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Bill & Frank's Brickhouse Grill is a restaurant located in Downtown Deland. I've been here a couple times in the past and always liked the restaurant but never wrote about them on this blog. I took a picture of my food on my most recent visit, so now there's a blog post. The Brickhouse Grill has a very varied menu, ranging from sandwiches, steaks, pastas, salads, and my choice for the evening: barbeque.

I decided to try some the beef brisket and smoked turkey. This was served with garlic toast, mashed potatoes, and pickle slices. The meats had a nice smokey flavor. Out of the two, I preferred the turkey. A couple of the slices of brisket were very fatty. It's unfortunate because the brisket was otherwise tasty. The mashed potatoes had bacon and cheese mixed in for some added flavor.

My meal at Bill & Frank's Brickhouse Grill wasn't perfect with the fatty brisket, but was otherwise good. I'd most definitely return, next time to probably try some of their sandwiches that sound really good.

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The 1990′s called, they want you to use modern technology to listen in on your friends’ pager messages. Seriously, how many people are still using pagers these days? We guess you can find out by building your own Software-Define Radio pager message decoder.

[Sonny_Jim] bought an RTL2832 based USB dongle to listen in on ADS-B airplane communications only to find out the hardware wasn’t capable of communicating in that bandwidth range. So he set out to find a project the hardware was suited for and ended up exploring the POCSAG protocol used by paging devices. It turns out it’s not just used for person-to-person communications. There are still many automated systems that use the technology.

Setting things up is not all that hard. Reading the comments on the project log show some folks are having dependency issues, but these sound rather banal and will be a good chance for you to brush up on your Linux-fu. Once all the packages are installed you’re simply working with text which can be displayed in a myriad of ways. [Sonny] set up a text files on the Pi’s webserver so that he can check out the latest captures from a smartphone.

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The Apache Software Foundation has announced a new release of "the most popular and widely-used Open Source version control system" — Subversion 1.8.0. "Since their introduction in prior releases, Subversion’s merge tracking and tree conflict detection features have been critical to its ability to serve projects where branching and merging happens often. The 1.8.0 version improves these features, further automating the client-side merge functionality and improving both tree conflict detection during merge operations and tree conflict resolution during update operations. Additionally, the Subversion client now tracks moves of working copy items as first-class operations, which brings immediate benefit to users today and is a key step toward more thorough system-wide support for moved and renamed objects in a future release."

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Have you ever considered writing a book? Are you planning to self-publish the book? If so, you probably have a lot to learn about the various processes you need to go through and the companies that can best help you along the way. Check out "Your Guide To Self Publishing: From Print to Kindle and Beyond!" by Christian Cawley, who has self-published his own book multiple times.

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AWS Identity and Access Management is very powerful and very flexible. My colleague Elliot Yamaguchi has written a blog post that shows you how to use IAM to create a policy which implements folder-level permissions within an Amazon S3 bucket. By using this policy, you can allow hundreds of users to safely share a single bucket, restricting each one to a particular folder within the bucket.

The post contains a complete explanation of the policy. You can use it as-is or you can customize it as needed.

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Dec. 5, 1929. Ignition interference from airplane engines on aircraft is largely a myth according to C. Francis Jenkins, Washington, D.C., inventor who has designed a radio receiving set which he says does not pick up noises from a flying power plant. In this photograph is shown Mr. Jenkins (right) and his laboratory assistant.

Video pioneer Francis Jenkins, seen here last week, and an anonymous protege who has a telegraph key strapped to his leg. By our reckoning this counts as early mobile texting. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

YouTube Video and Audio Downloader downloads YouTube videos (using Firefox download manager) in all available formats (FLV, MP4, WebM, and 3GP) with video quality of your choice. It also contains a pure JavaScript library to extract the ORIGINAL audio file out of FLV videos. It also shipped with an offline tool to extract audio files out of FLV videos.

Here are a few more customizations and tips worth mentioning:

To add/remove the toolbar icon right click on the Firefox toolbar and select “Customize…”
To change settings go to Addon-manager -> Youtube video and audio downloader -> Options
To get information about Youtube videos such as all possible formats and their download links, first open a video in Firefox and when the toolbar icon is red, middle click on the toolbar button.
To extract audio files from FLV video, click on the toolbar button, go to Tools tab and then select Video conversion tool.
To extract all embed videos of current page, Ctrl + Left click on the toolbar button

This is a great extension to download YouTube videos in various formats (FLV, MP4, 3GP, WebM) and extract the audio files. You can also optionally download video subtitles if available! Want to try it out? You can download it from the Firefox Add-ons website.

