"description":"Examining overwhelming circumstantial evidence of Yuki Itose's use of hair dye in the first two episodes of the A Sign of Affection anime adaptation.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nHair Color in Japanese Anime, Manga, and Games\nUnderstanding Hair Color in the Kimi ni Todoke Anime Series\nHeight differences in anime romances\nThe Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses hair dye\nHair Color in A Dream of Summer\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nMost-Visited NLJ Articles of 1H 2023\n2023 Anime Year in Review\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)",
"description":"Sharing my system for organizing my personal RSS/ATOM feed collection and discussing other systems seen around the web.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nFeeds and Read-It-Later for Online Reading\nAn Introduction to RSS and Other Feed Formats\nAgainst Twitter as a Content Curator\nRSS as a Facebook Alternative\nThe Many Deaths and Rebirths of RSS\nAn Essay on Productivity, Production, and Productive Leisure\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)",
"description":"January was highlighted by a surprise newsletter share and Hacker News page 1 appearance early in the month, but we also published 17 new articles on many interesting topics.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal\nHistory of New York's Evacuation Day\nOldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the…",
"description":"I rank the top 10 visual novel translations to emerge from the 31 pieces translated for the 2005, 2006, and 2008 al|together festivals.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nal|together Visual Novel Rank Intro\nal|together Visual Novel Ranking (20-11)\nal|together Visual Novel Ranking (31-21)\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nRed Shift Visual Novel Review\nFlood of Tears - Visual Novel Review\nMay Sky - Visual Novel Review\nVersion history of Aru Fuyu no Monogatari\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review",
"description":"I recently learned about some shopping app called Temu. I contemplated my obliviousness and determined that I owe my lack of knowledge to good internet usage.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nAn In-Depth Look at Norton Safe Search\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nComparing DuckDuckGo Lite and Qwant Lite\n2023 Anime Year in Review\nShould the Pistons have drafted Carmelo?\nOn Google Chrome's New AI Features\nSubstack Notes' Twitter clone war\nRecommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based…\nI, Too, Saw Dreams Through Air - VN Review",
"description":"The second part of my al|together visual novel ranking covers the ten translations I have ranked 20-11.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nal|together Visual Novel Rank Intro\nal|together Visual Novel Ranking (31-21)\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nRed Shift Visual Novel Review\nFlood of Tears - Visual Novel Review\nMay Sky - Visual Novel Review\nVersion history of Aru Fuyu no Monogatari\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nSummer, Cicadas, and the Girl - VN Review",
"description":"I offer my opinion on whether Google's promoting new AI tools with Chrome for drafting forum posts and reviews will contribute to making the internet a better place.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nQuery for Bing on blacklisting and ChatGPT\nAmazon Black Hat Seller Scenario\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nOldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the…\n1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge\nHistory of New York's Evacuation Day",
"description":"The first of three legs of my al|together visual novel ranking covers novels 31-21 on my list.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nRed Shift Visual Novel Review\nFlood of Tears - Visual Novel Review\nMay Sky - Visual Novel Review\nVersion history of Aru Fuyu no Monogatari\nSummer, Cicadas, and the Girl - VN Review\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nShooting Star Hill - Visual Novel Review\nio [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review",
"description":"Back in December 2020, I came up with the idea to review nearly all of the 31 doujin Japanese visual novels […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal…\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nFlood of Tears - Visual Novel Review\nA Midsummer Day's Resonance - VN Review\nNew Leaf Journal Year-In-Review: 2023\nA Dream of Summer - Visual Novel Review\nRunning Yuuki!Novel Ver of Tegami on Linux",
"description":"I apply the term \"survive and advance\" from March Madness to describe a common visual novel choice structure where multiple choices have at least one game over option.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nFlood of Tears - Visual Novel Review\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nCollage - Visual Novel Review\nNight of the Forget-Me-Nots: VN Review\nShould the Pistons have drafted Carmelo?\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nVisual Novel Review: Bad End\nRed Shift Visual Novel Review\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho",
"description":"I review my Logitech Washable K310 keyboard as it approaches its 11th birthday on my computer desk.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nReplacing soundbar and re-configuring universal…\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal\nThe 9.9.99 Computer Bug That Wasn't\nBing's and DuckDuckGo's CCP Problem\nInternet Explorer to Year of Linux Desktop\nRecommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based…\nReviewing Buddy Simulator 1984 for Switch\nDasung to release e-ink phone monitor\nDasung Link Phone E-Ink Monitor Starts at $299",
