admonished by the commandant of the Marine Corps for saying publicly, “It’s fun to shoot some people.” Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis, an infantry officer who is a revered figure among marines for his fierce demeanor and warrior ethos, made the comments on Tuesday while speaking to a forum in San Diego about strategies for the war against terror. According to…
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Car Chase Tech That’s Really Hot
Wired News by Cyrus Farivar If a Los Angeles-area scientist has his way, car chases may become as antiquated as horse-mounted cavalry. James Tatoian, chief executive of Eureka Aerospace in Pasadena, California, is developing a system that uses microwave energy to interfere with microchips inside cars. Once the chip is overloaded with excessive current, the car ceases to function, and will gradually decelerate on its own, he said. “If you put approximately 10 or 15 kilovolts per meter on a…
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Oh, what a difference a pair of headphones makes
I figured that if I’m going to do radio, I need a serious fuck-off (aka “professional”) set of headphones. Also picked up a mic. If only I could figure out what mic cable will make it work with my MD. The dudes at B&H said I needed a transformer, and when I tried the one I got today, it didn’t fly. D’oh. I’ve tried it without. No dice. Once I get that working, then I can podcast from my bedroom.…
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“Porn”, “sexy” and “prude” all in the lede? That’s impressive.
LA Times: Porn is suddenly sexy to a cable TV company once considered the industry prude. Adelphia Communications Corp. has quietly become the nation’s only leading cable operator to offer the most explicit category of hard-core porn. Come Friday, triple-X-rated programming will be available on cable for the first time in a major media market: Southern California. “People want it, so we are trying to provide it,” Adelphia spokeswoman Erica Stull said. “The more Xs, the more popular.” WashPost: He…
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“It’s awesome, sir.” “You mean like a hot dog?” “Like a hundred billion hot dogs, sir.”
This guy is pretty awesome. Mooney, a 40-year-old community outreach and public affairs officer at BrooklynÕs ASA Institute of Business and Computer Technology, intends to singlehandedly row across the AtlanticÑfrom GorŽe (an island town that is part of the West African country of Senegal) to Bahia, Brazil, and then up through the Caribbean and along the U.S. East Coast to his home in New York. The 8,000-mile GorŽe ChallengeÑduring which Mooney will make short stops to deliver HIV awareness and…
