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This came up in reference to Tiger Woods' car accident, and I found it interesting:

Happy Turkey Day! I celebrated by… not eating any turkey.

Stuffed chicken breasts, hrmph. Oh well, my favorite part of Thanksgiving (food-wise, anyway) is the mashed potatoes. And the pies.

We drank the large bottle of Pink Catawba wine from Ferrante's - it was good. I had half a glass.

The Kindle received a Thanksgiving update today, as noted by Dan Benjamin.

Though the software update only pushed one decimal place to version 2.3, the updates include:

• Built-in PDF reader: Your Kindle can now display PDF documents without losing the formatting of the original file. Send PDF documents directly to your Kindle (via your @Kindle address) or drag and drop PDF files from your computer to your Kindle (when connected via USB).
• Manual screen rotation: The Kindle screen can now manually rotate between portrait and landscape views so you can see the entire width of a web page or magnify the page of a PDF file. The page-turn buttons work the same in either orientation, and the 5-way controller movements are switched to match the orientation.
• Option to convert PDF files to Kindle format. If you prefer to have your personal PDF documents converted to the Kindle format (so that they can reflow), type "Convert" in the subject of the e-mail when you submit your personal document to your @kindle.com address.

I've already tried the PDF support. It's not bad… it's probably better on the DX because of the larger screen. As it is, right now, it's a bit small. I'm hesitant to "convert" the PDF I sent as it's a book PDF, and thus, has graphics, side notes, etc. that might mess with the formatting.

Are y'all done?

We are. I'm sure we'll pick up a few stocking stuffer type things, but overall, we're done.

The only thing I want this Christmas is a razor. I would direct family members and friends to this post, but they'll just give me money anyway and I'll buy the one I decide to get.

I joked a few years ago that the Steelers had hired Omar Epps as their new coach. Now the joke has finally made its way to the television show House.

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6-4 after a lousy, crappy loss to KC. The Steelers are likely done this year. Polamalu out 3-4 more weeks. Aaron Smith out for season. Kirschke out indefinately. Kemoeatu out with MCL sprain. Big Ben out with concussion. Baltimore on the schedule next week.

Steelers give up a kick return TD to start. You knew it was going to be a long day right then and there. Heath dropped an easy catch on the KC 38, then KC picks it off and gets a TD. Ben throws a lame-ass INT in the end zone, KC runs it back to their 8-yard line. Steelers run a retarded sweep on 3rd and 2 in OT, which loses yardage and knocks them out of field goal range, then Sepulveda punts into the end zone. Ike drops an INT in OT, and two plays later, the game was over.

The Steelers have given up a fumble, interception or kick return for a touchdown in eight consecutive games.

The only hope is that Cinci - bizarrely - lost to Oakland, so the Steelers remain one game back.

P.S. Fire Bruce Arians. NOW. If Tomlin won't fire him by this off-season, fire Tomlin. And I'm a big Tomlin supporter…

Consumerist has the story and of course slashdot picked up on it.

The facts of the matter are:

• It's incredibly obvious when a computer is used by a smoker.
• Smoking can violate the terms of the warranty the same way spilling pop on your MacBook Pro can violate the terms.
• Apple is well within their rights to refuse service under the terms in the second bullet point.

What's confusing here is why Apple - or at least a few employees - are claiming "biohazard" and "OSHA" and "second-hand smoke." It's a simple case of a voided warranty by customer abuse, just as if they'd spilled pop in their machine.

End of story.

I don't care about it. Not one bit. It's a netbook with less functionality than a netbook. The OS is a browser, and in my opinion, we ain't there yet.

I don't need two cars, but I don't need a bike, either. I need a car and… whatever my iPhone is in this particular metaphor.

iCal (or, technically, BusyCal) Alarms in our house are a somewhat comedic event. If Carey and I are both on our portables¹, three computers sound off at the same time along with her iPhone (an original, and thus, an EDGE phone). A symphony of beeps and dings and chimes rain down on us from every corner of the house.

Then, about a minute later, my iPhone 3G alerts me² What's up with that? Is the AT&T 3G network time off or something? Why is my phone so tardy?

I have my phone set to "Automatically" set the time. Or, rather, I did until I manually moved up the minutes by one just now.

Pens aren't making the playoffs. Trade Staal for a winger for Sid. MAF can't win the big game. It's so cold in the D. And some of the O.

And if you don't get those references, well, they're not real.

The Pens injury list is huge. Gonchar and Talbot came back last night, but the Pens self imploded. Malkin just got back. For weeks, Mark Eaton was the healthiest Pens D-man, and even he had some sort of illness this morning.

Skoula's out. Goligoski is out. Kennedy, Kunitz, Orpik, Letang, McKee. Malkin, Gonchar, Talbot just got back. Hey, it's still November.

They say that before you know it, they're gone. Today we're roughly 2555/6570 (38.9%) of the way there.

It's simply gone too far. Like affirmative action - great intent, horrible in practice if it prevents a company from being able to hire the most qualified individual.

Yippee! This change alone will save me 4.3 years of work every 30 days! No exaggeration!

Rivet 2.3, Cynical Peak's software for sharing your movies, music, and photos with your Xbox 360, PS3, and now select XLNA devices, is now available. This is a free upgrade for existing customers and it fixes or improves on a lot of things:

• Added using a file's thumbnail for custom images. See release blog post for more info.
• Added automatic clean-up of the thumbnail cache.
• Added smart sorting. "The," "A," and "An" are ignored when sorting movies and photos (xbox still sorts with them). Music is sorted by using the song's sort name metadata (which can be set in iTunes).
• Improved photo viewing performance, especially when using Aperture.
• Improved parsing and start-up speed.
• Improved navigation for some devices.
• Reordered the top level listing.
• Fixed memory leaks.
• Fixed the issue where you could only add one photo path.
• Fixed preserving which playlists are selected between launches.
• Fixed a launch issue due to the computer name not being properly encoded.
• Added support for CEIVA Pro 80 picture frames from CEIVA Logic Inc., Denon audio/video receivers, and Plex Media Center for OS X.

December 1 on ABC?! It's true. I just saw a commercial.

Carla was missing, as was Elliot. JD, Turk, and Perry were in the preview. The Scrubs site lists Kelso, Elliot, Janitor, and three new people as well, so perhaps they're back too.

I wonder how accurate the cast list is, though, as The Middle which also features Neil Flynn was picked up for a full 22 episodes after just two shows, so… double duty for Neil or a smaller role on Scrubs, perhaps?