"description":"This will come as a shock to all of our readers, but I (N.A. Ferrell) do not approve of requiring Instagram usage for school assignments.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe dangers of adapting school to tech\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nAnime Case Against Japan's Population Loss\nHistory of the Mario Party Gloves\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nSearching for the Figure Behind the Blob Dylan Tags…\nNew Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader\nAn Early Review of Pixelfed - Instagram Alternative\nApril Fools, Sonic and Tails in SSB Melee",
"description":"N.A. Ferrell ranks the top six anime series that concluded in 2023, lists honorable mentions, and gives several category-specific awards.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nNew Leaf Journal Year-In-Review: 2023\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nA Dream of Summer - Visual Novel Review\nNew Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nHistory of New York's Evacuation Day\nNarcissu (Insani version) VN Review\nFlood of Tears - Visual Novel Review",
"description":"Some websites stealth edit. Other websites issue in-article corrections. We issue full article corrections.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nExpert Gamer's 1999 Yoshi in Pokémon April Fools Prank\nRecording a Test New Leaf Journal Pokémon Sword and…\nDragonair Safari in Pokémon Yellow\nBill's Secret Garden - A Pokémon Generation 1 Urban Legend\nEGM's 2001 Sega Neptune April Fools Joke\nYoshi's Story at 25\nApril Fools, Sonic and Tails in SSB Melee\nThe Mystery of Sōseki and Tsuki ga Kirei\nThe Two Decade Mario Party Finally Ends",
"description":"Addressing an interesting argument that because Lance Armstrong was the best stage racing cyclist in a largely doped field, he would have been the best clean cyclist in a clean field.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nMost-Visited NLJ Articles of 1H 2023\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nGolf and Immigration: Matter of Masters\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nAnalyzing BIA Decision in Matter of Salama\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nBottom-tier Character Tomozaki S1 Anime Review\nNew Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader\nThe Poor Little Bird - Visual Novel Review",
"description":"Justin and Justina review the 54 most-visited articles at The New Leaf Journal in 2023.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100\nShould the Pistons have drafted Carmelo?\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nThe story of our Bing blacklisting\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nOldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the…",
"description":"What better way to spend New Year's weekend than to catch up on The New Leaf Journal's fresh December 2023 content?\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nio [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nOldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the…\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nHistory of New York's Evacuation Day",
"description":"A full and complete review of the first season of Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki, which aired in 2021.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review\nThe Best Anime Series of 2021\nNew Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki Anime\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nLeveling up Yamada-kun at Lv999 to Linux\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nDialogue: Dinosaur fight tier-lists\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations",
"description":"With season 2 of The Dangers in My Heart just around the corner, I review season 1 of the middle school romance with an antisocial boy and a popular model.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nHeights in “The Dangers in My Heart” Anime\nHeight differences in anime romances\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nOn Review Scoring Systems\nThe Best Anime Series of 2021\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nNew Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review",
"description":"Inspired by a series of recent blog posts, I offer a proposed set of best practices for media review scoring systems.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nNew Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader\nal|together Visual Novel Reviews and Posts\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal…\nKaori After Story - Visual Novel Review",
"description":"Once clad in a witch's hat for Halloween, an endearing green car in Gowanus is now bearing Christmas presents.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Wicked Car of the Gowanus - Car with Hat\nRudolph the Red-Nosed Car with Antlers\nio [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review\nPlain Song Christmas Special - VN Review\nA Christmas Menagerie On a Lawn in Gowanus\nMake it Christmas With a Santa Hat\n\"Uncle Susan is a Wolf\" - A Graffiti Photo and…\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe Inflatable Christmas Dragon of Gowanus",
"description":"Victor V. Gurbo shares two recordings of his original holiday song, Christmas & You.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review\nTwo Independence Day-Themed Pokémon Battles: Ferrell…\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nFour May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81)",
