"description":"Last year, I wrote a guide for Linux users on how to configure a Japanese language environment for three graphical interfaces […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nOn DRM-Free Games on Steam\nOn Improving the Environment For Gaming On Linux\nDigital Purchases as Indefinite Rentals\nLoveChoice Visual Novel Review\nKaori After Story - Visual Novel Review\nThe Mystery of Sōseki and Tsuki ga Kirei\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nReturn to Shironagasu Island Review\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations",
"description":"MikroTik is a Latvian-based company that produces networking equipment and maintains a proprietary Linux distribution for networking devices called RouterOS. RouterOS […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nSigning into Winbox\nAn Introduction to RSS and Other Feed Formats\nHow to Find Substack RSS Feeds and Other Notes\nRSS as a Facebook Alternative\nIndieWeb Standards, RSS, and Atom\nWhat is an \"Android Alternative\"?\nThe American Bee Journal World's Fair Report\nReplacing soundbar and re-configuring universal remote for…\nAgainst Twitter as a Content Curator",
"description":"I stumbled on a meme by accident and determined that the \"meme\" is more humorous without knowledge of the meme.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nHistoric Districts and Looming Tall Buildings\nJustin & Justina 〜 A Christmas Present Struggle\nA Trip Across Brooklyn's Summit Street Bridge\nThe Cows of Bloomingdale's and Macy's at the 2021 NYC Cow…\nA Bike in the Snow in Brooklyn\nBrooklyn Snowman and Winter Storm Gail Sights\nSnowman with Mask 〜 It's the thought that counts\nA Walk Across the Hamilton Avenue Footbridge\nEd Durr Walks To A Stunning Election Upset In New Jersey",
"description":"I wade into a spirited debate about GoHands' animation techniques in episode 1 of The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nA Walker's Review of BLUPOND's Knight Vision Night Driving…\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review\nAnime romantic comedy gimmicks...\nQuince recipes from Mary Eales's receipts\nThe Best Anime Series of 2021\nTwo Independence Day-Themed Pokémon Battles: Ferrell vs…\nAdditional Best of 2022 in Anime Awards",
"description":"A step-by-step guide to using PlayOnLinux to install Windows programs on Linux.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nJapanese Environment in PoL, Lutris, and Bottles\nInstalling and Running Bodhi Linux on a 2007 MacBook\nOn Improving the Environment For Gaming On Linux\nImmigration Issues in NYPD Chinese Agent Case\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nJustin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to the…\nThe Mystery of Sōseki and Tsuki ga Kirei",
"description":"When even the family of the Colombo consigliere cannot log off.\nPossibly related posts...\n\n1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge\nWasteful talk show subsidies in New York\nOn NYC Curfews and Essential Workers\nATW 〜 Murakami on Bad Social Media Content\nIn Support of the Lawsuit Against NYC Dining Sheds\nOn Children and Internet Sharing\nFediverse Clone Wars and Decentralized Social Media\nThe Questionable NYC Mayoral Campaign About Page of Maya…\nFeeds and Read-It-Later for Online Reading",
"description":"We begin with a patriotic bedtime story and conclude with Benjamin Franklin's thoughts on the bald eagle vs the turkey.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nHistory of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines\n1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge\nTiki paralogue trick in Fire Emblem Engage\nCalvin Coolidge's 1923 Thanksgiving Proclamation\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\n\"The American Mind\" 〜 A 1923 July 4th Oration by Rev.…\nShort Bio of Mary Graham Bonner\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)",
"description":"We begin with a patriotic bedtime story and conclude with Benjamin Franklin's thoughts on the bald eagle vs the turkey.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nHistory of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines\n1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge\nTiki paralogue trick in Fire Emblem Engage\nCalvin Coolidge's 1923 Thanksgiving Proclamation\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\n\"The American Mind\" 〜 A 1923 July 4th Oration by Rev.…\nShort Bio of Mary Graham Bonner\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)",
"description":"Re-printing a British officer's account of his 1827-28 visit to Benjamin Franklin's modest grave site.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nBenjamin Harrison's Memorable July 4, 1888\nThe American Bee Journal World's Fair Report\nJustin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to the…\n1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nA Charming Hometown Tax System Story\nLincoln spares Frank R. Judd in 1864-65\nHistory of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines\nThe Great Chelsea Fire of 1908 - 114 Years Later",