Need a better weather add-on for Firefox? With Weather Now you will immediately see the weather condition at you current location or any other place you add. It is a simple and straight forward weather add-on for Firefox.

Here are some of the features of Weather Now:

simple and catchy design
automatic geolocation
multiple cities support
everything is set after installation
3-4 days weather forecast (depending on source)
supports Celsius and Fahrenheit

Weather now shows you Weather condition in your city together with 4-days forecast wrapped in elegant and simple design. You can say goodbye to all those confusing designs. Want to give it a shot? You can download Weather Now from the Firefox Add-ons website.

The sandboxing software Sandboxie is one of those programs that comes in really handy if you are testing a lot of software on your PC. It runs select software in a sandbox that is more or less separate from the underlying system so that malicious code cannot penetrate it.

It is not only ideal for software tests though as you can mitigate different attack forms with it as well. You can use it to mitigate drive by downloads for instance if you are running your browser in a sandbox.

What makes Sandboxie special is that it is offered as a free version as well as a commercial one. The free version is somewhat limited but ideal to test the program to see what it is capable of before you make a buying decision.

Yesterday's update to Sandboxie 4.02 introduces a much requested feature: full 64-bit protection. Sandboxie previously offered protection on 64-bit systems through its Experimental Protection feature which used semi-official kernel interfaces for that. Since those interfaces were not fully documented the feature was tagged as experimental.

The release of Sandboxie 4.02 changes that as the program is now offered full protection for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the Windows operating system. The developer has removed the Experimental Protection features as a consequence in the latest version of Sandboxie.

Two additional changes are listed in the program's change log.

First, compatibility with popular programs such as Office 2013, Avast!, EMET, Norton Internet Security or Windows 8 has been improved. Especially Windows 8 users benefit from the change as the previously used Experimental Protection feature was not offered for the 64-bit version of the operating system.

Support for Windows 2000 was removed in the Sandboxie update so that Windows XP Service Pack 3 is now the oldest supported operating system.

You can download the latest version of the program from the developer's website. Note that the installer combines 32-bit and 64-bit versions and that you can overwrite your existing installation to upgrade to the latest version of the application.

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Recycling the Dead-Sprints iDen network ends iDen was one of Sprint’s first push to talk networks that spread itself all over the US. Allowing the business elite as well as the farm hand to stay in touch with the boss without having to use up their minutes. But now there is a new push to talk sheriff in town, the direct connect network from Sprint. Because of that, iDen must be destroyed.Well not really destroyed, but completely removed from the face of the Earth. Anything that made the iDen network work is being recycled. Cables, batteries,and even the concrete that was used to house the cell sites for the iDen are now on the chopping block. Sprint claims that they will be recycling 100 million pounds of materials. The iDen network service is to end June 30th but the recycling of the iDen materials will continue deep into 2014.Sprint has sent letters, emails, flares, to any and all customers who still work and live on the iDen network. Letting them know that the service is ending, and that they can keep the same push to talk service with the Sprint’s new direct connect service instead. Sprint is still cutting it close by giving users a month to change over their service. But if you have a regular phone that has push to talk capabilities your data and minutes service will not change.But this maybe the beginning of the end for push to talk. Once a sexy new fangled gadget is now an annoying way people can air their personal business while waiting in line at McDonald’s. In the more rural centers of the world push to talk is useful but those places are becoming fewer and farther between. So the interest in push to talk in any form maybe becoming something of the past as well. Making it the next thing on the recycling block.

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When Are eBay and Craigslist Worth It (and When Should I Stay Away)?

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I know sites like eBay and Craigslist are great for finding deals, but I imagine I shouldn't use them for everything. Which items are best bought used, and which ones are more trouble than they're worth?

xkcd has a really great comic today, which touches obliquely on a number of aspects of modern digital life. Randall Munroe has dug back through various historical sources to find some terrific observations on how terrible everything is now and how much better it used to be…in print sources dating from 1871 to 1915. An [...]

