"description":"The Peekier search tool, once reviewed by The New Leaf Journal, is no more (or so the fact it redirects to Kagi suggests).\nPossibly related posts...\n\nPeekier Search Engine Review\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nAn In-Depth Look at Norton Safe Search\nBrave and DuckDuckGo Timer Search Shortcuts\nReview of Wutsearch, a Search Engine Launchpad\nImportance of Bing Indexing For Alt Search\nThe Downstream Effects of Bing's Tiananmen Square Censorship\nWallabag Custom Search Engine Shortcuts\nAdding custom search shortcut for Wayback Machine",
"description":"My 2007 photo of a rose at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Poetry of Charlotte Becker - Early Twentieth Century…\nLizzie Deas' \"The Christmas Rose\"\nFarming Gold Roses for Money in Animal Crossing\nThe Glowing Pink Rose of Grace Court in Brooklyn Heights\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nThe Brown Leaf Turtle\nBill's Secret Garden - A Pokémon Generation 1 Urban Legend\nThe Brown Leaf in the Water on an Early Spring Day\nInstalling and Running Bodhi Linux on a 2007 MacBook",
"description":"April 2023 has come to a close. The end of the month means a new entry in our month-in-review series, which […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\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\nThe story of our Bing blacklisting\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…",
"description":"Four photos of a serene, wet, brown duck standing on Pier 5 of Brooklyn Bridge Park.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nBird in Review 〜 Mandarin Duck\nDuck and Duckling Rescue Stories From Around the Web\nThe NYPD's Duck Family Rescue in Midtown Manhattan\nFalcon Sighting at Brooklyn Bridge Park\nA Trip Across Brooklyn's Summit Street Bridge\nFreedom Tower in the Fog From the Brooklyn Bridge\nThe Brooklyn Bridge's Mysterious Cobweb Lane\nFour May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81)\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations",
"description":"We celebrate our humble online writing magazine's third birthday with a curated selection of article recommendations based on our most-read content from our first three years.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100\nFeeds and Read-It-Later for Online Reading\nRSS as a Facebook Alternative\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nThe New Leaf Journal Twitter\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal\nHow to Find Substack RSS Feeds and Other Notes",
"description":"A heartbroken anime girl is recovering from her jerk boyfriend breaking up with her to be with another woman. But what if I told you she needs to end her toxic relationship with Windows?\nPossibly related posts...\n\nOn Improving the Environment For Gaming On Linux\nThe Mystery of Sōseki and Tsuki ga Kirei\nInstalling and Running Bodhi Linux on a 2007 MacBook\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nFlood of Tears - Visual Novel Review\nKaori After Story - Visual Novel Review\nGoing From ONScripter Visual Novel .exe to Native Linux\nWhat is an \"Android Alternative\"?\nThe Poetry of Charlotte Becker - Early Twentieth Century…",
"description":"An in-depth look at the outside world from Bing Jail.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nBing's and DuckDuckGo's CCP Problem\nImportance of Bing Indexing For Alt Search\nThe Downstream Effects of Bing's Tiananmen Square Censorship\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nKaori After Story - Visual Novel Review\nQuery for Bing on blacklisting and ChatGPT\nAn In-Depth Look at Norton Safe Search\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ",
"description":"A new anime series tackles naturally brown hair, dyed brown hair, and Japanese school dress and grooming codes in two interesting scenes.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nTokyo High Schools Change Hair Color Dress Code Policies\nHair Color Dress Code Rules in Japan\nUnderstanding Hair Color in the Kimi ni Todoke Anime Series\nIroha Isshiki's Hair is Brown, as Expected?\nExamining brown hair of popular anime characters\nKaori Orimoto's Hair is Blacker than I Expected\nNineteenth Century Autumn Dress Trends\nHair Color and Albinism in Red Shift Visual Novel\nThe Inspiring Political Comebacks of Byron Brown and Vito…",
"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":"I run the EndeavourOS operating system with the XFCE desktop environment on my main desktop. After discovering Ulauncher while installing Bodhi […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nReviewing the Ulauncher Markdown Table Creator\nInstalling and Running Bodhi Linux on a 2007 MacBook\nMIDI sound for games on Arch-based distro\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100\nRunning ONScripter-En in Linux Visual Novel Directory\n1897 Magazine Offer - Pocket Kodak and Kodak No. 4 Bulls-Eye…\nOld Games, MIDI, and EndeavourOS\nFrom mullvad-vpn-cli to mullvad-vpn-bin\nTeaching the Art of the Video Game Snafu",
