<summary type="html"><![CDATA[My review if Crimsoness, the official 2008 translation of a 2006 Japanese visual novel called Shakunetsu Hime. In Crimsoness, the player takes the role of Bakumi Moriyama, a schoolgirl who upon realizing that all of her answers on an exam were off by one, sets out to destroy the entire planet in 3 minutes. The 3 minutes is literal here -- the novel is timed. Crimsoness is, dare I say, literally an Earth-splitting adventure.
(It was also looks like it was drawn in Microsoft Paint.)
Crimsoness is free to download for Windows (the Japanese original also remains available to download). Unlike most novels I am reviewing, it was not written in ONScripter (Delphi, in this case), but the Windows version runs perfectly fine on top of WINE on Linux with no special configuration.
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[From Crunchyroll: Despite the dramatic cliffhanger we were left to deal with two months ago, Sugar Apple Fairy Tale continues to […]
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"Coffee Fruit Punch" - A Cookbook Abomination
Halloween Cooking and Decorating Tips From 1913
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The Quince Shortage - Justin and Justina
American Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Home Menus From 1913]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I review I, Too, Saw Dreams Through Air, a visual novel which offers two dream-like visual novels for the (free) price of one.
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I read about an e-ink monitor for phones and thought the idea was interesting (as someone who wants an open source e-ink phone with a physical keyboard), but impractical. Instead of spending $300 to test a monitor (not that this was in the cards), I tried using the open source Screen Stream app on F-Droid to stream my phone screen with my feed reader to my PocketBook InkPad Color. Conclusion: It *works* -- but there are some practical annoyances.
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Re-printing Hannah Leah Reed's "Flowers for Brave Soldiers," a poem from her 1917 collection, "Memorial Day and Other Verse"
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[May 29, 2023 marks Memorial Day in the United States. Memorial Day is a special occasion for paying respects to American […]
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"Memorial Day" by Helen Leah Reed
Anna Jarvis and the Origin of Mother's Day in the United…
How the Forget-Me-Not Flower Found Its Name
Eisenhower's 1954 Veterans Day Proclamation]]></summary>
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<name>Nicholas A. Ferrell</name>
</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[Victor V. Gurbo & Co. "The Waltzing Fool" Live at the Lustre Pearl Rainey (4/16/22)]]></title>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Insani, the visual translation circle behind most of the al|together visual novel translations that I am in the process of reviewing […]
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome to the 137th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perenially 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 published some interesting articles and short posts during the last week. We also added a new section to The New Leaf Journal. We will recap all of that below along with interesting links from around the web and other news and notes.
Table of contents
Leaves from the week that was
Leaves from around the web
The Old Leaf Journal
Most-turned leaves of the newsletter week
News leaf journal
Notable leaf journal
Taking leaf
Leaves from the week that was
I published five regular articles and eight short posts sinc…]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I stumbled upon a U.S. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (a component of the Department of Health and Human Services) FAQ on melatonin. One section made me concerned that the feds are using AI to write their FAQs... but I thought of the alternative explanation and decided that AI would actually be the least bad option under the circumstances.
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[On April 28, 2023, the New York Post published an article titled NYC Council eyes tying parking ticket fines to people’s […]
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Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ
hBlock and My Attempt to Purchase Health Insurance in New…
Bill's Secret Garden - A Pokémon Generation 1 Urban Legend
Justin and Justina 〜 Learn to Bird
Some U.S. President Birthday Facts]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Nicholas A. Ferrell</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[Squirrel without French fry in Manhattan]]></title>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I saw a squirrel in Battery Park eating a French fry. While I was unable to capture a photograph of the French fry squirrel, I did take a picture of a squirrel on a tree.
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The Cows of Bloomingdale's and Macy's at the 2021 NYC Cow…
A Brave Little Tree Grows in Manhattan
The Poetry of Charlotte Becker - Early Twentieth Century…
Squirrel With Walnut at Brooklyn Bridge Park]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I came across an interesting post by Ms. Tracy Durnell on her personal blog supporting the idea of Webmention support for […]
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Substack Notes' Twitter clone war
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Fediverse Clone Wars and Decentralized Social Media
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The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho
Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…
New Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I review a 3-minute visual novel about a girl who sets out to destroy the planet after making a mistake on her school exam. (Explanation is in context.)
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Visual Novel Review - Shooting Star Hill]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[New York City's iconic Brooklyn Bridge, which connects Brooklyn and Manhattan over the East River, officially opened to the public 140 years ago to the day. I collected original newspaper articles and materials to recount the events of festivities and ceremonies, which involved thousands of revelers and prominent persons, including then-President Chester Arthur.
