1. The Footnotes of Mad Men (via Kottke).
2. Corona saves a man’s life by being gross (via @BoingBoing).
3. Kenji Lopez-Alt reverse-engineers an In-n-Out burger. He also recreated Mickey D’s fries a while back.
4. Bill Murray gets interviewed.

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1. Linkwad (updated).
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If you haven’t seen the Virgin Free Fest lineup yet, you should. Tickets go up Saturday (or Friday, if you managed to get tickets last year).

And here’s the stupendously silly “Drunk Girls” video:

Via just about the whole Internet.

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3. Linkwad and an update.

Guided by Voices is reuniting to play a bunch of shows. Holy crap, I’m excited.

Via Pitchfork.

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The U.S. Department of Transportation has analyzed dozens of data recorders from Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles involved in accidents blamed on sudden acceleration and found that the throttles were wide open and the brakes weren’t engaged at the time of the crash, people familiar with the findings said.

…The initial findings are consistent with a 1989 government-sponsored study that blamed similar driver mistakes for a rash of sudden-acceleration reports involving Audi 5000 sedans.

The Toyota findings appear to support Toyota’s position that sudden-acceleration reports involving its vehicles weren’t caused by electronic glitches in computer-controlled throttle systems, as some safety advocates and plaintiffs’ attorneys have alleged. More than 100 people have sued the car maker over crashes they claim were the result of faulty electronics.

A while back, I suggested (while drinking, if I recall correctly) that anyone who crashed a Toyota should just blame their mistakes on a vehicular HAL 9000:

One case studied by U.S. regulators involves Myrna Marseille of Kohler, Wis., who reported in March that her 2009 Toyota Camry accelerated out of control and crashed into a building.

…Police in Sheboygan Falls, Wis., investigated and believe driver error was to blame, Chief Steven Riffel said Tuesday. He said surveillance video showed that the brake lights didn’t illuminate until after the crash. But Mr. Riffel said that determination is preliminary and that his agency has turned over the investigation to NHTSA.

…Ms. Marseille sticks by her story. “It makes me very angry when someone tells me, ‘She probably hit the gas pedal instead,’ because I think it’s a sexist comment, an ageist comment,” she said.

In the long run, it looks like God’s down with the assholes.

Via Radley Balko.

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Anthropometric measurements of large populations show that systematic differences exist among blacks, whites and Asians. The published evidence is massive: blacks have longer limbs than whites, and because blacks have longer legs and smaller circumferences (e.g. calves and arms), their center of mass is higher than that in other individuals of the same height. Asians and whites have longer torsos, therefore their centers of mass are lower.

I’m generally suspicious of “inherent genetic advantage” arguments, but at least I know I’m not alone.

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2. Of course.
3. Suburban ghettoes.

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Dear Shannon,
That is shocking news. Luckily I was sitting down when I read your email and not half way up a ladder or tree. How are you holding up? I am surprised you managed to attend work at all what with thinking about Missy out there cold, frightened and alone… possibly lying on the side of the road, her back legs squashed by a vehicle, calling out “Shannon, where are you?”

Although I have two clients expecting completed work this afternoon, I will, of course, drop everything and do whatever it takes to facilitate the speedy return of Missy.
Regards, David.

From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.37am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Poster

yeah ok thanks. I know you dont like cats but I am really worried about mine. I have to leave at 1pm today.
[...]

From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.24am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

yeah thats not what I was looking for at all. it looks like a movie and how come the photo of Missy is so small?

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.28am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

Dear Shannon,
It’s a design thing. The cat is lost in the negative space.
Regards, David.

Via Andrew Sullivan

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Turns out Kill Hannah is opening for the Smashing Pumpkins tonight on the “Bands I should have seen in 1996 tour.” Here’s “Kennedy.”

Updated: Apparently that AIDS breakthrough isn’t a cure after all.

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