"description":"A post by blogger/webmaster Dariusz Więckiewicz about his site being arbitrarily banned by Bing inspired me to share our own Bing […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe story of our Bing blacklisting\nNaver Webmaster Trials and Tribulations\nExperiences in the Yandex Webmaster Portal\nDiscovering Google Webmaster Integrates With Search\nBing's and DuckDuckGo's CCP Problem\nImportance of Bing Indexing For Alt Search\nRemoving pages from Yandex Turbo\nThe Downstream Effects of Bing's Tiananmen Square Censorship\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…",
"description":"I use a mini Beelink PC with the GNOME edition of Fedora with my TV (see discussing in my article on […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nBrave and DuckDuckGo Timer Search Shortcuts\nOn Improving the Environment For Gaming On Linux\nCreating a Search Engine Shortcut For Google Timer\nInstalling and Running Bodhi Linux on a 2007 MacBook\nThe Two Decade Mario Party Finally Ends\nHistory of the Mario Party Gloves\nRunning ONScripter-En in Linux Visual Novel Directory\nRead the Fine Print - Buying a Cheap Mini PC For a Home…\nGoing From ONScripter Visual Novel .exe to Native Linux",
"description":"While we are The New Leaf Journal, our focus on perennially virid content leads us to appreciate trees and leaves of […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nFour May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81)\nInstalling and Running Bodhi Linux on a 2007 MacBook\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nOn Children, TikTok, and Social Media Stardom\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nBenjamin Harrison's Memorable July 4, 1888\nReviewing FrogFind: A Search Engine For Vintage Computers\nQuince recipes from Mary Eales's receipts\nOldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the 1968 and…",
"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 like anime. Anime is often based on Japanese manga. I use Linux. But until I learned about a very cozy […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nUsagi Drop 〜 A Complicated Anime Pick\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nSyncing Umineko When They Cry With Syncthing\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nVisual Novel Review: May Sky\nThe Mystery of Sōseki and Tsuki ga Kirei\nThe Best Anime Series of 2021\nDRM and losing the quality you paid for\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations",
"description":"As of uBlock Origin version 1.49.2, you can now install the extension for Mozilla Thunderbird (see release version). The extension page […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nFrom AUR to Mainline Arch Thunderbird\nAn In-Depth Look at Norton Safe Search\nDecSync Review\nRecommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based Devices…\nPokémon Cursor Theme For Linux and Windows\nPeekier Search Engine Review\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nA Look at ProxiTok, a TikTok Frontend\nInstalling and Running Bodhi Linux on a 2007 MacBook",
"description":"From a report in Grist: Typically, when consumer tech companies reach out to lawmakers concerning right-to-repair bills — which seek to […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nBill's Secret Garden - A Pokémon Generation 1 Urban Legend\nBing's and DuckDuckGo's CCP Problem\nThe dangers of adapting school to tech\nRecommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based Devices…\nThe story of our Bing blacklisting\nHistory of the Mario Party Gloves\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal\nJustin and Justina 〜 Blinded by Headlights\nQuery for Bing on blacklisting and ChatGPT",
"description":"From Brave’s news announcement: Every Web search result seen in Brave Search is now served by our own index. We’ve removed […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nThe story of our Bing blacklisting\nBrave and DuckDuckGo Timer Search Shortcuts\nThe Downstream Effects of Bing's Tiananmen Square Censorship\nAn In-Depth Look at Norton Safe Search\nImportance of Bing Indexing For Alt Search\nBing's and DuckDuckGo's CCP Problem\nReview of Wutsearch, a Search Engine Launchpad\nPeekier Search Engine Review",
"description":"From Building a Fairy Kingdom in Britain (JSTOR Daily): In the late sixteenth century, people across Britain became obsessed with fairies, […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nFairy Tricycle Promotion from 1895 Harper's Round Table\nBonner's \"In Dreamland\" Bedtime Story\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nRecording a Test New Leaf Journal Pokémon Sword and Shield…\nHistoric Districts and Looming Tall Buildings\nTwo Independence Day-Themed Pokémon Battles: Ferrell vs…\nThe Great Chelsea Fire of 1908 - 114 Years Later\nBoat playground seen from Brooklyn Bridge\nOn Finding Money In Your Coat Pocket 〜 A Justin and Justina…",