"description":"I review YOGA Image Optimizer, a free and open source GUI image optimization tool, from the context of someone using it to reduce the size of small images for a minimal WordPress blog.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nFlood of Tears - Visual Novel Review\n2023 Anime Year in Review\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nInstalling Non-Listed Programs in PlayOnLinux\nA Midsummer Day's Resonance - VN Review\nMay Sky - Visual Novel Review\nFour May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81)\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations",
"description":"While I am very much in the pro-video game ownership side of things, I had to call foul on a headline taking a seemingly anti-ownership quote by a Ubisoft executive out of its original context.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nHistory of the Mario Party Gloves\nSearching for the \"Libertarian Moment\"\nLeaving the Phrase \"Reach Out\" in the 90s\nRecording a Test New Leaf Journal Pokémon Sword and…\nThe Last Nintendo Wii Games\nThe Aborted Nintendo-Minnesota Lottery Scheme\nAmbiguous Killer Hallucinogenic Weed Headline\nTwo Independence Day-Themed Pokémon Battles: Ferrell…\nOn Nintendo's Pro-User Cartridge-First Strategy",
"description":"Justin comes across FOPEAS's \"I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy. My purpose is to provide helpful and respectful information to users-Brown\" on Amazon and asks Justina for her take on the product.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\n2023 Anime Year in Review\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nFour May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81)",
"description":"A short report on reports about the temporary closure of the Carroll Gardens Library with original photographs.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nA Walk Across the Hamilton Avenue Footbridge\nJustin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to…\nA Trip Across Brooklyn's Summit Street Bridge\nHistoric Districts and Looming Tall Buildings\nBalancing Bear Topiary in Carroll Gardens\nAmerican Beauty Pasta Mural in Brooklyn\nFlying 12-Foot Witch in Carroll Gardens\nThe Unfortunate Car in Carroll Gardens\nEvergreen Carroll Gardens Christmas Tree",
"description":"WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg published an interesting “birthday post” asking people to create blogs for his birthday. The idea is that […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nMatt Damon's Brooklyn Heights Crane Game\nAround the Web 〜 Alternative Software and Services Resources\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nNew Leaf Journal Year-In-Review: 2023\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal…\n100 Articles and Counting at The New Leaf Journal\nSearching for the \"Libertarian Moment\"",
"description":"Welcome to the 172nd 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 Logitech K310 keyboard of the administrator and editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. Last week saw the publication of several big ticket articles that have been in the works for a while, so let's get to our weekly review and other news and notes, including 21 links from around the web.\nLeaves from the week that was\nLet's review our new articles...\nal|together Visual Novel Ranking (20-11)\nFollowing up my (subjective) ranking of the bottom-11 al|together novels... \nMissing Temu Ads Through Good Internet Usage\nI decided that my ignorance of an internet advertising…",
"description":"Welcome to the 171st 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. Speaking of my keyboard...\nLeaves from the week that was\nMy Logitech Washable Wired Keyboard K310\nAfter noting my waterproof keyboard in every newsletter for more than three years, it finally received a full New Leaf Journal article. \n\"Survive and Advance\" Visual Novel Choices\nI have used the term \"survive and advance\" to describe certain visual novel choice structures. In this article, I define my pet visual novel description. \nal|together Visual Novel Rank Intro\nIntroducing my long-advertised final ranking…",
"description":"Welcome to the 170th 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. It is highly likely that there will be a live New Leaf Journal article about said keyboard when you read this newsletter, but that is technically an article for next newsletter week. Below, we cover the events of January 13-19 in our typical Newsletter Leaf Journal manner.\nLeaves from the week that was\nI published three new articles since mailing Newsletter 169. \nShopping on AI (Sp)Amazon\nJustin and Justina discuss some interesting AI-generated product descriptions seen on Amazon (or Spamazon). \nProvocative O…",
"description":"Welcome to the 169th 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. I am running a bit behind schedule today, so let us cut straight to your regularly scheduled newsletter content. \nLeaves from the week that was\nI published three new articles since mailing Newsletter 168. \n2023 Anime Year in Review\nMy third annual New Leaf Journal review of the year that was about anime, and it features my ranking of the top six series of 2024, notes on additional series, and category-specific awards. You can either use my article to find something to watch or as a prompt to become angry bec…",