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PlayStation 3 Firmware 4.45 Bricks Some Consoles is a post by Shawn Ingram from Gotta Be Mobile.

Last night Sony issued a firmware update for the PlayStation 3 that caused issues with some consoles, forcing Sony to pull the update.

PlayStation 3 firmware 4.45 was to bring some new trophies options to the PlayStation 3, giving gamers the option to turn off notifications of when they received a trophy. Instead, many gamers found the update bricked their console, rendering it all but useless for the moment.

Some gamers took to Sony’s PlayStation forums to report the problem. Some who applied the update found their console would boot as usual showing the PS3 logo and a flowing ribbon in the background, but the console would stop there. The cross-media bar interface wouldn’t load, and pressing the power button wouldn’t turn off the console.

Some found a fix for the issue that involves putting the PlayStation 3 in Safe Mode and reformatting the console’s hard drive. That method may work, but it will erase any save games or downloaded games from the console. That option is only really viable for PlayStation Plus subscribers who use the cloud save feature of the service, as it means they won’t lose their saved games.

After less than a day of complaints Sony announced that it pulled the firmware 4.45 update from the PlayStation network so it won’t affect other gamers. The company will release a new version of the firmware update as soon as possible so gamers can get back to playing their games and using services such as Netflix and Hulu Plus on the console.

Speaking to Kotaku, Sony asked that gamers with bricked consoles have patience while the company tries its best to get an update out quickly. When the update is available there will be a way for gamers to fix their consoles, likely through putting the update on a USB flash drive and plugging it into the PlayStation 3 console.

PlayStation 3 Firmware 4.45 Bricks Some Consoles is a post by Shawn Ingram from Gotta Be Mobile.

A woman who described herself as a teacher of the U.S. Constitution went ballistic over Bradlee Dean's ministry effort at a gasoline station in Florida to drum up support for its campaign to teach the ethics, morality and responsibility of the Bible in public schools.

The woman verbally and physically attacked two ministry workers, Elizabeth Ilse and Chase Schomberg.

Dean reports Ilse was standing behind one of her ministry tables while distributing Christian literature to those visiting the gas station. She simply said, "Hello," to the woman, but after the woman approached and began to read the sign on the ministry's table that said, "Support Christianity in Public Schools, the Constitution, and Honoring Soldiers," she viciously attacked the cause by screaming, "Shame on you for wanting Christianity in schools," calling Ilse a "bigot" and further stating that "Christians are the problem."

The woman threatened to call the police, then yelled, "I'll tell police you are not just harassing, but are assaulting me."

She then assaulted the cameraman with her bag.

"Its totalitarianism," Dean says. "This is what we are seeing out there. They love to pull your hair, they like to smack your face, and they even have the audacity to call the cops and cry victim."

The woman then left the scene only to return a short time later to talk with police. Police asked the ministry workers if they wanted to press charges against the woman.

It's undecided whether the ministry or Dean will press charges.

"It's coming from the atheists, it's coming from the left, and its coming from the liberals," Dean says. "As if to say we have two Constitutions and not one. I like to say if the Right was doing the right thing all the time, we wouldn't have a Left."

Bradlee Dean's ministry, You Can Run International, reaches out to America's next generation through principles of morality, true freedom and personal responsibility.

Dean maintains it's just one of a number of attacks in recent months on his ministry. A high school principal in Florida cut off Dean's First Amendment rights midsentence. Dean later returned to the school to finish delivering his message.

Another controversy emerged over Dean's appearance at a public school in Dunkerton, Iowa, where his ministry was accused of "gay bashing" and warned by the fire chief that the town's roads would be shut down to keep the band from returning. But after a letter from Liberty Council, Dean returned to Dunkerton and spoke at the city's library during the Dunkerton Days festival.

The organization explains its mission is to "equip our next generation with the Christian values that made America great through a unique avenue of music and educational event forums in colleges, schools, churches, festivals and arenas."

The goal is to present that message in schools.

In other developments, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow has been served with a lawsuit by Dean, alleging defamation for her references to Dean's group. The case is on appeal.

Leave Your Keyboard Feet Folded In for Better Ergonomics

We've all seen those little feet that extend out of our keyboards, but did you ever ask what they're really for? It turns out, they're not there for ergonomics.