"description":"From a report by Mr. Brad Matthews for the Washington Times: Stanley Black & Decker has recalled 2.2 million DeWalt, Stanley, […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nTokyo High Schools Change Hair Color Dress Code Policies\nAmazon Black Hat Seller Scenario\nHair Color Dress Code Rules in Japan\nFarming Gold Roses for Money in Animal Crossing\nHistory of the Mario Party Gloves\nBing's and DuckDuckGo's CCP Problem\nBrown hair and dress codes in Ippon Again!\nUnderstanding Hair Color in the Kimi ni Todoke Anime Series\nBlack Squirrel in a Tree in Brooklyn",
"description":"From Teens Close the Distance in The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses PV on Crunchyroll: Love isn’t blind so much […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nHeight differences in anime romances\nThe Best Anime Series of 2021\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review\nIroha Isshiki's Hair is Brown, as Expected?\nWhat Makes a Depressing Anime? Discussion and Selection.\nThe Nice Boat 〜 A Look Back at the School Days Anime\nKaori Orimoto's Hair is Blacker than I Expected",
"description":"On April 22, 2023, the New York Post published a report titled Crazed man arrested for attack on walker in Central […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nEGM's 2001 Sega Neptune April Fools Joke\nNintendo Power's 1999 Yoshi in Pokémon April Fools Prank\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nRecommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based Devices…\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nFlood of Tears - Visual Novel Review\nOldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the 1968 and…",
"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":"Welcome to the (syndicated) version of the 133rd edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal. I (e)mailed the flagship edition of the […]\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\nNew Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader",
"description":"Welcome to the (syndicated) version of Newsletter Leaf Journal issue 132. We mailed the original newsletter on Saturday, April 22, 2023. […]\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\nNew Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII",
"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 133rd 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.\nApril 27 marked the third birthday of The New Leaf Journal. I made sure that we had plenty of new articles for our birthday week. Below, you will find links to our newest articles along with twelve links from around the web and other news and notes.\nTable of contents\nLeaves from the birthday week that was\nLeaves from around the web\nThe Old Birthday Leaf Journal\nMost turned leaves of the birthday week\nNews leaf journal\nNotable leaf journal\nTaking leaf\nLeaves from the birthday week that was\nI published five regu…",
"description":"Welcome to the 132nd 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. This past week was a bit slow at The New Leaf Journal on account of my having to do my taxes, finishing a couple of work assignments, and having problems with my right wrist. Nevertheless, I did publish a few new articles, and this humble newsletter will come with your usual assortment of links from around the web and other news and notes.\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 …",
"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":"I reviewed a niche search engine (or more aptly put, Bing front-end) called Peekier in February 2022. My Peekier review turned out to be a relatively successful post (by The New Leaf Journal's standards). The last time I had used Peekier before May 2, 2023, was in mid-January of 2023. This is because I have generally refrained from using Bing-based search after Bing arbitrarily blacklisted my project and removed it from its index. I ran a search through Peekier on May 2 as part of my day job working on U.S. immigration law research. My Peekier search unexpectedly redirected to the home page for Kagi Search. After determining that Peekier was indeed dead, I wrote an article on Peekier's demise and then updated my Peekier review to note that the charming little search tool is no more. While I am not certain of the circumstances of Peekier's downfall or why it now redirects to Kagi Search, the last Internet Archive capture of Peekier's home page came on February 19, 2023. The next capture on February 26, 2023, shows the Kagi Search redirect was in place.",
"description":"As of uBlock Origin version 1.49.2, you can now install the extension for Mozilla Thunderbird (see release version). The extension page on Thunderbird Add-ons states that it works with Thunderbird version 91.0 and higher. I use uBlock Origin with Firefox and I also use Thunderbird as my desktop email client (see my article on using Thunderbird with DecSync). I installed uBlock Origin on Thunderbird and restored my settings from my set-up on Firefox. The installation and export worked perfectly, but the non-uBlock Origin filter lists that I have enabled did not update (I am not sure if that is a general issue, but not important in my case). Consider this a PSA for Thunderbird users. If you want an aesthetic Thunderbird set-up, see my short post on the Two Little Birds theme.",
