"description":"No need for video game cloud saves if you know how to use Syncthing (sometimes, probably).\nPossibly related posts...\n\nDecSync Review\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nTransferring Photos From My BlackBerry Classic Using KDE…\nRecommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based Devices…\nInstalling and Running Bodhi Linux on a 2007 MacBook\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nAt Summer's End vs A Dream of Summer\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday",
"description":"Justin and Justina discuss a Consumer Reports study revealing troubling levels of cadmium and lead in some dark chocolate brands.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nJustin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to the…\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nJustin and Justina 〜 Merry Christmas. Who checks the mail…\nThe Quince Shortage - Justin and Justina\nJustin and Justina 〜 Convincing a Google Devotee to Try…\nApril Fools With Justin and Justina\nJustin and Justina 〜 A Christmas Card For Valentine's Day",
"description":"Against the tendency of purportedly American companies to export CCP censorship abroad.\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nThe Downstream Effects of Bing's Tiananmen Square Censorship\nBing's and DuckDuckGo's CCP Problem\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nImportance of Bing Indexing For Alt Search\nEmojis, Corporations, and Censorship\nGoogle's Mysterious Pro-Chinese Government Errors\nCCP opposes US bans on property purchases\nReview Of Night of the Forget-Me-Nots, a Freeware Horror…\nMicrosoft Open Sources Emojis",
"description":"I review an anime series primarily for its interesting concept... but it is a decent series in its own right, granting its faults.\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nThe Best Anime Series of 2021\nHeight differences in anime romances\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review\nWhat Makes a Depressing Anime? Discussion and Selection.\nThe Nice Boat 〜 A Look Back at the School Days Anime\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…",
"description":"I remain undecided whether to interpret this as an inflatable egg dressed as a bunny, a bunny dressed as an egg, or a hitherto undiscovered egg-bunny.\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nInflatable Carrot and Easter Bunnies in Brooklyn\nWhen President Coolidge Spared a Raccoon From Thanksgiving…\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nRecommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based Devices…\nOn Improving the Environment For Gaming On Linux\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nAnalysis of the From the Bottom of the Heart (Negaeba)…\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review",
"description":"Making the case for whitelisting Seznam and other good crawlers from independent index search engines.\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nAn In-Depth Look at Norton Safe Search\nBrave and DuckDuckGo Timer Search Shortcuts\nThe Downstream Effects of Bing's Tiananmen Square Censorship\nImportance of Bing Indexing For Alt Search\nPeekier Search Engine Review\nWallabag Custom Search Engine Shortcuts\nReview of Wutsearch, a Search Engine Launchpad\nPerforming Site-Specific Searches With DuckDuckGo",
"description":"A positive review of a particular sunscreen brand and its easy-to-use re-fill pouches (mostly about what I great job I did on the re-fill).\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\n\"Cooking for Invalids\" - Recipes For the Bedridden From…\nThe NYC Outdoor Dining Standing Water Crisis\nQuince recipes from Mary Eales's receipts\nThe Pokémon Special Split in Generation 2 - Statistics and…\nJapanese Environment in PoL, Lutris, and Bottles\nRecommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based Devices…\nIn Support of the Lawsuit Against NYC Dining Sheds\nExamining the-Man-With-the-Hose\nRecording a Test New Leaf Journal Pokémon Sword and Shield…",
"description":"The New Leaf Journal, like much of the internet, is powered by WordPress. Unlike much of the internet, however, I work […]\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nQuince recipes from Mary Eales's receipts\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal\nApril Fools, Sonic and Tails in SSB Melee\nThe New Leaf Journal Twitter",
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"id":"https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=19425",
"author":"Nicholas A. Ferrell",
"description":"Contrary to EGM's 2002 April Fools claims, Sonic and Tails were not, in fact, in SSB Melee (but they may have almost been)\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nEGM's 2001 Sega Neptune April Fools Joke\nSega of Japan's Yukawa Dreamcast Commercials\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nImagination in Pokémon Red and Blue\nRecommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based Devices…\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…",
