Earthling

Note: The below is an archived entry from Earthling, formerly EarthLink's official blog. The blog itself has been decommissioned and is no longer updated, and comments are trackbacks are no longer accepted.

• Another Home Run For *PLAYER*! - A Wikipedia page devoted to John Dowd. He's the fake Barry Bonds character that EA Sports uses to represent Bonds in their video games, since he's not part of the MLB player's union. "In a similar fashion, Barry Bonds is known as "Joe Young" in 2K Sports' MLB 2K7 game, and "Reggie Stocker" in MLB 07: The Show. " [via Creevus]
  
• It Looks Good On You, Though - With both NCAA and NFL football nearly upon us, Cap'n Ken brings us a look at this year's crop of LSU hats.
  
• Blank Is The New Blank - This infographic traces and relates all of the things that are the new something else, as in "Dippin Dots is the new McDLT." [via Josh]
  
• Google Thinks I Am A Robot - Somehow the Googlebots got confused and accused Mojo of lacking humanity.
  
• iPhone Sexy Touch Time - Buy a little quality time with an iPhone. Someone in India is selling "...15 minutes to "see/touch/feel" the JesusPhone under supervision." via Travis]
  
• And a few video hehs:
  
  • Uhh... - This *appears* to be a verbal dispute ending with one of the parties chucking himself against a wall. [via Leah Jones]
    
  • Manager Ejected From Baseball Game - It has all the hallmark features of a classic manager/ump discussion -- the cap throw, chest-bumping, kicking dirt on home plate, and wild gesticulation. Then the manager really melts down and sets a whole new standard for baseball bufoonery. Watch for the grenade maneuver.
    
  • Nosy Bears - A nostalgic heh in the form of an afternoon/saturday morning toy commercial from 1992. [via Creevus]
    
  • The Entertainer By Hand - Somewhere between heh and groany, a clip of a guy who can perform "The Entertainer," instrument-free with only his hands. [via Tom]
    
  
  
• Yog's Notebook Coloring Contest - On the cute side of heh, this is a coloring contest put on by Sci-Fi/Horror zine and blog Yog's Notebook:
  

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