"description":"I have published two posts hear on Bear Blog about my main website project, The New Leaf Journal, having been blacklisted by Bing.\nDe-indexed from Bing (1.17.23)\nBing de-indexing update (1.18.23)\nThe Bing blacklisting not only persists, but has also become worse. I discovered in the Bing Webmaster Console that all of The New Leaf Journal's pages had been purged from Bing's index.\nI subscribe to an RSS feed for Hacker News Page 1 in my feed reader. I saw an article titled Bing Jail a few days ago which caught my attention. In that post, a webmaster described his Bing blacklisting experience. I found that it was almost identical to my experience, right down to his site having been blacklisted in January 2023 and his pages being removed from Bing's index in March. He noted that several other …",
"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":"My photo of a rose at New York City's Brooklyn Botanic Garden. I took this photo on March 27, 2007, with my Nikon D40 DLSR camera (an older one from the collection).<br />\n<br />\nArticle:<br />\n<a href=\"https://thenewleafjournal.com/rose-at-the-brooklyn-botanic-garden-2007/\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https://thenewleafjournal.com/rose-at-the-brooklyn-botanic-garden-2007/</a><br />\n<br />\nI did not understand the value of keeping my own data back in 2007 (I was in high school way back when). I uploaded those photos to Picasa (dating myself) and my only copies were on Google Photos (I remember when Picasa transmogrified). I did Google Takeout before I cleared my photo accounts, but my 2007 photos were low res. Fortunately, I have Upscayl as a free and open source solution for restoring my low-res Google'd photos to something resembling their former glory.<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/brooklynbotanicgarden?src=hash\" title=\"#brooklynbotanicgarden\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#brooklynbotanicgarden</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/flowers?src=hash\" title=\"#flowers\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#flowers</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/flower?src=hash\" title=\"#flower\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#flower</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rose?src=hash\" title=\"#rose\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#rose</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nikond40?src=hash\" title=\"#nikond40\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#nikond40</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/picasa?src=hash\" title=\"#picasa\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#picasa</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/newleafjournal?src=hash\" title=\"#newleafjournal\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#newleafjournal</a>",
"title":"My photo of a rose at New York City's Brooklyn Botanic Garden. I took this photo on March 27, 2007, with my Nikon D40 DLSR camera (an older one from the collection).\n\nArticle:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/rose-at-the-brooklyn-botanic-garden-2007/\n\nI did not understand the value of keeping my own data back in 2007 (I was in high school way back when). I uploaded those photos to Picasa (dating myself) and my only copies were on Google Photos (I remember when Picasa transmogrified). I did Google Takeout before I cleared my photo accounts, but my 2007 photos were low res. Fortunately, I have Upscayl as a free and open source solution for restoring my low-res Google'd photos to something resembling their former glory.\n\n#nyc #brooklyn #brooklynbotanicgarden #flowers #flower #rose #nikond40 #picasa #thenewleafjournal #newleafjournal",
"description":"I use Nomacs as my photo viewer on all of my Linux computers. I like it because it is easy to manage and make light edits to photos. I resize photos (usually such that the largest dimension is 800 px) for publication in The New Leaf Journal. Nomacs provides a side-by-side screen of the original and new photo in the save dialogue. Something about this one...<br />\n<br />\n(Note: I only had an 800 px version of this, so I used Upscayl to make it bigger for Pixelfed, which may make the text look a little off.)