"title":"April Fools, Sonic and Tails in SSB Melee",
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"id":"https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=19422",
"author":"Nicholas A. Ferrell",
"description":"Let's see what was happening at The New Leaf Journal in March 2023.\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100\nThe New Leaf Journal Twitter\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nFlood of Tears - Visual Novel Review\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations",
"description":"A children's story on the exhaustion of staying still.\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nShort Bio of Mary Graham Bonner\nBonner's \"In Dreamland\" Bedtime Story\nThe Tame Canary Bird (Bonner)\nInstalling and Running Bodhi Linux on a 2007 MacBook\nReplacing soundbar and re-configuring universal remote for…\nHeight differences in anime romances\nFixing a WP Custom Post Type Permalink Error\nRunning ONScripter-En in Linux Visual Novel Directory\nOld Games, MIDI, and EndeavourOS",
"description":"A comprehensive review of the recently completed anime series, \"The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten\"\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nFamiliar song in Angel Next Door anime\nThe Best Anime Series of 2021\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nHeight differences in anime romances\nWhat Makes a Depressing Anime? Discussion and Selection.\nThe Nice Boat 〜 A Look Back at the School Days Anime\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations",
"title":"The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten – Anime Review",
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"id":"https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=19381",
"author":"Nicholas A. Ferrell",
"description":"Reviewing a tool for cross-device syncing contacts, calendars, tasks, and feeds locally with Syncthing instead of a central server or service.\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nKaori After Story - Visual Novel Review\nThe Poor Little Bird - Visual Novel Review\nPlain Song - Visual Novel Review\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100",
"description":"Justin discovers a provision lurking in the hidden, unwritten, U.S. immigration laws.\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nJustin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to the…\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nThe Quince Shortage - Justin and Justina\nJustin and Justina 〜 Merry Christmas. Who checks the mail…\nJustin and Justina 〜 Convincing a Google Devotee to Try…\nApril Fools With Justin and Justina\nDialogue: Alpacas, Virus Cures, and Paca Plus",
"description":"Shumplations recently published a translation of a 2011 interview with a former manager at Jaleco who went by Y-san. I was […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nCalvin Coolidge's 1922 \"Better Homes\" Remarks\nBill's Secret Garden - A Pokémon Generation 1 Urban Legend\nHerbert Hoover's Better Homes Remarks: \"The Home as an…\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nApplying Coolidge's Remarks on the Home to the Digital Home\nIntroducing the 1922 Better Homes in America Demonstration…\nOn Improving the Environment For Gaming On Linux\nThe Poetry of Charlotte Becker - Early Twentieth Century…",
"description":"I recently finished the second episode of the currenly-airing My Clueless First Friend anime. This series, set in a fifth grade […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nThe Best Anime Series of 2021\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nHeight differences in anime romances\nTiki paralogue trick in Fire Emblem Engage\nWhat Makes a Depressing Anime? Discussion and Selection.\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review\nThe Nice Boat 〜 A Look Back at the School Days Anime\nThe Great Chelsea Fire of 1908 - 114 Years Later",
"description":"I received a very peculiar email at my @newleafjournal address (see contact page). This is not the first strange email I […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nTwo Independence Day-Themed Pokémon Battles: Ferrell vs…\nRecording a Test New Leaf Journal Pokémon Sword and Shield…\nLearning How to Change a Twitter Username\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nSuspicious Email Claiming Bitcoin Scam\nThe Pokémon Special Split in Generation 2 - Statistics and…\nThe New Leaf Journal Newsletter\nRecommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based Devices…\nHistory of the Mario Party Gloves",
"description":"I posted a Leaflet the other day on a nineteenth century man named Hyacinth, noting that it is not a name […]\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nTiki paralogue trick in Fire Emblem Engage\nMy Glass Cannon is Tankier than Expected 〜 Lysithea-Fire…\nThe Great Chelsea Fire of 1908 - 114 Years Later\nFixing a WP Custom Post Type Permalink Error\nGrape Hyacinths at the Botanic Garden\nFire Emblem Engage's VTuber Hair Designer\nHyacinth is an uncommon name these days\nTeaching the Art of the Video Game Snafu\n\"Uncle Susan is a Wolf\" - A Graffiti Photo and Research…",
