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 The blog itself has been decommissioned and is no longer updated, and comments are trackbacks are no longer accepted.

Send along any of your finds and I'll add them to the pile:

• Upside-down 8's - The Uni Watch blog uncovers what sound like some mis-played 8's on Boston Red Sox uniforms and banners.
  
• Even A Cy Young Pitcher Apologizes For Not Updating His Blog - I just thought it was hehful that Curt Schilling started a blog entry with "I continue to fall behind but am trying to at least keep up with the season when it comes to blogging. " Welcome to the fraternity of apologists, Curt.
  
• Rick Rolling - Because I just heard about this myself, I'm not going to try to pull it on unsuspecting Earthling readers. It's a running gag where you try to fool people into clicking a link that ends up at Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" video.
  
• Childhood Dreams Become Reality - Anil heralds the introduction of a version of the Soundwave Transformer toy that really does play music! More on the twisted history of the Transformer toy line in this purged Stuffo.com article preserved by the Wayback Machine, penned by yours truly. [via IBRW]
  
• Bad Spock Blog - A blog that collects poorly done drawings of Mr. Spock, contributed by readers. [via Tom]
  
• Video Hehs:
  
  • The Hipster Olympics [via Cheengoo]
    
  • Breaking The Surfer Stereotype [via Don]