Giant Isopods feasting on Doritos brand chips!
I came across this fascinating and funny photo in this SomethingAwful article. I used to read every animal, nature, and insect book I could get my hand on as a kid, but I’d never seen anything like this odd beast. I tried Googling “modern trilobite” and similar, but to no avail. Finally, I returned to SA and found the answer in the forums; they are Giant Isopods, crustaceans that live deep in the ocean. They are closely related to the woodlouse, a small critter that most people are familiar with; back East, we called them “sowbugs.”
Apparently, they’ve sparked a small Internet meme, inspiring clothing and music.
I’d love to know that backstory behind this photo. Who fed their three Isopods a bag of Doritos? And what’s their favorite flavor?
Seems like this is the first good policital news in many years. Not that I love all Democrats, but like many folks, I’m happy to see some change. In support of my favorite Googlebomb: Bush is a failure.
I’ve remained a fan of Google, despite their transformation into a behemoth. Picassa, which Google distributes for free, is easily my favorite image manager (much better than the last version of Adobe’s Photoshop Album). Sadly, I think I have to admit that Microsoft’s Live Local is a bit cooler than Google maps. I say this largely because of the birdseye function on local live. Initially, it was limited to a few areas, but as you can see above, they’ve expanded it to include my little neighborhood as well.
I can tell that this image was taken on a Wednesday before noon within the last few months, maybe May. I say that because my old Maxima is parked across the street; I didn’t start parking there until I bought my GS 400 in April, and I sold the Maxima last month (farewell, faithful friend).
Trash day is Wednesday, and the lack of a car in the driveway indicates we are both at work. Watch out, Sherlock Holmes.
Find the blueish swimming pool (the rest look green) and go slightly northwest; that’s my house. You can see the Impala and Toronado parked in front. (I only drive them once a week or so).
You can also see how a few of the neighbors behind ourselves pimped out their houses. The one to the right of the blue-pool house looks like it could’ve been airlifted in from La Jolla. I’d love to put a second story on our house; we’ve have a smokin’ view of the mountains to the east if we did. Sadly, I don’t have a 100k burning a hole in my pocket.
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I love freeware. People spend so much money on virus protection and spyware protection, yet there are great free solutions out there, including AVG Free edition and Avast! Home edition (which even has an available 64-bit version).
I’ve used registry cleaners before. Messing with the registry is always risky, and most cleaners suggest that you make a backup before messing with the registry, which I always do. I’ve used the Crap Cleaner registry cleaner with no problems on a variety of OS’s, including Windows XP 64. I decided to give RegSeeker a spin.
I found the interface to RegSeeker to be somewhat unintuitive, but eventually figured it out. I backed up the registry, and followed it’s suggestions for deletion. Now my Windows XP 64 install won’t boot. Period. Not even in Safe Mode. I tried repairing it with the install CD, but that didn’t help either. As far as I know, the backup of the registry is useless you can at least boot to safe mode. Luckily, I didn’t have any important data on there, but it will take hours to rebuild it. Thanks RegSeeker, you piece of garbage.
If I had to pick one restuarant in San Diego that I would eat at exclusively, Mama’s Bakery & Lebanese Deli would be a top contender. I was preparing to write a review, and decided to find a link first (entertainment pages of local site, etc) when I came across this review by a San Diego food-oriented blogger. A flogger?
mmm-yoso sums it up pretty well (with lots more pictures than I have). I agree that the garlic chicken wrap is a big draw, though the chicken shwarma and manakeesh ultimate are exceptional as well. Note: you must really like garlic to enjoy the chicken wrap. I love it, but then again, I thought that my meal at The Stinking Rose didn’t have enough garlic.
Here’s a picture of Poncho hanging out at Mama’s.