"description":"On May 23, 2021, Phil Mickelson won the PGA Championship, and in so doing became the oldest golfer to win one […]\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nOldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the 1968 and…\nGolf and Immigration: Matter of Masters\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nThe Best Anime Series of 2021\nVisual Novel Review: May Sky\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nFour May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81)\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal",
"description":"All links at The New Leaf Journal are a shade of blue. Back in January, I set up the site so […]\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nQuince recipes from Mary Eales's receipts\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nTokyo High Schools Change Hair Color Dress Code Policies\nOldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the 1968 and…\nFour May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81)\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020",
"description":"I have published many articles featuring Brooklyn Heights photos and reflections here at The New Leaf Journal. I posted a bit […]\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nCUNY Un-Persons A Successful Alum\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nGolf and Immigration: Matter of Masters\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nSt. Francis sells Brooklyn Heights campus\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nPersona 4 Golden Digital Artbook Review (Steam)",
"description":"I published an article on anime romances with stark height/size differences between the dramatic personae on February 22. April 1 saw […]\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nThe Best Anime Series of 2021\nAnalysis of the From the Bottom of the Heart (Negaeba)…\nHeight differences in anime romances\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nVisual Novel Review: From the Bottom of the Heart (Negaeba)\nWhat Makes a Depressing Anime? Discussion and Selection.\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review",
"description":"Following Japanese anime gives one a vague idea of which Western holidays and traditions caught on in Japan. For example, you […]\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nThe Mystery of Sōseki and Tsuki ga Kirei\nThe Best Anime Series of 2021\nThe Japanese Citizenship Requirement for Sumo Stablemasters\nHeight differences in anime romances\nWhat Makes a Depressing Anime? Discussion and Selection.\nThe Nice Boat 〜 A Look Back at the School Days Anime",
"description":"I quote myself from my article on the dangers of adapting tech to the classroom: The education industry has had a […]\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nTokyo High Schools Change Hair Color Dress Code Policies\nHistory of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines\nThe dangers of adapting school to tech\n1892 Reports on First Year of Basketball\nAnna Jarvis and the Origin of Mother's Day in the United…\nFour May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81)\nHair Color Dress Code Rules in Japan\nAnalysis of the From the Bottom of the Heart (Negaeba)…",
"description":"Many keyboard keys have been pressed on the effect of AI text generation tools on various industries. I offered my two […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nReviewing \"Calculator the Game\" - A FOSS PWA Math Game For…\nRecommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based Devices…\nDHS Horse Appropriations and CBP Horse Patrol\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nThe Mystery of Sōseki and Tsuki ga Kirei\nReviewing Buddy Simulator 1984 for Switch\nSetting Up SoloKeys with Peppermint OS\nThe Japanese Citizenship Requirement for Sumo Stablemasters\nAn Essay on Productivity, Production, and Productive Leisure",
"description":"Nintendo Life asked readers whether they used motion controls in Mario Kart Wii. I had (probably still have) the plastic steering […]\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nHistory of the Mario Party Gloves\nThe Two Decade Mario Party Finally Ends\nMario Party's Joystick-Wrecking Rotation Games\nZero Gravity Foreshadowing in Super Mario Sunshine\nThe Aborted Nintendo-Minnesota Lottery Scheme\nOn Nintendo's Pro-User Cartridge-First Strategy\nNintendo Power's 1999 Yoshi in Pokémon April Fools Prank\nLateral thinking to extend game console life-cycles\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho",
