Cyrus Farivar

Wired News: By Cyrus Farivar 02:00 AM Mar, 06, 2007 RIGA, Latvia — At first glance, Hansa Buss’ new coach seems like any ordinary bus — it’s got big, not-yet-sticky rubber steps leading inside to row after row of seats. Curiously, some of the seats have electrical outlets mounted in the sidewalls of the bus. Farther down the aisle, in the midsection of the bus, is a kitchenette, complete with an espresso machine, a microwave and a small pantry area.…

The Scene: David Boyk is IMing with me, seated somewhere in India in front of his swanky new MacBook Pro. Boyk: dude, this apple remote thing? Boyk: fucking awesome Boyk: all i require from life is a way to make fun little 3D things happen on my screen without touching my computer Fin.

There was just an earthquake 12 miles from my house. Update: The San Francisco Chronicle is on it: (03-01) 21:06 PST — A quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2 hit one mile northeast of Lafayette at 8:40 p.m. tonight. Various police and fire departments in the East Bay said there were no immediate reports of damage. BART reported no damage. The quake’s depth was 10.3 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. At Stanley Middle School in Lafayette, the…

So Senegal just had its presidential elections this past Sunday, and the results are in today: Abdoulaye Wade has been re-elected. Ethan has a great roundup via Global Voices about what various Senegalese bloggers are saying about things. Not sure who’s who or what’s what? You’re in luck, because Ethan’s also found this fantastic three-part video series: Democracy in Dakar Project 2007.

So if you’re not going to Chaharshanbeh Suri with me on March 13, maybe you’d rather hear Stephen Hawking give a lecture at UC Berkeley? I’ve got two tickets for sale if you’re interested. 10 percent discount for blog readers. Update: Been sold! Thanks!

Josh Quittner, the editor-in-chief at Business 2.0 magazine (where I was an intern a mere three years ago), wants to be the next dean at the North Gate Graduate School of Journalism? Also, why didn’t anyone tell me that Ted Leo & the Pharmacists are playing a $15 show at Stanford this Sunday night? I’m so there, dude.

Yep, FP Passport has it right. This has to be the best lede ever written: A jazz musician was injured Friday after jumping from a burning motor home driven by a one-time roller skating stripper from Lodi.

I’ve been informed that at last check, my radio piece on the new WiFi bus in Estonia will be on The World today! Will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): New York – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM – www.wnyc.org Washington, DC – 3 pm Eastern – WAMU – 88.5 FM – www.wamu.org Los Angeles – 12 pm Pacific – KPCC – 89.3 FM – www.kpcc.opg Boston – 4 pm Eastern –…

So today I was digging around the interwebs for some info about burritos. Three items stick out: 1) I found this 85 burrito odyssey in the Chronicle from last September. 2) I found a possible reference to myself in UrbanDictionary.com, under the entry “california burrito”. Guacamole may be substituted for sour cream, though this not a true Cali burrito, just an imposter (known as a Cyrus Burrito). This is strange, because I almost always order my burritos without sour cream,…

Sorry I didn’t get this up sooner, but Sarmad was on NPR’s “On Point” last week, on February 21. He talks about his experiences and his piece in the WSJ during the first 12 minutes. The remainder of the show is a discussion with three other Iraqis living in America. You can download the entire show via the link below. On Point – February 21, 2007 – 20 MB