Why You're Not a Morning Person (and How to Become One)

At 6 AM, most of us are lucky if we have the energy to reach for a cup of coffee. Mornings may be rough, but hold off on sleeping in. There are perks to waking up with the sun, and we've got some tips on making it easier.

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Sometimes it’s useful to write a bash script that do something like “Do this job, if it’s still running after XX second kill it”, how to implement this in a normal bash environment ?

Nothing simpler: Use the timeout shell command to achieve this.
From its info page:

timeout runs the given COMMAND and kills it if it is still running after the specified time interval

Let’s see how to use it.

Installation

If you have a system recent enough you should have the command timeout that is part of the coreutils package, for sure it’s not present on Centos 5/Rhel 5 so if you are still using these distributions or another “old” distribution, move to the second part of this article “What to do if you don’t have the timeout command”

Basic Usage

The basic usage of this command is:

timeout [OPTION] DURATION COMMAND [ARG]

timeout will run COMMAND (with its ARG) and if it’s still alive after DURATION it will send a TERM signal to it.

OPTION could be:

-k DURATION, –kill-after=DURATION:
Ensure the monitored COMMAND is killed by also sending a `KILL’ signal, after the specified DURATION. Without this option, if the selected signal proves not to be fatal, `timeout’ does not kill the COMMAND.

-s SIGNAL, –signal=SIGNAL:
Send this SIGNAL to COMMAND on timeout, rather than the default `TERM’ signal. SIGNAL may be a name like `HUP’ or a number.

DURATION is a floating point number followed by an optional unit:
`s’ for seconds (the default)
`m’ for minutes
`h’ for hours
`d’ for days
A duration of 0 disables the associated timeout

Example:

This is a simple example that print the date, run sleep for 10 seconds but with a timeout of 1 second and than run date again:

date; timeout 1 sleep 10; date
Wed Jun 19 23:04:31 CEST 2013
Wed Jun 19 23:04:32 CEST 2013

This simple output shows that the system “sleep” for just 1 second and not 10.

You can watch more examples in the following video:

What to do if you don’t have the timeout command

The best alternative that I’ve found at the moment is the bash script published at this link: http://www.bashcookbook.com/bashinfo/source/bash-4.0/examples/scripts/timeout3

This Bash shell script executes a command with a time-out. Upon time-out expiration SIGTERM (15) is sent to the process. If the signal
is blocked, then the subsequent SIGKILL (9) terminates it.

This should work on any Linux distribution with Bash.

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A bi-partisan gun bill has made its way to the Governor’s desk. If signed into law, it will prevent tens of thousands of Floridians from buying firearms.

Gun control legislation intended to save lives, may deny thousands of Floridians the right to buy a gun. The legislation is on the Governor’s desk “I would think it would be very difficult for the governor not to sign a bill that keeps guns out of the hands of dangerous people with mental illnesses,” said the National Riffle Association’s Marion Hammer.

The legislation requires people who volunteer for mental health treatment to give up their gun rights. Mental health professionals want Rick Scott to veto the legislation. ”We believe in a sense the federal standard is the sound standard and that is there needs to be an adjudication,” said Florida Council for Community Mental Health’s John Bryant.

Supporters say the bill will only cover people who would otherwise be committed under the Baker Act. Commitment requires a diagnosis of mental illness and is considered harmful to themselves or others. Opponents worry the new bill creates unreasonable time frames for doctors to make life altering diagnosis.

“I think the people who have to implement this bill will find out it’s a lot more complicated and difficult to implement than anyone envisioned,” said Bryant.

Hammer says after a person with mental illness is treated, they’ll be able to petition the court to get their gun rights back. “They will not be able to purchase a gun until they had been treated and a psychiatrist says they need relief from disability,” she said.

Scott has two weeks to decide if he will sign the legislation.

According to the Governor’s Office, 17,008 e-mail’s have been sent, urging Rick Scott to veto the bill. Just one email encourages him to sign the legislation. Additionally, 2,730 calls have been received. 2,711 were in opposition, 12 were in support of the bill and 7 were general questions on the legislation.