"description":"\"Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki 2nd STAGE\" NOTES (Ep 1-5)\n\nI will review Tomozaki S2 at the end of the season. These are a few notes on the first five episodes for future reference.\n\nAnimation quality in episodes 1 and 5 was solid. Weaker in episodes 2-4 with some instances of off-model characters that we saw in the weaker points of S1.\nEpisode 1 was much like the first season with Hinami giving Tomozaki a light-hearted social task to carry out. This opening arc did a good job of showing Tomozaki's growth with respect to Hinami (setting limits on how far he would go in accomplishing his task) and in having friends he could rely on to help him achieve his objectives.\nOpening arc segued into a \"bullying arc\" wherein Erika Konno, who came off as unpleasant in her small role in season 1 and he…",
"description":"Photograph of Manhattan from close to the Manhattan pedestrian walkway entrance/exit of the Brooklyn Bridge. I wrote a short post praising NYC and the NYPD for actually following through on clearing vendors and other impediments from the walkway -- making for a pleasant walk despite there being a good number of people.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/clear-brooklyn-bridge\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/clear-brooklyn-bridge</a><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NYC?src=hash\" title=\"#NYC\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#NYC</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Manhattan?src=hash\" title=\"#Manhattan\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#Manhattan</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ManhattanSkyline?src=hash\" title=\"#ManhattanSkyline\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#ManhattanSkyline</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BrooklynBridge?src=hash\" title=\"#BrooklynBridge\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#BrooklynBridge</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/FreedomTower?src=hash\" title=\"#FreedomTower\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#FreedomTower</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/PaceUniversity?src=hash\" title=\"#PaceUniversity\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#PaceUniversity</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Pixel3aXL?src=hash\" title=\"#Pixel3aXL\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#Pixel3aXL</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/EmuCafeSocial?src=hash\" title=\"#EmuCafeSocial\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#EmuCafeSocial</a>",
"title":"Photograph of Manhattan from close to the Manhattan pedestrian walkway entrance/exit of the Brooklyn Bridge. I wrote a short post praising NYC and the NYPD for actually following through on clearing vendors and other impediments from the walkway -- making for a pleasant walk despite there being a good number of people.\n\nhttps://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/clear-brooklyn-bridge\n\n#NYC #Manhattan #ManhattanSkyline #BrooklynBridge #FreedomTower #PaceUniversity #Pixel3aXL #EmuCafeSocial",
"title":"A photograph of the Carroll Gardens branch of the Brooklyn Public Library in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. The library was closed for improvements in July 21, 2023 and will remain closed for 18-24 months from that date. I took this photo on August 19, 2023.\n\nArticle:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/carroll-gardens-library-renovations/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #CarrollGardens #Library #Columns #ArchedWindow #Pixel3axl #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal",
"description":"My Logitech K310 keyboard after a good washing and scrubbing in my kitchen sink. I have been using this as my main desktop keyboard since April 2013 and it is still going strong after countless keystrokes, many cleanings, and one coffee incident. Sadly, Logitech discontinued it several years ago.<br />\n<br />\nMy review:<br />\n<a href=\"https://thenewleafjournal.com/my-logitech-washable-wired-keyboard-k310/\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https://thenewleafjournal.com/my-logitech-washable-wired-keyboard-k310/</a><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Logitech?src=hash\" title=\"#Logitech\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#Logitech</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/LogitechK310?src=hash\" title=\"#LogitechK310\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#LogitechK310</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Keyboard?src=hash\" title=\"#Keyboard\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#Keyboard</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/PhysicalKeyboards?src=hash\" title=\"#PhysicalKeyboards\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#PhysicalKeyboards</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/WashableKeyboard?src=hash\" title=\"#WashableKeyboard\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#WashableKeyboard</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NewLeafJournal?src=hash\" title=\"#NewLeafJournal\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#NewLeafJournal</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/TheNewLeafJournal?src=hash\" title=\"#TheNewLeafJournal\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#TheNewLeafJournal</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pixel3axl?src=hash\" title=\"#pixel3axl\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#pixel3axl</a>",
"title":"My Logitech K310 keyboard after a good washing and scrubbing in my kitchen sink. I have been using this as my main desktop keyboard since April 2013 and it is still going strong after countless keystrokes, many cleanings, and one coffee incident. Sadly, Logitech discontinued it several years ago.\n\nMy review:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/my-logitech-washable-wired-keyboard-k310/\n\n#Logitech #LogitechK310 #Keyboard #PhysicalKeyboards #WashableKeyboard #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal #pixel3axl",