"description":"I came across a 2018 article published in BBC titled How the Finnish survive without small talk. I am by no […]\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nThe Small Web, Artisanal Content, and Humane Design\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nWasteful talk show subsidies in New York\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nOur Pixelfed Review in Finnish Wikipedia\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nVisual Novel Analysis - Shooting Star Hill",
"description":"I previously wrote about how I will watch the upcoming third season of the Rent-a-Girlfriend anime, either on account of inertia […]\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nThe True Story of Jimmy McMillan and a (Too) Long Line at…\nRent-A-Girlfriend S3 to air in July 2023\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nKaori After Story - Visual Novel Review\nReview of the Original Persona 4 Artbook\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review\nMy Glass Cannon is Tankier than Expected 〜 Lysithea-Fire…",
"description":"From Nancy Lasselle’s Washington Novels (Matthew Willis for JSTOR Daily. April 7, 2023): Nancy Laselle (née Polke) was born in Indiana […]\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nThe Nice Boat 〜 A Look Back at the School Days Anime\nMasonic Portrait of George Washington\nWashington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation\nA Children's Poem on George Washington\nGrape Hyacinths at the Botanic Garden\nAn 1882 Children's Independence Day Poem\n\"Washington's Birthday\" Poem by Sangster\nAnna Jarvis and the Origin of Mother's Day in the United…\n1892 Reports on First Year of Basketball",
"description":"On March 18, 2023, the New York Post reported on problems on the recently launched modern R211 New York City Subway […]\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nThe Poor Little Bird - Visual Novel Review\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nFreedom Tower in the Fog From the Brooklyn Bridge\nWasteful talk show subsidies in New York\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nOn NYC Curfews and Essential Workers\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)",
"description":"From a CNBC report: Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Entertainment is in advanced talks to be sold to Ari Emanuel’s Endeavor Group, […]\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nHistory of the Mario Party Gloves\nBing's and DuckDuckGo's CCP Problem\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nImmigration Issues in NYPD Chinese Agent Case\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review",
"description":"From Mr. Stephen Brennan on his blog: What happened: for some reason, my site got onto a list called ‘Google Safe […]\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nAn In-Depth Look at Norton Safe Search\nRecommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based Devices…\nCustom Search Shortcut For Norton Safe Web\nThe Quiet End of Google Bookmarks\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nCreating a Search Engine Shortcut For Google Timer\nImportance of Bing Indexing For Alt Search\nQuery for Bing on blacklisting and ChatGPT\nPeekier Search Engine Review",
"description":"On March 25, 2023, the New York Post published an article titled AOC ripped for TikTok video arguing against banning Chinese-owned […]\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nA Look at ProxiTok, a TikTok Frontend\nOn Children, TikTok, and Social Media Stardom\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nCapo vs Capo, a TikTok Debacle\nTik Tok for TikTok on Federal Government Devices\nFlood of Tears - Visual Novel Review\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nSocial media on government phones\nA TikTok Story Where TikTok Isn't the Biggest Problem",
"description":"Welcome to the (syndicated) version of Newsletter Leaf Journal 131. I am a bit late in syndicating our Saturday newsletter this […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal\nThe New Leaf Journal Newsletter\nHow to Find Substack RSS Feeds and Other Notes\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII\nAn Introduction to RSS and Other Feed Formats",
"description":"Welcome to the syndicated version of the 130th Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of The New Leaf Journal. We mailed […]\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal\nThe New Leaf Journal Newsletter\nHow to Find Substack RSS Feeds and Other Notes\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII\nAn Introduction to RSS and Other Feed Formats",
"description":"Welcome to the syndicated version of the 129th Newsletter Leaf Journal. For once, I syndicated our Saturday newsletter on Monday (which […]\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal\nThe New Leaf Journal Newsletter\nHow to Find Substack RSS Feeds and Other Notes\nThe New Leaf Journal Twitter\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII",