"description":"Reviewing the (first half) year that was at The New Leaf Journal in 2023.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nNew Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review\nThe New Leaf Journal 2022 Half-Year Review\nThe Best Anime Series of 2021\nQuince recipes from Mary Eales's receipts",
"description":"Today marks the end of June 2023. As we move into the heart of summer, we take a break to review […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\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…\nOriginal LOH: Trails in the Sky GIF ad\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe Downstream Effects of Bing's Tiananmen Square Censorship\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nAnna Jarvis and the Origin of Mother's Day in the United…",
"description":"The strange story of how a poorly thought out 1997 trade by a 14-68 team for a 35-year old power forward led to said team losing the #2 pick in the 2003 NBA Draft.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nShould the Pistons have drafted Carmelo?\nESPN States Tim Duncan was \"Born Overseas\"\nVersion history of Aru Fuyu no Monogatari\nPlaying Through Cancer in Silence: Shawn Respert's NBA Story\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nOldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the 1968 and…\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nNintendo Power's 1999 Yoshi in Pokémon April Fools Prank",
"description":"In a 20-year retrospective, I offer my opinion on whether the Detroit Pistons should have drafted Carmelo Anthony with the second pick in the 2003 NBA Draft.\nPossibly related posts...\n\n1997 Otis Thorpe trade and the 2003 NBA Draft\nESPN States Tim Duncan was \"Born Overseas\"\nVersion history of Aru Fuyu no Monogatari\nPlaying Through Cancer in Silence: Shawn Respert's NBA Story\nUpcoming Ferrell Vs Gurbo Pokémon Draft Battle\nWhy Would Anyone Believe Michael Jordan?\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nOldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the 1968 and…\nA Winter's Tale - Visual Novel Review",
"description":"Running the original 2005 Yuuki!Novel version of Tegami on top of WINE (and learning about a defunct Japanese visual novel engine in the process)\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Letter (Tegami) - Visual Novel Review\nOn Improving the Environment For Gaming On Linux\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nVersion history of Aru Fuyu no Monogatari\nInstalling and Running Bodhi Linux on a 2007 MacBook\nGoing From ONScripter Visual Novel .exe to Native Linux\nRunning ONScripter-En in Linux Visual Novel Directory\nFlood of Tears - Visual Novel Review\nMIDI sound for games on Arch-based distro",
"description":"New York City has a problem with apparently homeless people sleeping in ATM vestibules at night. (I have been led to […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThomas Sowell on Hard-Core Troublemakers\n1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge\nWasteful talk show subsidies in New York\nIn Support of the Lawsuit Against NYC Dining Sheds\nOn NYC Curfews and Essential Workers\nThe Questionable NYC Mayoral Campaign About Page of Maya…\nThe Awful About Page for Sara Tirschwell's NYC Mayoral…\nHarry Wilson Wants My Vote For Governor\nThe Arrival of Sparrows in the United States",
"description":"Today is primary day in New York City. The main attractions are City Council primaries and primaries for District Attorney in […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nOne Man, One Vote, Two \"I Voted!\" Stickers\nYou Can't Fix Stupid - King Baby\nThe \"King Baby BKF\" Sticker in Gowanus, Brooklyn\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nThe Downed Stop Sign in Vinegar Hill\nAn Unpleasant Voting Odor\nThe Inspiring Political Comebacks of Byron Brown and Vito…\nCall in the Oligarchs to Restore Trust in Media? A Peculiar…\nBenjamin Harrison's Memorable July 4, 1888",
"description":"I wrote about the discontinuation of Google’s Stadia, a game streaming service, back in the context of game ownership. In that […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nStadia and the Value of Owning Games\nThe best Nintendo controllers\nDon't Compare Stadia to the Dreamcast!\nHeight differences in anime romances\nGoogle Discontinues Stadia\nThe Sega Dreamcast Controller Joystick\nMario Party's Joystick-Wrecking Rotation Games\nThe Thin Digital Line Between \"Buy\" and \"Rent\"\nHistory of the Mario Party Gloves",