"description":"A Carroll Gardens home works to make sure that we know how long until Christmas.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nio [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review\nSnowman with One-Eyed Frog Hat - Pure Evil?\nSnowman with Mask 〜 It's the thought that counts\nPlain Song Christmas Special - VN Review\nA Christmas Menagerie On a Lawn in Gowanus\nBrooklyn Snowman and Winter Storm Gail Sights\nReviewing Bob Dylan's \"Shadow Kingdom\" Stream\nKaori After Story - Visual Novel Review\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho",
"description":"I finally review the only al|together visual novel translation in which the player takes the perspective of a pet cat (Don-kichi, to be precise).\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nFour May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81)\n\"Fradie-Cat\" - A Children's Poem By Clinton Scollard\nIs my cat deaf, or does she just not give a...?\n\"Winter Quarters\" - An 1882 Poem About a Very Warm…\nI, Too, Saw Dreams Through Air - VN Review\nMIDI sound for games on Arch-based distro\nAt Summer's End vs A Dream of Summer\nMalcontent Openclipart Cat Christmas Tree",
"description":"Reviewing one of the more unique and polished al|together visual novel translation projects, Moonshine.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nMay Sky - Visual Novel Review\nNarcissu (Insani version) VN Review\nFrom the Bottom of the Heart - VN Review\nThe Mystery of Sōseki and Tsuki ga Kirei\nThe Letter (Tegami) - Visual Novel Review\nCrimsoness - Visual Novel Review\nA Midsummer Day's Resonance - VN Review\nRunning Yuuki!Novel Ver of Tegami on Linux",
"description":"Santa emerges from a chimney in brownstone Brooklyn: A photo story in 3 acts.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nAn Inquiry Into the Nature of Santa Claus\nMake it Christmas With a Santa Hat\nSanta Claus's Delivery Van Seen in Brooklyn\nReviewing Three Boutique Guitar Strings\nOn Barry Bonds' IBBs in 2006 and 2007\nJustin & Justina 〜 A Christmas Present Struggle\nA Christmas Menagerie On a Lawn in Gowanus\nThe Holiday Inflatable Dragon in Brooklyn\nInflatable Thanksgiving Turkey With Pilgrim Hat",
"description":"A dialogue on how (almost) any holiday decoration or lawn ornament can aspire to Christmas with a Santa hat.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nAn Inquiry Into the Nature of Santa Claus\nDynamic Inflatable Chimney Santa\nio [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review\nPlain Song Christmas Special - VN Review\nA Christmas Menagerie On a Lawn in Gowanus\nSanta Claus's Delivery Van Seen in Brooklyn\nJustin & Justina 〜 A Christmas Present Struggle\nReviewing Three Boutique Guitar Strings\nThe Inflatable Christmas Dragon of Gowanus",
"description":"A photo of S-cape, a private boat seen docked at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Marina on May 31, 2023.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Nice Boat 〜 A Look Back at the School Days Anime\nBoat playground seen from Brooklyn Bridge\nSearching for School Days' Nice Boat\nHistory of New York's Evacuation Day\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\n1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge\nGulf Stream Boat Sculpture at Brooklyn Bridge Park\nnice.boats Domain Available For Sale\nBill's Secret Garden - A Pokémon Generation 1 Urban Legend",
"description":"I concur with an argument in favor of external linking while taking a different perspective to argue in favor of humane internal linking.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\n1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge\nShould the Pistons have drafted Carmelo?\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review\nThe Poetry of Charlotte Becker - Early Twentieth…",
"description":"A short guide for immigration law followers to adding Board of Immigration Appeals precedent decisions to Zotero.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nAnalyzing BIA Decision in Matter of Salama\nMatter of Man, 12 I&N Dec. 305 (BIA 1967) - BIA Hong…\nMy heroic broken link report to U.S. DOJ\nThe Matter of Great Wall - But Not Those Walls\nNoncitizen Nationals as Immigrant Visa Petitioners\nImmigration Issues in NYPD Chinese Agent Case\nGolf and Immigration: Matter of Masters\n\"A Strange Admixture of Contentions\" - Study of a Phrase\nMy Default Apps as of December 2023",
"description":"I have received many spam emails at The New Leaf Journal... but none top a request for assistance from China's former Defense Minister.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nThe New Leaf Journal Newsletter\nOldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the…\nRecommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based…\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ",
"description":"I published an article on The New Leaf Journal about doping in cycling during (and before) the Armstrong era. I noted in my Saturday newsletter that it unexpectedly blew up (by our standards) within hours of its publication. I was not immediately able to identify the source, but I figured out from our referrals that […]",
"description":"I starred this very insightful comment by Hacker News user marcinzm about search engines. The commenter noted the obvious, that big tech search shows ads because its purpose is to generate revenue through ads. But I appreciated the commenters putting it in terms of means and ends. Ideally, the user wants a search engine to […]",
"description":"This was the first completely new (as in not subsequent season) anime I am trying in the Winter 2024 season. These days, not involving “another world” or “reincarnation” is a good place to start. We have a girl, Himari Momochi, who is an orphan. When she turns 16, she learns her late parents left her […]",
