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Why or why not? Answer and share your thoughts below in the comments.

In the great room I have three switches, all of them dimmers (the five-button kind: off, 1/4 power, half power, 3/4, and full). Two of the switches each control one set of lights. The third controls a fan that's in the middle of the room.

I'd like to replace the fan with a compact fluorescent light, but obviously CFLs don't work very well on dimmer switches. What can I expect to find in the hole when I remove the fan? Can I wire up the new light so that it works properly despite being on a dimmer switch?

I'd rather not replace the dimmer switch, you see.

The only thing I have to say about Tiger Woods.

His reputation as a golfer: perhaps the best ever.
His reputation as a human being: trashed.

I'm curious to see how I'll feel when I see him playing golf in two months. I've rooted for the guy in the past because I enjoy good golf and I want to witness greatness.

But now, well, I don't know.

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In the next few weeks, we're going to pick up some hermit crabs as a little pet for our house.

Does anyone have any tips, advice, info, or anything else to share? It'll be our first experience, and we've done a lot of research (mostly Carey has), but personal tales always add a little bit of color to the research.

I'm happy to report that this year, we have no leftovers. Well, just some mashed potatoes and some pies.

Mmmmmmm.

No Suspension:

Two-Game Suspension:

I'm fine with the Cooke suspension. I'm not fine with the double standard. Richards' hit is later, higher, and resulted in a far worse injury.

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Cyndicate, the best feed reader out there <grin>, has been updated to version 1.3. This free update:

• Fixed a crash that can occur when rating an article.
• Added alias support to the database and license files.
• Fixed setting Twitter username and password when it hadn't previously been set.
• Fixed an issue with enclosures not being properly deleted.
• Updated to the latest version of growl.
• Fixed memory and miscellaneous issues.

It's a free update. Download the demo if you've not tried it and be sure to grab the update if you are a licensed user.

And we've begun work on 2.0, too. Woo!

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.