"description":"Welcome to the (syndicated) version of Newsletter Leaf Journal 128. I originally mailed the newsletter on March 25, 2023 (see original). […]\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal\nThe New Leaf Journal Newsletter\nHow to Find Substack RSS Feeds and Other Notes\nThe New Leaf Journal Twitter\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII",
"description":"Welcome to the (syndicated) 127th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of your favorite online writing magazine (at […]\nPossibly related posts (relevancy may vary...):\n\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal\nThe New Leaf Journal Newsletter\nHow to Find Substack RSS Feeds and Other Notes\nThe New Leaf Journal Twitter\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII",
"description":"Welcome to the 131st edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. In addition to our usual assortment of links from the week that was at the NLJ and links from around the web, I will introduce a new addition to the site, not previously discussed on The New Leaf Journal, in our News Leaf Journal section.\nTable of contents\nNew leaves from the week that was\nLeaves from around the web\nThe Old Leaf Journal\nMost-turned leaves of the newsletter week\nNews leaf journal\nNotable leaf journal\nTaking leaf\nLeaves from the week that was\nI published three regular articles since mailing new…",
"description":"Welcome to the 130th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell.\nWe had a relatively normal week at The New Leaf Journal with a mix of regular articles and short posts. Below, you will find our recap of the week that was at The New Leaf Journal along with links from around the web and other news and notes.\nTable of contents\nLeaves from the week that was\nLeaves from around the web\nThe Old Leaf Journal\nMost-turned leaves of the newsletter week\nNews leaf journal\nNotable leaf journal\nTaking leaf\nLeaves from the week that was\nI published four regular articles and six short posts…",
"description":"Welcome to the 129th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. We recently had our Saturday newsletters fall on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve just a few months ago. Today we land on April Fools. While I published a few articles about olden April Fools pranks in 2021 and 2022, I am not much of an April Fools person myself. Thus, you can enjoy your regular newsletter content without fearing a prank, but I will have some April Fools-related links for your weekend reading.\nTable of contents\nLeaves from the week that was\nLeaves from around the web\nThe Old Leaf Journal\nMost-turned leaves of the newslet…",
"description":"Welcome to the 128th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. Today’s newsletter features links to our latest articles, links from around the web, and an interesting New Leaf Journal historical note about the moon that always waxes (in our rankings, at least).\nWithout further ado, let’s get to the content.\nTable of contents\nLeaves from the week that was\nLeaves from around the web\nThe Old Leaf Journal\nMost-turned leaves of the week\nNews leaf journal\nNotable leaf journal\nTaking leaf\nLeaves from the week that was\nI published four regular articles since mailing newsletter 12…",
"description":"I use the Ghostwriter markdown editor (see my Ghostwriter review) to draft articles for The New Leaf Journal and briefs and memoranda for my day job as a legal research specialist. In both cases, I have to convert my documents from markdown. I convert New Leaf Journal articles to .odt for editing while I convert my legal work to to .docx. (See my article on my New Leaf Journal workflow.)\nSince switching to Linux in 2020, I have used Arch-based Linux distributions. I began using Ghostwriter on Manjaro after my experiences using markdown to compose \nour Buttondown-powered newsletters inspired me to begin working in markdown. I moved from Manjaro to Arch's closer cousin, EndeavourOS, in August 2022, where I remain today.\nGhostwriter has generally worked for me without issues. Early on, I had an issue with it sometimes not connecting to Pandoc, but that went away at some point. Since KDE took over development of Ghostwriter things were largely flawless. However, a few days ago, I noticed after updating either Pandoc or KDE (I did not catch which) that Ghostwriter was no longer recognizing Pandoc as a conversion option. This was a mild problem for me because I never took the time to learn the Pandoc CLI syntax (I really should get around to that). I could use MultiMarkdown to convert to .odt, but that vitiated many of my markdown formatting choices.\nHowever, before I had to deal with the issue for a work project, Pandoc returned as a conversion option after something was updated. Problem solved. It only proved to be a pain in the case of one somewhat long article wherein I had to re-do some of my formatting in Libre Office Writer.\nIf you enjoy strange Ghostwriter issues, take a trip back in time to learn about a segfault issue I had on a fresh Manjaro install in 2021.",