In what might be seen as a harbinger of license changes to come for MySQL, the MariaDB blog is reporting that the man pages for MySQL 5.5.31 have changed licenses. Formerly covered by the GPLv2, the man pages are now under a more restrictive license, the crux of which seems to be: "You may create a printed copy of this documentation solely for your own personal use. Conversion to other formats is allowed as long as the actual content is not altered or edited in any way. You shall not publish or distribute this documentation in any form or on any media, except if you distribute the documentation in a manner similar to how Oracle disseminates it (that is, electronically for download on a Web site with the software) or on a CD-ROM or similar medium, provided however that the documentation is disseminated together with the software on the same medium. Any other use, such as any dissemination of printed copies or use of this documentation, in whole or in part, in another publication, requires the prior written consent from an authorized representative of Oracle."

[Update: A MySQL bug report indicates that a build system problem led to the relicensing, which will presumably be fixed in the next release.]

Are you wondering why the cost of your smartphone plan keeps going up? Demand for data among cell phone users is greater than the phone carriers can supply—because a huge chunk of the electromagnetic spectrum in America—the system needed to carry the data—is owned by the federal government.

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Tomely (www.tomely.com), an ebookstore for independent publishers and authors, is set to launch today. Tomely has been designed specifically to facilitate direct transactions between readers and their favourite indie authors and publishers.

All ebooks sold through Tomely are DRM-free, and Tomely allows readers to easily load purchased books directly onto any of their favourite devices, or send them to social reading services like Readmill.

“Tomely is about building an ebookstore for what savvy readers and publishers want in 2013,” said Connor Tomas O’Brien, Lead Designer at Tomely. “There’s a place for the big mega-mall style online ebookstores, but what’s been missing is the digital equivalent of your friendly indie bookstore.”

Tomely provides publishers and authors with the ability to sell directly through their own existing websites, manage their own promotions using a flexible coupon-code generator, and easily send galley copies of books to reviewers. While other ebookstores can force publishers to wait weeks or months for payments to process, Tomely facilitates direct transactions between readers and publishers.

“Tomely seems to have all the bases covered for selling ebooks,” said Adam Robinson, Founding Editor of Publishing Genius Press.

“Instead of trying to create another ‘Walled Garden’, we want Tomely to work well with the devices and services readers and publishers already use,” said Fred Fan, Lead Developer at Tomely. “A reader can receive a discount from Tomely promoting a book on Twitter, read the book they’ve purchased from Tomely on Readmill, then share a readable preview of that book on Tumblr.”

One particularly interesting component of Tomely is the ‘Infinite Book’ (http://tomely.com/infinite-book), which generates an endless page full of random samples of text pulled from inside ebooks uploaded to Tomely. When it was launched last year, the Infinite Book was praised on the Oprah.com blog as “a lovely way to find a new book to read and a lovely way to think about reading.”

Since earlier in the year when Barnes & Noble announced disappointing device and content sales for its Nook ebook business, the company has been on the warpath to sell as many Nook devices as possible — and the weapon of choice has been discounting.

These latest prices for the Nook HD tablet and Nook HD+ ($129 and $149, respectively) put them below the Kindle Fire and other comparable tablets. By comparison, the Fire with special offers (read: advertising) is now available on Amazon.com for $159. While these Android tablets aren’t exactly fungible, they are of the same generation and have very similar specifications.

See a list of all the recent Nook device and content discounting from the first half of the year here.

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Barnes & Noble Extends “Best Prices Ever” on NOOK® HD and NOOK® HD+

Extension of Father’s Day Promotion Will Help Customers Jump-Start Summer Reading: NOOK HD Starts at Only $129; NOOK HD+ Starts at Just $149

Savings up to $120 on NOOK HD Tablets, with Over 700,000 Android Apps and Games on Google Play™, Millions of Songs, Movies, TV Shows and More

NOOK Media LLC, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, announced today that it will extend its “best prices ever” Father’s Day promotion for the acclaimed NOOK HD and NOOK HD+. NOOK HD is available at just $129 (8GB) and $149 (16GB), and NOOK HD+ is offered at $149 (16GB) and $179 (32GB) at Barnes & Noble bookstores and on NOOK.com. This limited-time pricing on NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ is also available through other leading retailers.