"description":"On April 12, 2023, the New York Post reported on the NYPD’s rescuing a coyote from the East River. Police departments […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nDuck and Duckling Rescue Stories From Around the Web\nNLJ Brooklyn NYC pigeon rescue story\nThe Heroic Fallen Trash Can Rescue in Gowanus\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nHeights in “The Dangers in My Heart” Anime\nJustin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to the…\nThe NYPD's Duck Family Rescue in Midtown Manhattan\nTransferring Photos From My BlackBerry Classic Using KDE…\nThe L-Shaped Desk on Hamilton Avenue, Brooklyn",
"description":"I published an article about anime romances with significant height differences between the main romantic pair back in March (see height […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nHeight differences in anime romances\nFutaba Igarashi's Hair Is Naturally Green?\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nThe Best Anime Series of 2021\nAnime romantic comedy gimmicks...\nLateral thinking to extend game console life-cycles\nPerspectives From Japan On Watching Movie Credits\nWhat Makes a Depressing Anime? Discussion and Selection.\nThe Questionable NYC Mayoral Campaign About Page of Maya…",
"description":"I read a Washington Times article about NBA star (and legend) Kevin Durant taking the initiative when some people on Twitter […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nReviewing the Mastodon Twitter Crossposter\nAgainst Twitter as a Content Curator\nKevin's \"Goodbye Salad Days\" Photos at Brooklyn Bridge…\nMasonic Portrait of George Washington\nWashington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation\nLearning How to Change a Twitter Username\nUpcoming Ferrell Vs Gurbo Pokémon Draft Battle\nA Children's Poem on George Washington\nSubstack Notes' Twitter clone war",
"description":"On June 11, 2023, the New York Post reported that the NYPD has stepped up enforcement against public drinking in 2023. […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nHistory of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines\nAnna Jarvis and the Origin of Mother's Day in the United…\nKaori After Story - Visual Novel Review\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nSocial webs of personal websites\nThe Pigeon in the Puddle\nJustin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to the…\nCalvin Coolidge's 1922 \"Better Homes\" Remarks",
"description":"I observed a humorous dispute between two friends in high school. Boy C dropped the following burn on Boy N: You’re […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nJustin & Justina 〜 An Abyssinian Guinea Pig Birthday Present\nHistory of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines\nBill's Secret Garden - A Pokémon Generation 1 Urban Legend\nNotes on the U.S. Border Patrol's Horse Patrol\nAnna Jarvis and the Origin of Mother's Day in the United…\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nHow the Forget-Me-Not Flower Found Its Name\nThe Pine Tree Lovers of Takasago\nMy great deep sea expectations",
"description":"Welcome to the (syndicated) version of The Newsletter Leaf Journal edition 143, originally mailed on Saturday, July 8, 2023. This newsletter […]\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 Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\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 142. You can see the original version here. Our July 1 newsletter […]\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 Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal\nThe New Leaf Journal Newsletter\nHow to Find Substack RSS Feeds and Other Notes\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII\nMost-Visited NLJ Articles of 1H 2023",
"description":"Welcome to the syndicated version of Newsletter Leaf Journal 141 (see original, sent June 24, 2023). Below, you will find 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 Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal\nThe New Leaf Journal Newsletter\nHow to Find Substack RSS Feeds and Other Notes\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII\nAn Introduction to RSS and Other Feed Formats",
"description":"Welcome to the syndicated version of Newsletter Leaf Journal 140, the official newsletter of this very New Leaf Journal (see original). […]\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 Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal\nThe New Leaf Journal Newsletter\nHow to Find Substack RSS Feeds and Other Notes\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII\nAn Introduction to RSS and Other Feed Formats",
"description":"Welcome to the 144th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal, with content too amazing for Bing and DuckDuckGo. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. I published a decent number of regular articles this week (not too many short posts, however), and we will review those below in conjunction with links from around the web and other news and notes.\nLeaves from the week that was\nI published five normal articles.\nInstalling Non-Listed Programs in PlayOnLinux: A step-by-step guide to running Windows programs with the help of PlayOnLinux (the guide is probably applicable to PlayOnMac as well)\nThe Girl I Like Forgo…",