"description":"I re-watched the first season of Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki (after having watched it as a simulcast in 2021) for two reasons. Firstly so I could write a review and secondly so that I could refresh my memory for the second season. I watched the first episode of season 2, titled The best games make reconnaissance […]",
"description":"I opened Steam because I am purchasing at least one visual novel while it is on sale. Steam prompted me to ask whether I wanted to participate in the Steam hardware survey. I said yes. I did my part to represent EndeavourOS. But what about my specs? OS: EndeavourOS CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core […]",
"description":"I checked by 404 logs over at The New Leaf Journal. I found an interesting user agent among the myriad web crawlers: PoorlyConfiguredWebCrawler I appreciate that the crawler advertises that it is not well configured. You get the feeling that whoever released the poor thing on the internet is asking us to not be too […]",
"description":"My privacy-friendly local page-counting solution for WordPress, Koko Analytics, picked up a referral from snapchat.com over at The New Leaf Journal. Snapchat? Really. I thought this was for sending photos. No no, don’t correct me. I am happy living in ignorance. I will just go on living under my assumption that Snapchat is not the […]",
"description":"I enjoy some of the fun public domain images on Openclipart. For Christmas 2022, I shared a “cat Christmas tree” over at The New Leaf Journal. This year, I will use my new social posting site (it seems more conducive for the purpose) to share a fun Openclipart Christmas owl posted by Openclipart artist Michal […]",
"description":"My good friend Victor V. Gurbo noted over on The New Leaf Journal that his college friend gave him the prompt for a melancholy Christmas song that would have no prospect of commercial success. I addend his post to note that the unnamed friend was a very versatile character. The person Victor refers to is […]",
"description":"I send a weekly newsletter attached to The New Leaf Journal called The Newsletter Leaf Journal. Unsurprisingly, I focus on sharing links to my latest articles (including some from here) and news and notes about my projects. However, in the spirit of generosity and sharing external links, I pack each newsletter full of links from […]",
"description":"I am working on cleaning up a few anime series that I missed throughout the year in preparation for my year in review. As part of the project, I quickly went through The Dreaming Boy is a Realist (light novel titles…) on HiDive (I had neglected HiDive for a bit because there’s no unofficial Kodi […]",
"description":"I came across an interesting passage by blogger Facundo Olano in his blog post about creating a personal feed reader to follow good and meaningful writing from around the web (see the source code for his interesting feed reader project). He assessed his prior usage of Twitter (now “X”) and Mastodon and realized that he […]",
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"description":"I came across a free ebook by Roger Carter on Smashwords about using an Android tablet as a computer (see My Tablet – My Computer). The book is short, running just over 5,000 words. While I do not personally need to use an Android (LineageOS in my case) tablet as a computer (not to mention […]",
"description":"I read many video game magazines when I was a kid. Back in my day, E3, which typically took place in May or June, was the major video game expo and a major event in the magazines. I used to look forward to E3 coverage. Over the years, I stopped reading video game magazines and, […]",
"description":"Yukinu over at Yukinu blog posted a simple and tasty looking 5am udon recipe. I approve with the qualification that I would opt for unsalted chicken broth (if I am adding soy sauce) and that I am not sure if I am ready for udon at 5 AM (I usually prefer hot cereal for breakfast). […]",
"description":"An article in Ars Technica reported that Systemd Linux distributions (which describes most distributions these days) will receive a much-desired updated from Windows: The Blue Screen of Death. From the article: Today, version 255 of the Linux systemd project honors that original intent by adding a systemd-bsod component that generates a full-screen display of some […]",
"description":"Welcome to the 168th 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, like the newsletters of 2020-2023, from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. Despite being under the weather for the early days of 2024, we still had an eventful week of the new year at your favorite green online writing magazine. Without further ado, let us begin with the first newsletter of the new year.\nLeaves from the week that was\nI published four new articles since mailing Newsletter 167. \nDecember 2023 at The New Leaf Journal\nJust in case you have to catch up on 2023 before starting on 2024. \nNew Leaf Journal Year-In-Review: 2023\nOur annual year-end r…",
"description":"Welcome to the 167th 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. We had New Years Eve for the last newsletter of 2022, but we will have to settle for New Years Eve Eve in 2023. But while we missed the holiday this year, I think we nevertheless have some holiday-tier content to bring 2023 to a close. \nLeaves from the week that was\nWe (actual \"we\" this time) published five new articles since mailing Newsletter 166. \nVictor V. Gurbo's \"Christmas & You\"\nI included links to Victor's two YouTube videos of his recording of his original song, Christmas & You, with last week's new…",