“In our stores and online, customers have embraced these beautifully designed, lightweight devices with stunning displays that offer great reading and entertainment content. We’re thrilled to keep in place our best prices ever and deliver great value to make reading more affordable.”
“With the fantastic success of our Father’s Day promotion, we decided to extend the great prices on NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ to help our customers gear up for a great summer reading season,” said Jamie Iannone, President of NOOK Media. “In our stores and online, customers have embraced these beautifully designed, lightweight devices with stunning displays that offer great reading and entertainment content. We’re thrilled to keep in place our best prices ever and deliver great value to make reading more affordable.”

The company recently announced it was expanding its extensive catalog of reading and entertainment with Google Play on NOOK HD and NOOK HD+. NOOK lovers can now enjoy the best in reading and entertainment on NOOK with access to one of the world’s largest digital reading content catalogs, with more than 700,000 Android apps and games, millions of songs, thousands of movies and TV shows, plus popular Google services like the Chrome™ browser, Gmail™, YouTube™, Google Search™ and Google Maps™.

NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ Features

More than 700,000 Android Apps and Games: Customers can choose from more than 700,000 great apps all ready to enjoy right away. The NOOK Store™ continues to feature a wide selection of thousands of high-quality NOOK Apps™ tailored for the devices.

Millions of Songs: The addition of Google Play Music lets customers browse millions of songs, discover new artists and fill NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ with favorite tracks to enjoy anytime.

Favorite Movies & TV Shows: Customers can choose from thousands of new movie releases, award-winning films, the latest TV episodes and past seasons from favorite TV series. They can stream movies and TV shows to watch instantly on NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ or make them available offline to watch later, even when not connected to Wi-Fi.

The Very Best in Reading: The NOOK Store offers more than 3 million books, including more than 1 million free titles, as well as thousands of magazines and newspapers in spectacular HD each available for a 14-day free trial. Browse favorite catalogs like never before.

Fast Web Browsing: Customers can enjoy fast start-up and page loading, and an unlimited number of tabs open at once with the new Chrome browser.

Great Google Services: Customers have instant access to Google Search, Gmail, YouTube and Google Maps, now built in to NOOK HD or NOOK HD+. They can sync calendars across multiple devices and check email from any account including Exchange, Yahoo! and Hotmail.

Additional Great Tablet Features Include:

Stunning HD Displays: Crisp text and beautiful graphics make books and magazines stunning to read and movies a joy to watch.
Light and Portable: Weighing in at only 11.1 ounces and 18.2 ounces respectively, NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ are light and easy to hold for hours of enjoyment.
NOOK Profiles™: A personalized experience instantly transforms the device in hand to any family member’s very own tablet so only they can see their own content.
NOOK Channels™: This pioneering recommendation system provides an easy way to discover new titles by theme.
The ability for customers to sync the last page read on any NOOK Book™ across NOOK devices and apps so they don’t lose their place.
Expandable memory on the devices and free unlimited NOOK Cloud™ storage for all NOOK content.
Adjustable fonts, spacing and themes for a customized reading experience.
Powerful dual-core processors and built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
Google Play and the other Google services are available to all new and existing NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ customers at no cost through an automatic over-the-air update. More information on the major new software update is available at www.NOOK.com/support. For more information on NOOK HD and NOOK HD+, or any of NOOK’s innovative products and devices, customers can visit www.nook.com.

About Barnes & Noble, Inc.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) is a Fortune 500 company and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The company operates 677 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web’s largest e-commerce sites, BN.com (www.bn.com). Its NOOK Media LLC subsidiary is a leader in the emerging digital reading and digital education markets. The NOOK digital business offers award-winning NOOK® products and an expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment content through the NOOK Store™ (www.nook.com), while Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC operates 678 bookstores serving over 4.6 million students and faculty members at colleges and universities across the United States. Barnes & Noble is proud to be named a J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Customer Service Champion and is one of only 50 U.S. companies so named. Barnes & Noble.com is ranked the number one online retailer in customer satisfaction in the book, music and video category and a Top 10 online retailer overall in customer satisfaction according to ForeSee E-Retail Satisfaction Index (Spring Top 100 Edition).

General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained via the Internet by visiting the company’s corporate website: www.barnesandnobleinc.com.