"description":"Welcome to the 143rd 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 a warm week to begin July here in New York City. But weather aside, I published several new articles. You will find links to and descriptions of our new article along with our usual assortment of links from around the web and other news and notes.\nLeaves from the week that was\nI published four regular articles since mailing Newsletter 142. \nMost-Visited NLJ Articles of 1H 2023\nMany of the featured pieces on our 24 most-visited articles of the first half of 2023 will comes as little surprise to newslett…",
"description":"Welcome to the edition 142 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 welcome July with today's newsletter, and you can expect some new leaf fireworks (or at least links to some of our 4th of July posts) to go with the usual assortment of links from the week that was, links from around the web, and other news and notes.\nLeaves from the week that was\nI only published three full articles since mailing newsletter 141, with one being our June review. In my defense, however, the combined word count of these articles was above average.\nShould the Pistons have drafted Carmelo?\nI exami…",
"description":"Welcome to the 141st 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. Last week was a bit slow in terms of New Leaf Journal developments, but I still have a full slate of topics to share for this newsletter.\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 three new articles and several short posts since mailing Newsletter 140.\nRegular articles\nThe world to reverse – Visual Novel Review\nThe world to …",
"description":"For whatever reason, my computer won't suspend or hibernate. I have generally assumed it has to do with using DisplayPort for my primary monitor and HDMI for my secondary... but never quite figured it out. It is not a big deal since I turn my computer off when I am not using it anyway. Instead of continuing to dig into the weeds... I decided to install Xscreensaver and enable almost all of the screensavers. Left my computer for about 20 minutes and returned to Pacman on my primary monitor and a dancing wireframe box on my secondary monitor. Highly recommended.\n#endeavouros #xfce #xscreensaver #powermanagement #linux",
"description":"What does it mean from an American perspective to have been \"born overseas\"? I thought about this when I saw ESPN describe NBA Hall of Famer Tim Duncan as having been born overseas. Duncan was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands. While this is indeed over a sea, the U.S. Virgin Islands is an unincorporated territory of the United States. All persons born there are citizens from birth by operation of statute, and it is within the judicial jurisdiction of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. After reflecting on the issue, I concluded, for reasons stated in my article, that Duncan should not be described (from a U.S. perspective) as having been born \"overseas.\"\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/espn-states-tim-duncan-was-born-overseas/\n#definitions #nba #basketball #law #overseas",
"description":"If the consigliere of New York City's Colombo crime family cannot log off, what hope is there for the normies? I present the story of the unfortunate consequences of \"oversharing\" for a mob boss on the run. (Note: Problems in this particular case could have been avoided by not engaging in criminal racketeering.)\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/mafia-social-media-over-sharing/\n#mafia #nyc #socialmedia #twitter #crime #fbi #oversharing",
"description":"Before watching episode 2, I review the animation in episode 1 of The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses, one of the new anime series of the summer season. I was inspired to write the piece when I saw some dramatically different takes on the animation, ranging from crediting the first 3 minutes for having more frames than entire episodes of other shows to describing those same 3 minutes as being a crime against humanity. On the whole, I offer some qualified praise for the style and attention to detail while also highlighting technical issues (inconsistent 3D assets, bad shadows, glitches) that are a bit concerning going forward.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/the-girl-i-like-forgot-her-glasses-ep1-animation/\n#anime #animation #gohands #animereview",