"description":"The tagline of my main project, The New Leaf Journal, is \"where the leaves are perennially virid.\" As I explained in a post on the inspiration for the tagline, the slogan gets at two ideas. The first is that I try to write evergreen articles. The second is that I try to produce unique articles worth your time. There is no shortage of writing online. Some of the writing even comes from the keyboards of human beings writing in a language they are fluent in. While I try to bring a fresh perspective to all of my articles, I cannot always say that my topics are unique. However, I published a short \"leaflet\" aside yesterday which I think is unique.\nI used to regularly watch professional golf. While I have not watched much golf in several years, I stay somewhat abreast of the goings on. Back in 2…",
"description":"On March 14, 2021, I published a lengthy research article titled The Mystery of Sōseki and Tsuki ga Kirei. In that post, I collected English-language sources on a certain legend that Natsume Sōseki had suggested \"tsuki ga kirei\" (the Moon is beautiful) as a Japanese translation for \"I love you.\" I had learned about the tsuki ga kirei legend from the excellent 2017 anime series (it featured in my decade review, Tsuki ga Kirei, and while it is likely a work of fiction (I knew that going into my research project), the phrase is aesthetically elegant.\n(Note before continuing: All of my page view statistics come from Koko Analytics, an entirely local and privacy-friendly analytics plugin for WordPress. It sacrifices a bit in accuracy for privacy, but my comparison of its recorded Google refers …",
"description":"I took a look at my Bear Blog analytics. Unsurprisingly given my small number of posts and the fact that I tend to reserve my best content for The New Leaf Journal (I largely leave quality determinations to others), I only have a handful of Bear Blog readers. From this small sample, I have noted that a majority of my readers are based in Romania. Nearly all of the referrals are from Bear Blog (not surprising). Are there a large number of Bear Blog users and readers in Romania or are people using VPNs? The sample size is too small for me to make much of it. I personally use Mullvad VPN, but I set the location to New York instead of Romania.",
"description":"In my previous post, I offered my very early impressions of a free and open source Android feed reader and read-it-later app called Handy Reading. My early impressions were very favorable because, by combining feed reading and read-it-later into a local app, it perfectly suits my reading-flow (see my post on combining feeds with a read-it-later solution). However, I had one pressing issue with Handy Reading:\nHandy Reading re-fetches old, previously seen articles from a small number of feeds, which is a bit annoying.\nTwo days later, I think that I have tentatively resolved the issue. By default, Handy Reading has a short \"keep old articles\" time. It seems that if a feed is offering old articles outside the scope of Handy Reading's kept article time, it will re-fetch those old articles and display them is new even if you have already marked them as read in the app. Fortunately, Handy Reading allows you to set the keep old articles period on a feed-by-feed basis. I have been doing that with the offending feeds and so far the results have been good.\nProvided no new issues pop up, I will try a few additional features of Handy Reading before proceeding to a review. One issue that I am particularly interested in is testing its import/export functionality, since that proved to be an issue with my previous solution -- Flym DecSync. I recently talked to one Mastodon user who reported that Handy Reading does not handle Mastodon feeds, which is true. While I hope this is fixed, it is not a priority for me since I do not use my feed reader for social feeds.",
"description":"I had been using DecSync, a decentralized cross-device synchronization solution designed to work with Syncthing, with RSS readers on my LineageOS and Linux devices for about one year. I planned to write a full review of DecSync for RSS. However, by the time I finally sat down to write my DecSync review, I had already moved from using DecSync for feeds to Handy Reading, a free and open source feed reader and read-it-later app for Android. Handy Reading, a fork of the no-longer-maintained Flym feed reader, is available on F-Droid. The Flym link is notable for me since I had been using a different Flym fork, Flym DecSync, prior to switching.\nI am very impressed with Handy Reading two weeks in. It does not have the prettiest UI (compares unfavorably to Feeder in this respect), but it is good e…",