<br />\n<br />\nAssociated article:<br />\n<a href=\"https://thenewleafjournal.com/inflatable-colorful-easter-egg-bunny-thing/\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https://thenewleafjournal.com/inflatable-colorful-easter-egg-bunny-thing/</a><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/linux?src=hash\" title=\"#linux\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#linux</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nomacs?src=hash\" title=\"#nomacs\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#nomacs</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/upscayl?src=hash\" title=\"#upscayl\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#upscayl</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photoedits?src=hash\" title=\"#photoedits\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#photoedits</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/inflatable?src=hash\" title=\"#inflatable\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#inflatable</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/easter?src=hash\" title=\"#easter\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#easter</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/eyes?src=hash\" title=\"#eyes\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#eyes</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/oddeyes?src=hash\" title=\"#oddeyes\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#oddeyes</a>",
"title":"I use Nomacs as my photo viewer on all of my Linux computers. I like it because it is easy to manage and make light edits to photos. I resize photos (usually such that the largest dimension is 800 px) for publication in The New Leaf Journal. Nomacs provides a side-by-side screen of the original and new photo in the save dialogue. Something about this one...\n\n(Note: I only had an 800 px version of this, so I used Upscayl to make it bigger for Pixelfed, which may make the text look a little off.)\n\nAssociated article:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/inflatable-colorful-easter-egg-bunny-thing/\n\n#linux #nomacs #upscayl #photoedits #inflatable #easter #newleafjournal #thenewleafjournal #eyes #oddeyes",
"description":"A wet duck standing on Pier 5 of Brooklyn Bridge Park. The duck was drying in the Sun. Note the very pretty dark blue/purple feather on its wing. The duck made a good photo subject because it did not pay its surroundings any mind as it calmly stood in place. A small Park vehicle (essentially a golf cart) drove by about 3 feet from the duck and our avian friend did not flinch.<br />\n<br />\nArticle:<br />\n<a href=\"https://thenewleafjournal.com/duck-on-brooklyn-bridge-park-pier-5/\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https://thenewleafjournal.com/duck-on-brooklyn-bridge-park-pier-5/</a><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/duck?src=hash\" title=\"#duck\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#duck</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bird?src=hash\" title=\"#bird\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#bird</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/brooklynbridgepark?src=hash\" title=\"#brooklynbridgepark\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#brooklynbridgepark</a> <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/pier?src=hash\" title=\"#pier\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#pier</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/thenewleafjournal?src=hash\" title=\"#thenewleafjournal\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#thenewleafjournal</a> <a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/newleafjournal?src=hash\" title=\"#newleafjournal\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">#newleafjournal</a>",
"title":"A wet duck standing on Pier 5 of Brooklyn Bridge Park. The duck was drying in the Sun. Note the very pretty dark blue/purple feather on its wing. The duck made a good photo subject because it did not pay its surroundings any mind as it calmly stood in place. A small Park vehicle (essentially a golf cart) drove by about 3 feet from the duck and our avian friend did not flinch.\n\nArticle:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/duck-on-brooklyn-bridge-park-pier-5/\n\n#duck #bird #brooklynbridgepark #nyc #brooklyn #pier #pixel3axl #thenewleafjournal #newleafjournal",
"description":"A collection of 2021 duck and duckling rescue stories from around the web (storm drains appear to be a great struggle for ducklings).\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/duck-and-duckling-rescue-stories-from-around-the-web/\n#duck #birds #firefighters #police #stormdrain",
"description":"My December 1, 2010 (according to the file date) attempt to draw a \"truth tree\" turned into a mushroom cloud (but it really is supposed to be a tree).\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/an-unclear-and-indistinct-idea-of-a-truth-tree/\n#philosophy #humor #anecdote #descartes #microsoftpaint",
"description":"uBlock Origin is now available as a Thunderbird Add-on (as of version 1.49.2). I use Thunderbird, so I installed the Add-on and imported by uBO settings from my Firefox set-up. Everything worked but for one point -- the non-uBlock Origin blocklists are not updating for me in Thunderbird (not an issue for me, but worth noting -- have not looked into why yet).\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/leafbud/ublock-origin-available-for-thunderbird/\n#thunderbird #ublockorigin #extensions #addons #adblocking",
