archived links sysrick’s bookmarksTumblr (3.0; @sysrick)http://sysrick.com/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eHZJrx7RZ2w?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://links.laughingsquid.com/post/16931740152/do-big-cats-purr" target="_blank">laughingsquid</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/do-big-cats-purr/" target="_blank">Do Big Cats Purr?</a></p> </blockquote>http://sysrick.com/post/16933969094http://sysrick.com/post/16933969094Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:51:54 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly2nyfRsNl1qkz7uio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cafescape.tumblr.com/post/16230795472/how-coffee-changed-america" target="_blank">cafescape</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>How coffee changed America.</p> </blockquote>http://sysrick.com/post/16880404175http://sysrick.com/post/16880404175Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:33:02 -0500<a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/02/robert-harris-201202.print">V.F. Portrait: Nick Hornby on Robert Harris | Culture | Vanity Fair</a>http://sysrick.com/post/16536834136http://sysrick.com/post/16536834136Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:06:49 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyesehnlhQ1qf4hl5o1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://longreads.tumblr.com/post/16520347625/the-harsh-working-conditions-inside-factories-that" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">longreads</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>The harsh working conditions inside factories that make products for Apple:</p> <blockquote> <p>“We’ve known about labor abuses in some factories for four years, and they’re still going on,” said one former Apple executive who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of confidentiality agreements. “Why? Because the system works for us. Suppliers would change everything tomorrow if Apple told them they didn’t have another choice.”</p> <p>“If half of iPhones were malfunctioning, do you think Apple would let it go on for four years?” the executive asked.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://lgrd.co/w5PL3K" target="_blank">“Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad.” — Charles Duhigg, David Barboza, <em>The New York Times</em></a></p> <p>Previously: <a href="http://lgrd.co/z1TY7B" target="_blank">“Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class.” — Charles Duhigg, Keith Bradsher, <em>The New York Times</em></a></p> <p>See also this #Audiofiles story: <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/454/mr-daisey-and-the-apple-factory" target="_blank">“Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory.” This American Life, Jan. 6, 2012</a></p></blockquote>http://sysrick.com/post/16524305748http://sysrick.com/post/16524305748Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:15:30 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyeyciDxcl1qztaldo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://lifeinlofi.com/2012/01/26/spotlight-iphoneographer-giuseppe-capozzo-you-know-him-as-krapoz/" target="_blank">Spotlight: iPhoneographer Giuseppe Capozzo. 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