"description":"My online writing website, The New Leaf Journal was de-indexed by Bing back in January. The initial de-indexing inspired me to look into ways to improve the site. While I think I accomplished that, nothing had to do with resolving the mysterious Bing issue, which remains unexplained on Bing's Webmaster Console and apparently inapplicable to every other search engine crawler.\nOne thing I have considered in improving the site is streamlining. That is, I am working to slim The New Leaf Journal down (it was fairly slim to begin with, however) and use WordPress's native functionality in lieu of plugins wherever possible (\"possible\" is limited by my lack of php knowledge and coding ability, however).\nWe used a solid WordPress plugin called Contextual Related Posts to handle related posts. It add…",
"description":"1954 years to the day (April 16, 69 AD), the Roman Emperor Otho ended his brief reign by his own hand rather than continue in a Civil War for the throne against Vilettlius. Otho's seemingly noble(-ish) end captured the imagination of Roman historians in light of the fact he had previously been noted for his relationship to Nero, having serious debt problems, and seizing the throne by murdering his predecessor in January 69. I wrote a very long article about the enigmatic life and death of Otho, focusing on comparing four Roman historian accounts and their different opinions on the matter.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/ancient-accounts-on-the-enigmatic-life-and-death-of-emperor-otho/\n#history #romanempire #romanhistory #romanemperor #otho #yearoffouremperors",
"description":"Shawn Respert was one of the best college basketball players of the early 90s, winning NCAA player of the year in 1995. After going 8th overall in the 1995 NBA Draft, he had a short, uneventful, five-year career with four different teams. While college success by no means guarantees professional success, some of Respert's troubles were linked to the fact he was diagnosed with stomach cancer during his first season (he went into remission in his second season). What prompted my article was the story of his response. Respert opted to keep his diagnosis secret, not only from the public, but also from his family -- even when he was being criticized in local media for his poor play. He resolved to only tell his story after his playing career was over in order to ensure that no one could say, succeed or fail, that he made any excuses (to be sure, he had a decent one).\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/playing-through-cancer-in-silence-shawn-resperts-nba-story/\n#nba #basketball #sports #cancer",
"description":"On April 12, 1908, the Great Chelsea Fire in Boston, Massachusetts destroyed a large chunk of the city. Last year, I came across a June 1908 book on the fire and summarized its contents, along with original photos, in an article.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/the-great-chelsea-fire-of-1908-114-years-later/\n#history #photography",
"description":"They say that the problem is always caching, but what kind of caching? I briefly describe a small visual display issue on my WordPress site that I resolved by clearing our Redis cache.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/leaf/wp-redis-object-cache-and-link-hover-color/\n#wordpress #wordpressplugin #redis #objectcache #caching",
"description":"In a 2019 interview, a representative of the Czech-based Seznam search engine (interesting Czech-based project with its own crawler) discussed the challenges of indexing English-language sites due to the fact that many block all crawlers except Google. Being a supporter of independent search indexes, I wrote a brief PSA for webmasters on the subject of allowing independent search engines with their own crawlers. In addition to Seznam, I singled out @Mojeek , InfoTiger, and Marginalia Search as being worth whitelisting for sites with generally restrictive robots.txt rules.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/whitelisting-independent-search-crawlers/\n#searchengine #search #indexing #bots #webmaster",
"description":"If you decide to read Shooting Star Hill (see previous post in thread), I also wrote a separate, spoiler-filled story analysis piece.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/visual-novel-analysis-shooting-star-hill/\n#visualnovel #visualnovels #visualnovelreview",
"description":"My review of Shooting Star Hill, the official English version of the freeware 2005 Japanese visual novel, Hoshi no Furu Oka. It tells the story of a lonely (alien?) girl and the boy who wants to befriend her. I enjoyed Shooting Star Hill and it is one of the better entries from the review project that I am doing. It takes about one hour to read and remains free to download and run. Linux users should either run the Windows version under WINE or replace the old Linux ONScripter-EN executable that comes with the game with the most recent build (links and instructions in article).\n(Note: I should really replace those old screenshots with borderless screenshots... someday.)\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/visual-novel-review-shooting-star-hill/\n#visualnovel #visualnovels #visualnovelreview #onscripter",