"description":"Re-printing \"Blue Violets,\" an 1880 poem by a certain \"K.V.M\" first published in Harper's Young People.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/blue-violets-an-1880-childrens-poem/\n#flowers #violets #spring #poem #poetry",
"description":"See also -- a follow-up article featuring re-touched versions of the flyover photos.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/a-second-look-at-the-april-new-york-city-flyover/\n#flyover #planes #nyc #brooklyn #blueangels #thunderbirds",
"description":"My three photos of an April 28, 2020 Blue Angels-Thunderbird joint-flyover of New York City, taken from Columbia Street Waterfront District in Brooklyn, NY. In light of the fact that my only camera was my BlackBerry Classic, the photos were a bit better than I would have expected under the circumstances.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/seeing-the-blue-angels-and-thunderbirds-from-columbia-street-waterfront-district/\n#flyover #planes #nyc #brooklyn #blueangels #thunderbirds",
"description":"I have watched the first few episodes of a currently airing anime series called My Love Story With Yamada-kun at Lv999. While I have not been impressed thus far, it did inspire an article. The first episode begins with the viewpoint protagonist, Akane, in the dumps after her boyfriend left her for another woman he met in an online game that he played with Akane. There is a scene where Akane opens up her laptop to log into the game. When she turns it on, I noticed a problem.\nHer relationship with her cad of an ex-boyfriend may be over, but her toxic relationship with Windows continues. I suggest she consider a new relationship with Linux.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/leveling-up-yamada-kun-at-lv999-to-linux/\n(Can neither confirm nor deny possibility that Microsoft de-indexing my site from Bing played a role in inspiring this article.)\n#anime #linux #windows #microsoft #humor",
"description":"On using Syncthing to sync my modded Umineko When They Cry game files and save directory between my main computer, a mini PC I use with my TV, and an always on Syncthing device.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/syncing-umineko-when-they-cry-with-syncthing/\n#syncthing #videogames #visualnovel #umineko",
"description":"The New Leaf Journal was blacklisted from appearing in Bing's search results on January 14 and then fully removed from Bing's index in March. The reasons for our blacklisting/de-indexing appear to be unknown to every other search engine with its own index, including Google, Brave, Mojeek, Yandex, Seznam, InfoTiger, and Marginalia... only Bing. I read an article by a different webmaster who described almost identical Bing problems. That post inspired me to chronicle our ongoing Bing ban. (Note: The worst effect has not been Bing itself, but losing DuckDuckGo, from which we received many more referrals than Bing).\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/the-story-of-our-bing-blacklisting/\n#bing #microsoft #searchengine #search #blog",
"description":"I came across a very dry Christmas Tree on the sidewalk in APRIL 2021. While moving on from a Christmas Tree can be a pain, I thought that April seemed a bit excessive even by procrastination standards.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/a-rather-dry-christmas-tree-in-brooklyn-heights-in-april/\n#spring #christmastree #procrastination #nyc #brooklynheights",
"description":"I have received odd spam emails to my site domain email addresses promising millions of dollars or asking for donations for life-saving surgeries. However, a spam email offering a \"proposal about [my] last name\" might be the oddest yet.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/leaf/odd-email-to-my-newleafjournal-address/\n#email #spam",
"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":"For example, the older model had a 1 GHz dual-core processor, while the new version has a 1.8 GHz quad-core chip. Since the company is tight-lipped about exactlywhichprocessors are powering these devices, it’s hard to make an apples-to-apples comparison, but it sure sounds like the new model should be a bit more responsive.Both models have just 1GB of RAM, but the original InkPad Color had just 16GB of built-in storage, while the new model has twice as much. That said, it seems like the company might have omitted one feature when building the new model: there’s no longer a microSD card reader.\nI have the original PocketBook InkPad color and I generally like it. Most of the improvements in V2 would be welcome (albeit well short of prompting me to upgrade), but dropping the microSD card slot is a bad move. The article suggests that this may have been done to increase the tablet's water resistance, but I will take the SD card over being able to submerge my e-reader in 2 meters of water.",
