Cyrus Farivar

Apparently our exploits last weekend got us some Estonian media attention. Thanks!

I just finished putting the rest of my Mexico photos online.

Salinas won’t be shutting down its taco truck scene. Yay! However, New Orleans isn’t so keen on its taco trucks, reports the LA Times [via Daniel Hernandez] Still, I think David Boyk put it best: “I just don’t understand people who hate Mexicans. Mexicans are fucking awesome, and people who don’t understand that are assholes. “

And yes, there’s WiFi at this pub. Could Estonia get any better than this?

Thanks to Veljo Haamer and his band of WiFi minions, there’s now free WiFi on the Hiiumaa ferry, a journey that takes an hour-and-a-half to complete from the mainland. It works via a long-range EVDO modem, connected to a WiFi access point, and provides free Internet access in the on-board restaurant. It took Veljo and two assistants just a short couple of hours to get the new maritime access point set up this morning. I never cease to be amazed…

I’m off to spend the weekend in Hiiumaa. Not sure what the Internet sitch will be, but have a great weekend, otherwise!

This is all too true: There are people all around, but few of them are passengers. They are touts, hawkers, vagrants, drifters, thieves — a melee of dubiously intended hangers-around, each of them eyeing you with the stubborn, languid glare of a vulture. Set against a back wall, the sole ATM is flanked by armed guards, whose duties are particularly effortless, since the machine doesn’t work. There is nowhere to sit, no seats. Which really is all right because the…

You know, there are worse places to do research besides the Kohvik Moskva. Who knew that in summertime they had an outdoor patio?

PC Magazine: ARTICLE DATE: 07.11.07 By Cyrus Farivar You may want to think twice before swiping your credit card at your favorite store. In January, the parent company of Marshalls and T.J. Maxx stores revealed that over 45 million credit and debit card numbers had been stolen from its databases. In the wake of this and other egregious slip-ups, legislators are calling for new federal blanket laws to protect consumers. Currently, a tangle of state and local laws leaves consumers…

Wow, I can’t believe that in the last two-and-a-half years I’m now on my third trip to Tallinn. (First, Second). I just did an interview with Sten Tamkivi (See: The Economist, August 17 2006) — the Skype offices feel exactly like every other startup I’ve ever seen. They even showed me off a Skype payphone prototype that used to be in their lobby! Now, Veljo and I are having lunch at my favorite spot in town, the Mauruse Pubi, a…