"description":"I had some difficulty explaining how to use PlayOnLinux (and by extension, PlayOnMac... probably) to my friend via text chat. I was going to send a guide after I remembered myself -- then I figured I ought to just publish the guide on the NLJ. Note that I personally use Lutris (and occasionally Bottles) as a WINE GUI, but PlayOnLinux still works fairly well and is certainly the better choice for a 2007 MacBook with 1 GB of RAM running Bodhi Linux.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/installing-nonlisted-programs-playonlinux/\n#playonlinux #playonmac #wine #linux",
"description":"Our 24 most-visited articles of Jan 1-June 30, 2023, with links to each. Note that the ranking comes with the caveat that statistics come from Koko Analytics, which is an entirely local WordPress page counter with no third party scripts or connections. It respects Do Not Track and does not work for users who block JS, so it is (by design) not as robust as commercial solutions. However, I have found that its recording of Google referrers is usually fairly close to what I see in Google Search Console (formerly Webmaster), so I'll count it as close enough for all normal, non-creepy purposes.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/most-visited-nlj-articles-of-1h-2023/\n#blog #blogging #writing #KokoAnalytics",
"description":"In 2021, I wrote a mini article centered on a photo I took of a banana bench outside a home in Gowanus, Brooklyn. I don't think anyone really read it (such is the fate of small photo posts). However, according to my local privacy-friendly analytics tool, Koko Analytics, I suddenly got a large number of referrals from Facebook (unusual, if not unprecedented) all pointing to the banana bench article. I guess someone shared it. However, I don't have Facebook, so the source will forever be a mystery. You too can enjoy the banana bench.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/brooklyn-banana-bench-photo/\n#nyc #brooklyn #banana #bench #photography",
"description":"In a companion article, I told the story of the 1997 trade which netted the Pistons the #2 pick off a 50-win season in 2003. The trade, which saw the then-Vancouver Grizzlies trade a future, lightly protected first round pick, for a 35-year old Otis Thorpe nearing the end of his career (note the Grizzlies were coming off a 14-68 season) was so bad that one need not even qualify a critique of the trade with \"hindsight is 20/20.\" Had anyone stopped and thought for a moment, all of the sights would have advised not making that trade.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/1997-otis-thorpe-trade-and-the-2003-nba-draft/\n#nba #basketball #management #stats",
"description":"Last week, I commemorated the 20th anniversary of the 2003 NBA Draft by addressing a hypothetical -- should the Detroit Pistons, who lucked into the second overall pick despite coming off a 50 win season thanks to a trade from 1997, have drafted Carmelo Anthony? As we know, the Pistons drafted Darko Milicic, who played little in 2.5 seasons with the team, but they won the 2003-04 championship. After considering all the factors, I concluded in a long, stat-filled article, that with perfect hindsight, the Pistons should not have drafted Anthony, but I do offer some alternatives.\n(PS: I was proud of myself when I guessed the championship odds ranking going into 2002-03 and found that the betting odds rank on Basketball Reference matched my guess perfectly.)\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/should-the-pistons-have-drafted-carmelo/\n#nba #basketball #sports #stats",
"description":"It was raining quite a bit in NYC yesterday. I will venture that may have led to some outdoor 4th of July gatherings being imperiled. For those who had a 4th of July event deferred, I present my 2021 (fictional) dialogue on the PURPOSE of July 4 grilling. As one of the three major characters in the dialogue argues -- the purpose is very clearly ritualistic sacrifices to the Founding Fathers (\"argues\" is the operative word).\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/justin-justina-4th-of-july-grill-sacrifices-to-the-spirits-of-the-founders/\n#4thofjuly #independenceday #humor #ushistory #foundingfathers",
"description":"Coolidge's July 4, 1926 speech is fairly well known by the standards of presidential speeches. Less well known are the remarks he delivered on July 4, 1918, as Lt. Gov of Massachusetts. The subject of the speech was broadly relations between the United States and Japan, and specifically the story of a certain Manjiro Nakahama.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/calvin-coolidges-july-4-1918-remarks-in-fairhaven/\n#4thofjuly #independenceday #CalvinCoolidge #japan #ushistory #speech",
"description":"On July 4, 1926, then-President Calvin Coolidge delivered a speech to commemorate the 150th anniversary of American independence. I discuss the speech in detail in my article. Fun additional fact... July 4, 1926 was also Coolidge's 54th birthday.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/calvin-coolidge-on-why-we-celebrate-independence-day/\n#4thofjuly #independenceday #CalvinCoolidge #uspresidents #speech #ushistory",
