Bloggers are already having fun with Thanksgiving and tech-y tips. TUAW rounds up 5 Thanksgiving iPhone apps, including one that has 27 turkey recipes and generates a shopping list for you. This year's talked-about kitchen gadget is the electric Butterball In-door Electric Turkey Fryer (!) for deep-frying a turkey indoors without ending up on the evening news (via The Bachelor Guy). If your parents tend to celebrate your visits by asking you to fix their computers, Faster Forward's got you covered: "Debugging deep-seated software ailments is difficult enough under ideal conditions, much less when you're operating in a haze of tryptophan and pinot noir. So you have to prepare for this possibility before you head home for the holidays."

If you and your guests need some exercise between dinner and dessert, ZiggyTek recommends the "Cook or Be Cooked" game for Wii, "Food Network's first entry into the world of gaming..." The Contra Costa Times has a great list of Thanksgiving "tech support" resources--don't miss turkey tip tweets from Butterball and the number for the Crisco Pie Hotline. Finally, try to remember that the point of the holiday is to chill out and eat a lot with friends and family. The Simple Dollar offers tactics for a cheaper--and saner--Thanksgiving dinner.