NOOK®, NOOK Store™, NOOK Video™, NOOK Video Apps™ are trademarks of Barnes & Noble, Inc. or its affiliates. Other trademarks referenced in this release are the property of their respective owners.

Google Play, Android, Chrome, Gmail, YouTube, Google Search and Google Maps are trademarks of Google Inc.

Follow Barnes & Noble on Twitter (www.bn.com/twitter), Facebook (www.facebook.com/barnesandnoble) and YouTube (www.youtube.com/barnesandnoble).

About NOOK Media LLC

NOOK reading and entertainment products make it easy to read what you love, anywhere you like™ with a fun, easy-to-use and immersive digital reading experience. With NOOK, customers gain access to the expansive NOOK Store™ of more than 3 million digital books, plus periodicals, comics, apps, movies and TV shows, and the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices through free NOOK Reading Apps™ and NOOK Video apps, available at www.nook.com/freenookapps. NOOK owners receive Always Free NOOK Support in any of Barnes & Noble’s nearly 700 bookstores. Find NOOK devices in Barnes & Noble stores and online at www.nook.com, as well as leading retailers including Best Buy, Walmart, Target and many others. NOOK products are available in the United Kingdom through www.nook.co.uk and leading retailers.

For more information on NOOK, follow us on www.twitter.com/nookBN or www.twitter.com/nook_UK and www.facebook.com/nook.

A controversial measure that blocks local governments from requiring employers to offer paid sick time has been signed into law by Governor Rick Scott.

Feeling sick? Beginning July first you may no longer be eligible for sick time. A new state law takes away local government ordinances requiring employers to offer paid sick time. “This law will take away their right to make those decisions for themselves at the local level,” said spokesman for the Florida Coalition for Local Control, Damien Filer.

The Florida Coalition for Local Control fought the bill in the legislative process. The group argues the new law wrongfully separates the poor and women from everyone else. “It’s disappointing; the Governor clearly sided with big corporation over the interest of many Floridians,” said Filer.

Those in support of the law say it creates consistency for employers across the state. “It creates consistency, predictability and conformity of regulation through-out the state. Anytime a business is looking to settle or move to Florida they have to see what regulations will cost them,” said Florida Retail Federations General Counsel, Samantha Padgett.

“Before the bill was signed into law, two neighboring counties may have had different sick-time laws. Now, when you cross into a new county, the laws will be the same,” Matt Horn reported.

“It really does encourage development and it really does protect our economic growth in the state of Florida and encourage the economic growth,” said Padgett.

“Those are great talking points, but there is no truth…and what we see consistently is when earned sick times are in place that it increases the economic stability of those places,” said Filer.

Opponents say they will work closely with the state to make sure employees, not just employers, are protected under this new law.

A recent public poll shows 8 in 10 Floridians support employers providing sick time benefits.

Kevin P. Inscoe

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Recycling the dead-Sprint's iden network gets scrapped

Slice Bookshelf Wants to Challenge Goodreads, Crowded Social Book Field

The Color Nook Death Sale Has Begun

Larger Payloads (256 KB) for Amazon SQS and SNS

Cradlepoint ARC MBR1400/COR IBR600 June Promo - Free 2/yr warranty extension!

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The Loggerhead Bionic Grip Wrench can take on any challenge, big or small

Don't Give Stores Your ZIP Code Unless You Want Their Junk Mail

When Are eBay and Craigslist Worth It (and When Should I Stay Away)?

xkcd Trawls Public Domain to Show That the More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

PlayStation 3 Firmware 4.45 Bricks Some Consoles

'Teacher' Goes Ballistic, Attacks Bradlee Dean Ministry Workers

Leave Your Keyboard Feet Folded In for Better Ergonomics

Why You're Not a Morning Person (and How to Become One)

Linux Shell:Timeout

What to do if you don’t have the timeout command

Floridians Urge Governor Scott to Veto Mental Health-Gun Reform Bill

MySQL man pages silently relicensed away from GPL (MariaDB blog)

Wondering Why Your Phone Bill Keeps Going Up? Thank the Government.

New DRM-Free Ebook Store for Indie Authors, Publishers

Barnes & Noble Extends Nook Father’s Day Sale, Continues Discounting Pattern

Sick Time Bill Signed Into Law by the Governor