"title":"Let's check in on how Amazon and brand FOPEAS are doing...\n\nFictional dialogue inspired by the \"product\": https://thenewleafjournal.com/shopping-on-ai-spamazon/\n\nInternet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20240112170316/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Ffulfill-request-respectful-information-users-Brown%2Fdp%2FB0CM82FJL2\n\n#Amazon #AI #Spam #newleafjournal #thenewleafjournal",
"description":"I use the term \"survive and advance\" to describe a specific type of visual novel choice structure. In a late January article, I explained what inspired my use of the term (March Madness) and how I define it in the visual novel context.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/survive-and-advance-visual-novel-choices/\n#VisualNovels #VideoGames #VisualNovelChoices #Sports #NCAABasketball",
"description":"I read an article that described NBA Hall of Famer Tim Duncan as having been born \"overseas.\" While Duncan was not born in one of the 50 states, he was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands -- which is a U.S. territory. In my essay, I make the case that Duncan should not be described as having been born \"overseas\" in the sense the term is most commonly understood.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/espn-states-tim-duncan-was-born-overseas/\n#NBA #Sports #Citizenship #Nationality #Semantics",
"description":"I recently read that Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green turned 20. Sadly, I have no article to commemorate the occasion (although I should play them again), but I covered the 20th anniversary of Pokémon Gold and Sliver's (North American) release in 2020, including my memories of getting Pokémon Gold right when it came out.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/winds-of-new-beginnings-pokemon-gold-silver/\n#Pokémon #PokémonGold #GameBoy #GameBoyColor #VideoGames",
"description":"I have been following myself on Minds from Mastodon and Mastodon from Minds for a while now, but posts were not federating. For that reason, I was surprised to see my new Minds post pop up in my timeline. Looks like everything is integrated now...",
"description":"I never had a pet millipede and I do not plan to acquire one. But that did not stop me from writing an article about how to keep YOUR pet millipede from drowning in its own water dish.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/keep-the-pet-millipede-from-drowning/\n#Pets #Millipedes #Bugs #Dictionary",
"description":"I use YOGA Image Optimizer -- an open source GUI tool for optimizing images -- to handle the small images I use on my sites. I decided after using it for more than a year that a review was warranted.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/reviewing-yoga-image-optimizer/\n#OpenSource #YOGAImageOptimizer #Linux #ImageOptimizer #Flatpak",
"description":"Thoughts on how to make good use of WordPress's native category and tag taxonomies.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/thoughts-on-wordpress-categories-and-tags/\n#WordPress",
"description":"I have been using a Logitech K310 keyboard since April 2013. The K310's standout feature is that it is washable. Sadly, Logitech discontinued it several years ago -- but mine lives on.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/my-logitech-washable-wired-keyboard-k310/\n#Keyboard #Logitech",
"description":"I published a new version of my New Leaf Journal feed directory. It includes links to our RSS/ATOM/JSON feeds with directions for subscribing to narrower subsets of articles and it also includes our less-used feeds (e.g., mf2, TWTXT), static feed aggregator site, and off-site newsletter RSS feed. For those who do not know much about feeds, I also linked to my introduction and several essays on the benefits of feeds.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/new-leaf-journal-feeds/\n#WordPress #RSS #ATOM #JSONFeed #TWTXT #Feeds",
"description":"A 2022 post featuring my photographs of the Freedom Tower, shrouded in fog, from a morning walk across the Brooklyn Bridge.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/freedom-tower-in-the-fog-from-the-brooklyn-bridge/\n#NYC #Brooklyn #Manhattan #BrooklynBridge #FreedomTower #Fog #Photography",
"description":"The story of then-President Abraham Lincoln's decision to pardon Frank Judd, the son of Lincoln's Minister to Prussia, sparing him from what would have been execution for desertion.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/lincoln-spares-frank-r-judd-in-1864-65/\n#AbrahamLincoln #History #USHistory #CivilWar #Desertion",
"description":"I wrote a short article on the ongoing renovations of the Carroll Gardens Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library with my photos of the now (temporarily) closed building.\n\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/carroll-gardens-library-renovations/",
"description":"From 2021: My DuckDuckGo query for \"freedom tower birds\" returned top results that were very much at odds with one another. Unfortunately, neither of the results was the specific new (at the time) article that I was trying to pull up.\n\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/duckduckgo-presents-both-sides-of-the-freedom-tower-songbird-debate/",
"description":"Before doing anything on Bluesky, I connected my account to one of my domains. Then I installed a WordPress plugin to one of my sites to connect for cross posting. It took me longer than I would like to admit to figure out that the instant domain was .social, not .app.",