"description":"While I may have an ongoing struggle with Bing, I found an article about an even worse problem -- being incorrectly flagged by Google Safe Browsing. (Not wanting to tempt fate, I only wrote a short post on the matter.)\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/leafbud/website-blocked-by-google-safe-browsing/\n#google #bing #googlesafebrowsing #webmaster",
"description":"I describe an interesting (fortunately minor) issue I had with my WordPress caching plugin, WP Super Cache, and disabling two types of lazy loading. Certain changes or updates seem to restore lazy loading, requiring me to manually flush the cache. The issue is easy to resolve... fortunately much easier than back in June 2020 when Bluehost (we're no longer with Bluehost) had some terrible server side caching that cached a plugin-cached version of my homepage from a week earlier (that was fun because I had no idea what I was doing in June 2020, I have a 33.4% idea of what I am doing now).\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-super-cache-preload-and-lazy-loading/\n#wordpress #caching #wordpressplugin #blog",
"description":"Microsoft wants students to use an app that asks them to talk about their feelings in school with a Microsoft cartoon monster. Their feelings will then be shared with teachers (and Microsotf?) This app is touted as not only being for young children, but also college students. I had some... concerns. You can read my concerns, but you won't find them on Bing or DuckDuckGo because Microsoft continues to blacklist us with no explanation.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/the-dangers-of-adapting-school-to-tech/\n#microsoft #education #privacy #classroom",
"description":"With the aid of a 1896 magazine article and other resources, I tell the story of an August 1860 miniature painting of a then-presidential candidate named Abraham Lincoln.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/the-story-behind-a-miniature-painting-of-abraham-lincoln/\n#art #painting #minature #abrahamlincoln #lincoln #ushistory #history",
"description":"In the spirit of April Fools, I revisit one of the better video game magazine April Fools jokes: Unlocking Sonic and Tails in Super Smash Brothers Melee. Now there are many references to the joke, but I how many from people who read that issue of EGM when it was released?\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/april-fools-sonic-and-tails-in-ssb-melee/\n#sega #aprilfools #sonic #nintendo #egm #ssbm",
"description":"Recapping the month that was in March 2023 at The New Leaf Journal.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/march-2023-at-the-new-leaf-journal/\n#newleafjournal #blogging #writing",
"description":"Part of why I chose Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten for a review was because my earlier post on the series, which dealt with my trying to figure out where I had heard its primary ending song before (answer: S1 of Teasing Master Takagi-san) did relatively well by our modest, Bing-blacklisted standards. If that quaint article could do well, why not a full review?\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/familiar-song-in-angel-next-door-anime/\n#anime #animesong #tenshisama",
"description":"I decided to take a stab at writing a couple of anime reviews each season. First up is my excessively long review of The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, written for both people who haven't watched the series and those who have. In addition to offering a general (largely spoiler-free) summary and my impressions, I also explain how I think the series should be understood. Final verdict: While not without some faults in writing (I introduce my concept of \"two-by-four story-telling) and production quality control, charming on the whole and better than its absurdly long light novel title would indicate.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/the-angel-next-door-spoils-me-rotten-anime-review/\n#anime #animereview #tenshisama",
"description":"I reviewed DecSync, a very useful utility which allows for syncing contacts, calendars, tasks, and RSS feeds/read states without a server -- generally using Syncthing.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/decsync-review/\nI personally use DecSync for contacts, calendars, and tasks, and I used it for feeds for about one year. It works well and is an interesting project, but note that clients and implementations are primarily for Android and Linux (I use it with EndeavourOS and LineageOS).\n#syncthing #decsync #rss #contacts #tasks #opensource #fdroid #linux",
"description":"I am supposed to syndicate my Saturday newsletters to the parent site on Mondays. Friday is close to Monday, right?\nIn any event, the newsletter (as usual) features 10 links to interesting articles from around the web in addition to news and notes from The New Leaf Journal.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/letter/127/\n#writing #blog #aroundtheweb #links",