"description":"On July 4, 1923, a Reverend Charles W. Lyons delivered an Independence Day oration titled \"The American Mind\" (the title was inspired by a Jefferson quote). In a 2021 article, I re-printed the entire oration and offered my own commentary. Having put my thoughts in the article, I submit a fun fact for Mastodon. Lyons, who was a Jesuit priest, is the only man to have served as president of four different American colleges (Gonzaga, St. Joseph's, Boston College, and Georgetown).\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/the-american-mind-a-1923-july-4th-oration-by-charles-w-lyons/\n#independenceday #4thofjuly #ushistory #ThomasJefferson",
"description":"Back in 2021, my friend and I had two Independence Day-themed Pokémon in Sword (my friend) and Shield (me). I recorded the battles and posted them to LBRY. This article includes links to the battles and my commentary, including details about my team set-up and EV spreads. Come for the battles and stay for the side commentary.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/two-independence-day-themed-pokemon-battles-ferrell-vs-gurbo/\n#pokemon #4thofjuly #independenceday #videogames #nintendoswitch",
"description":"The toughest part of the game is easily deciding which club you will use\nbecause the game gives you absolutely no clue on how long a club will take\nyou, if you use its full potiental. Well, I calculated the distances... use\nthis table to find which club you would use when in need.\n\n ----------------------------\n| Club | Max. Distance |\n|----------------------------|\n| 1W | 260 yards |\n| 3W | 230 yards |\n| 4W | 220 yards |\n| 1I | 210 yards |\n| 3I | 190 yards |\n| 4I | 180 yards |\n| 5I | 170 yards |\n| 6I | 160 yards |\n| 7I | 150 yards |\n| 8I | 140 yards |\n| 9I | 125 yards |\n| PW | 100 yards |\n| SW | 75 yards |\n| PT | 30 yards\nGuide for club distance in original Game Boy Golf.",
"description":"The star ratings that we dole out for Preview Guide aren't indicative of a show's overall quality, of course; we've only got one or two episodes to go on, after all. Instead, they indicate how good of a job a first episode does at convincing viewers to keep on watching in the coming weeks.\nJames Beckett of Anime News Network explains how he scores series in the ANN season preview guides, noting that the purpose is to offer readers an opinion on whether a series is worth following based on its opening episode.",
"description":"\"After years of research, our engineers have created a revolution in social media technology: a Twitter clone on Instagram that offers the absolute worst of both worlds,\" said a VR headset-wearing Zuckerberg in an address to dozens of friends in the Metaverse. \"At long last, you can read caustic hot takes written by talentless idiots, while still enjoying oppressive censorship and sepia-toned thirst traps from yoga pants models with obnoxious lip injections. You're welcome!\"\nBabylon Bee article with made up Mark Zuckerberg quote touting the virtues of Threads. This is some of the Bee's finest writing and not at all inaccurate.",
"description":"I stopped using Thunderbird for task management (I had been using it with Radicale-DecSync), both because I found it cumbersome and I had some sync issues. While I don't think I need a task management app per se, I decided to see how Zim works. I set up a new Planner notebook with the tasks and journal plugins enabled. I am getting the hang of it, but it has a neat, simple syntax out of the box. Thinking about some ways to turn it into a full-fledged planner.\nZim Task List plugin docs: https://zim-wiki.org/manual/Plugins/Task_List.html\n#zimwiki #planner #decsync",
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"description":"Remove db lock in Pacman:\n$ rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck\n\n#linux #pacman",
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"description":"Project Gutenberg's scanned edition of Bradford Torrey's \"A World of Green Hills\" as a very aesthetic cover:\nhttps://www.gutenberg.org/files/70026/70026-h/70026-h.htm\n#ProjectGutenberg",