"description":"Welcome to the 166th 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 Christmas Eve Eve newsletter comes with six new articles, more links from our new around the web backlog, and other news and notes. \nLeaves from the week that was\nI was busy on Thursday and Friday after a brief publishing drought... \nA Boat Named \"S-cape\"\nDespite being entirely spoiled by the headline, this article strangely had one of the better debut weeks of any 2023 article. \nMake it Christmas With a Santa Hat\nJustin of our Justin and Justina dialogue duo has a theory, supported by evidence in t…",
"description":"Welcome to the 165th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the evergreen 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 have plenty of content to share with you this week from many new articles and short posts to the story of how the winds of new beginnings blew over my Around the Web backlog. Because I have plenty to share, I cut the introduction short so we can get to the sharing.\nLeaves from around the web\nI spent more of the last week working on New Leaf Journal projects than publishing them. While many of my articles are in the work in progress phase, I still managed to deliver four new articles since mailing Newsletter…",
"description":"Hostinger guide to WP Cron. Considering looking into changing my set-up after a minor issue with missed jobs for ActivityPub on Emu Cafe Social:\nhttps://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/how-to-setup-and-manage-a-wordpress-cron-job\nSee also WordPress Codex guide:\nhttps://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/hooking-wp-cron-into-the-system-task-scheduler/\n#WordPress #Cron #Linux",
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"title":"The ultimate test of my theory that a Santa hat can make just about anything Christmas. Not Tux (surely that penguin is Tux), but the gentleman just behind Tux.\n\nSanta hat dialogue:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/make-it-christmas-with-a-santa-hat/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Christmas #ChristmasDecorations #Penguin #Tux #TerracottaSoldier #Brownstones #BrownstoneBrooklyn #TheNewLeafJournal #NewLeafJournal #Pixel3aXL",
"title":"Cardinals are somewhat Christmas-y for a variety of reasons, but I still ordinarily associate them with warmer months (from my New York perspective). However, if you put a Santa hat on a cardinal -- it is clearly and beyond doubt Christmas-y.\n\nDialogue discussion:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/make-it-christmas-with-a-santa-hat/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Cardinal #Bird #ChristmasDecorations #LawnOrnament #SantaHat #Christmas #Pixel3aXL #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal",
"title":"Just about anything can become a Christmas decoration with a Santa hat: Part 1, \"The Flamingo\"\n\nDialogue:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/make-it-christmas-with-a-santa-hat/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Flamingo #Angel #Christmas #ChristmasDecorations #SantaHat #Brownstone #BrownstoneBrooklyn #PIxel3aXL #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal",
"description":"It is easy to remember that Christmas is on December 25. But what if you forget what day it is now? One home in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, worked to make sure that everyone knows how long until Christmas. (Note that the clock works -- but the red LED does not show in my photo).<br />\n<br />\nArticle with additional photo:<br />\n<a href=\"https://thenewleafjournal.com/snowman-christmas-countdown-clock/\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https://thenewleafjournal.com/snowman-christmas-countdown-clock/</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/Brooklyn?src=hash\" title=\"#Brooklyn\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#Brooklyn</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/CarrollGardens?src=hash\" title=\"#CarrollGardens\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#CarrollGardens</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Christmas?src=hash\" title=\"#Christmas\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#Christmas</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Snowman?src=hash\" title=\"#Snowman\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#Snowman</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ChristmasDecorations?src=hash\" title=\"#ChristmasDecorations\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#ChristmasDecorations</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Clock?src=hash\" title=\"#Clock\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#Clock</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Countdown?src=hash\" title=\"#Countdown\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#Countdown</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Reef?src=hash\" title=\"#Reef\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#Reef</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/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>",
"title":"It is easy to remember that Christmas is on December 25. But what if you forget what day it is now? One home in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, worked to make sure that everyone knows how long until Christmas. (Note that the clock works -- but the red LED does not show in my photo).\n\nArticle with additional photo:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/snowman-christmas-countdown-clock/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #CarrollGardens #Christmas #Snowman #ChristmasDecorations #Clock #Countdown #Reef #Pixel3aXL #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal",