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"description":"Final thoughts: Skip to Loafer\nI was not familiar with the underlying Skip to Loafer manga when I saw a preview for the anime series, but the concept looked interesting enough. Having finished the series, it left me a bit nonplussed. The main character is Mitsumi Iwakura, an earnest girl from the countryside who attends high school in Tokyo to follow her dreams of becoming a politician who can revive her hometown. Her friends play leading roles, but the co-main character is Sōsuke Shima, an attractive young man and former child actor who takes a liking to Mitsumi. The entire series is pleasant enough, handled with care (see animation analysis) and I never considered not seeing it through to the end. But while I have high tolerance for slow-paced shows and proverbial \"slice of life* pieces, but Skip to Loafer took my tolerance a bit too far. Mitsumi is charming, but not particularly interesting. Souske sees some solid development in the end, but we never get to know him quite well enough to make his past engaging. I could see a second season improving on the first with the initial character intros done, but the first, standing alone, was decent albeit forgettable.\n(The opening song and animation is very good, however.)\n#SkipToLoafer #anime",
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"description":"Penultimate episode thoughts: My Clueless First Friend\nMy Clueless First Friend is one of the better anime series of the season. I thought that episode 12, which aired on Sunday, was the final episode. It featured the most relationship development for the 5th grade main character duo and would have been a fine place to leave off. I was surprised at the end of the episode to see that there will be a 13th and final episode with 10 years later in the title. While my assumption is that it will be a dream episode (my understanding is that the manga is ongoing), ending with a legitimate 10-year after look would be an interesting way to conclude an anime about a 5th grade boy extending a hand to a lonely girl and becoming aware of special feelings (the clueless concept is hardly extendable as they grow older). I'm curious to see what the finale is. A good finale would make My Clueless First Friend a viable year-end top six candidate.\n#anime #MyCluelessFirstFriend",
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"description":"I have a long list, so I'll choose a few personal favorites that may be of interest to HN readers:\nhttps://nicole.express/feed.xml (tinkering with old games and game hardware)\nhttps://shumplations.com/feed (translations of Japanese game developer interviews)\nhttps://www.loc.gov/collections/global-legal-monitor/?fo=rss (summaries of legal news from around the world)\nhttps://reason.com/people/josh-blackman/feed (legal analysis and commentary from Josh Blackman)\nhttps://yukinu.com/feed/atom.xml (charming small web site with links to interesting sites, tech experiments, and looks at old tech)\nhttps://feed.tedium.co (well-researched essays on a variety of topics)\nhttps://blog.sakugabooru.com/feed (detailed essays on the anime industry and production)\nhtpps://perishablepress.com/feed/atom (personal website of WordPress developer Jeff Starr)\nhttps://ai.mee.nu/feed/atom (daily tech news with strong opinions)\nhttps://www.washingtontimes.com/rss/authors/stephen-dinan (one of the best reporters on immigration law/border issues)\nhttps://liliputing.com/feed (news about mini PCs and mobile devices)\nhttps://worldofmatthew.com/index.xml (essays on digital ownership and random musings)\nI would also humbly recommend my own writing project, link in my profile if you're interested\nI also recommend looking at Morss.it (https://morss.it/) if there is a site you want to subscribe to without a feed. It generally works very well (RSS Bridge and RSS Hub serve the same purpose if you want to self-host).",
"description":"You may be interested in Osmosfeed: https://github.com/osmoscraft/osmosfeed\nIt is a static site feed aggregator primarily designed to go with GitHub Pages. I host one to aggregate my own writing on different sites. I think it may fit your use case because your Osmosfeed site itself outputs a single Atom feed. So, for example, if I have an Osmosfeed site that aggregates feeds 1, 2, and 3, the Osmosfeed site has a single feed which will include the three individual feeds. Mine has about 10-12 feeds and it has worked perfectly thus far with no issues. Not sure if it would have problems at higher numbers.",
"description":"https://thenewleafjournal.com/\nI started NLJ back in 2020. It is built with WordPress (hosted on Hetzner VPS and managed with Cloudron). I have published more than 800 articles and 350 short-form posts (almost all posts by me, but my friend has published 30something articles). I write about whatever interests me (I tell myself this means there is something for everyone). Common topics include, but are not limited to, tech (digital ownership, open source software, feeds, and my learning Linux), history (usually American or Roman), old books and poems, anime, visual novels (mainly English translations of freeware NScripter/KiriKiri novels), photos from my walks, fictional dialogues, and occasional commentary about life in NYC.\nhttps://memos.emucafe.org/u/2\nI am testing out Memos (https://github.com/usememos/memos) for short-form notes and microblog-style posts, but very much a side project next to NLJ. Neat little tool.",