"title":"An inflatable Santa emerging from (or going into, depending on perspective) an inflatable chimney in three acts. Seen (if I recall correctly) in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.\n\nArticle:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/dynamic-inflatable-chimney-santa/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Christmas #ChristmasDecorations #SantaClaus #Inflatables #Brownstones #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal",
"title":"Seen at the Marina in Brooklyn Park... and I see what they did there... S-cape.\n\nArticle with context about the area:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/a-boat-named-s-cape/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BrooklynBridgePark #Marina #Yacht #Pun #Boat #pixel3axl #newleafjournal #thenewleafjournal",
"description":"I published my third annual review that was of the year in anime. In the article, I ranked what I think were the six best series of 2023, included notes on 12 additional series, and gave out five category-specific awards. I made sure to get it done close to New Years because I know the whole industry was waiting for this.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/2023-anime-year-in-review/\n#Anime #AnimeReview",
"description":"A 2021 post about my 2020 photo of a pigeon on a limb looking for a snack... and a reminder that pigeons are heavier than sparrows.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/the-pigeon-on-a-limb/\n#Pigeon #Bird #NYC #Brooklyn #Photography",
"description":"Presenting the 54 most-visited New Leaf Journal articles of 2023, in dialogue format. For WordPress admins out there, I use Koko Analytics, an open source and entirely local page counting solution for stats.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/new-leaf-journal-year-in-review-2023/\n#Blogging #WordPress #OpenSource #Links #KokoAnalytics",
"description":"My final newsletter of the year includes links to a week's worth of new articles and short posts, 21 links from around the web, and news and notes about what I am working on as we look ahead to 2024.\nhttps://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/167/\n#newsletter #buttondown #blogging #anime #reviewsystems",
"description":"Back in January 2022, I wrote a dialogue (using fictional characters) explaining why I was moving the NLJ off Bluehost shared hosting to a small VPS server. Nostalgic, and in terms of site performance... definitely turned out to be the correct decision.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/slow-leaf-journal-outgrowing-cheap-hosting/\n#WordPress #WebHosting #VPS #Bluehost #Dialogue",
"description":"My short notes on figuring out how to properly enter administrative precedent decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals into Zotero.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/adding-eoir-bia-decisions-to-zotero/\n#Zotero #Law #USImmigrationLaw #BoardOfImmigrationAppeals #USDOJ",
"description":"Investigating Santa Claus with the help of a 1913 children's short story by Maud McKnight Lindsay.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/an-inquiry-into-the-nature-of-santa-claus/\n#Christmas #ChristmasStory #SantaClaus #ChildrensLiterature",
"description":"Reprinting and discussing The Christmas Rose, an early twentieth century Christmas short story by Lizzie Deas (I also made a simple PDF version).\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/lizzie-deas-the-christmas-rose/\n#Christmas #ChristmasStory #ChristmasRose #Nativity",
"description":"I hope all the people who went all in on a Christmas Tree before finishing their Thanksgiving leftovers are hanging in there...\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/on-buying-christmas-trees-in-november/\n#ChristmasTree #Christmas #Thanksgiving",
"description":"I wrote about a Mondrian theme for KDE Plasma back in early 2021. I used it until I switched from Plasma to XFCE for my workstation in the summer of 2021. However, things come full circle. While I still use XFCE on my workstation, I use Plasma on a mini PC I designated for PC usage and have added some pieces of the Mondrian themeto my set-up.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/reviewing-the-mondrian-theme-for-kde-plasma/\n#KDE #KDEPlasma #Mondrian #Desktop #Aesthetics",
"description":"I think I am the only person to ever use the open source RetroBoy camera app for Android (available on F-Droid) to photograph at falcon at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Am I absolutely certain? No, but I am close to certain.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/falcon-photos-with-retroboy-camera-app/\n#RetroBoy #Android #Fdroid #Falcon #NYC #BrooklynBridgePark",
"description":"For those looking for free options -- BunnyPress Lite by the same developer is available in the WordPress repository and is similar to the paid theme, only lacking additional display patterns and a few features for increasing page loading times that can be replicated in plugins in any event. Note, however, that I have not used BunnyPress Lite since early June 2020.",
"description":"My September 2020 review of The New Leaf Journal's WordPress theme, BunnyPress -- including my discussing how difficult it was to buy since the store page was entirely Japanese. While much has changed at NLJ since 9/2020, including our layout, BunnyPress remains our theme.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/the-bunnypress-chronicles-story-and-review/\n#WordPress #BunnyPress #WordPressThemes",