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[From a Eurasianet report: Uzbekistan is to hold snap presidential elections on July 9, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has said, citing the […]
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The 999 Life of Herman Cain
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I read an article on Patchstack covering WordPress backup methods. I recommend having more than one way to backup a WordPress […]
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome to the syndicated version of Newsletter Leaf Journal 136. We mailed the original on Saturday, May 20, 2023. Newsletter Leaf […]
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Saving Internet Archive URLs in Wallabag]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Nicholas A. Ferrell</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[Shocker: Cats don’t like being studied in labs]]></title>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[From a Catholic News Agency report (May 2, 2023): A Utah bill that is designed to prevent minors from accessing pornography […]
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The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations
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Introducing the 1922 Better Homes in America Demonstration…]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome to the 136th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. I published a good number of new articles last week. Below, I share links to our newest posts, links from around the web, and other news and notes.
Table of contents
Leaves from the week that was
Leaves from around the web
The Old Leaf Journal
Most-turned leaves of the newsletter week
News leaf journal
Notable leaf journal
Taking leaf
Leaves from the week that was
I published four regular articles and six short-form posts since mailing Newsletter 135.
Regular articles
Installing GrapheneOS on a Google Pixel 6a…]]></summary>
<author>
<name>The Newsletter Leaf Journal</name>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[Good ending theme for ep 6 of Raeliana]]></title>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion is a solid, currently-airing anime, based on a Korean novel. I have enjoyed […]
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The Best Anime Series of 2021
The Nice Boat 〜 A Look Back at the School Days Anime
Visual Novel Review: "Summer, Cicadas, and the Girl"
Visual Novel Analysis - Shooting Star Hill]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I read a Nintendo Life survey of the best Nintendo controllers. I noted while reading that I had owned and used every controller except one. Somewhat improbably, the "one" is the Wii U Pro Controller, but not the Virtual Boy or NES (101) controllers. Go figure. Having determined that I have the relevant experience to weigh in, I offered my own Nintendo controller takes, but separated into categories... best non-joystick controller (SNES); best joystick controller (GCN/Switch Pro), and best joystick (N64).
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Having read about e-ink monitors for phones, I test using my PocketBook InkPad Color as a color e-ink monitor for my LineageOS phone.
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The Thin Digital Line Between "Buy" and "Rent"
Transferring Photos From My BlackBerry Classic Using KDE…
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[On April 22, 2023, Nintendo Life published the results of a reader survey ranking the best Nintendo controllers. The results were […]
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EGM's 2001 Sega Neptune April Fools Joke]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[An article on a scene from Thornton Wilder's classic 1937 play, Our Town, wherein a girl asks her mother "Am I Pretty?" After pressing her mother to give a "serious" answer, her mother responds "You're pretty enough for all normal purposes."
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Let me tell you a story about how the news that Ms.Martha Stewart will be one of the cover models for the 2023 SI Swimsuit Issue reminded me of a story from my high school in 2007.
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What Makes a Depressing Anime? Discussion and Selection.
The July 4 Death of James Monroe
At Summer's End - Visual Novel Review
The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Nicholas A. Ferrell</name>
</author>
</entry>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[Notes on Kirby’s friends in Dreamland 2]]></title>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[From a report on the Nintendo Switch Virtual Console release of Kirby’s Dreamland 2, which was originally released for the Game […]
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Three years to the day, I published a section introduction and something of a statement of intent for the more thoughtful essays at The New Leaf Journal: "Welcome to The Emu Café."
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[An essay which describes personal blogs as the soul of the web leads me to consider personal blogs as the centerpiece of a social web.
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Feeds and Read-It-Later for Online Reading
A Note on Seeing From Along the Ray
The New Leaf Journal Twitter
A Walk Across the Hamilton Avenue Footbridge]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[People who follow me on my main project, The New Leaf Journal, will know that I follow the latest anime series (the ones I can tolerate, at least). I published year-in-review pieces for 2021 and 2022 with my top-six rankings.
2021 Review
2022 Review
I published my 2022 review in a timely manner in January 2023. However, I published my 2021 review in April 2022. Fresh off my very late 2021 review, I published a short Leaflet post on April 26, 2022, offering my initial impressions of the first quarter and a third of anime in 2022. I quote from my Leaflet:
My clear early-frontrunner for anime of the year in 2022 is the excellent third and final season of Teasing Master Takagi-san. The first two seasons were good fun, but neither was quite anime of the year caliber (although the second season …]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome to the syndicated version of Newsletter Leaf Journal CXXXV. I mailed the original on Saturday, May 13, 2023. This newsletter […]
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The Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII
New Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome to the 135th 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.
Our Mother’s Day-Eve newsletter brings links to our newest posts, some New Leaf Journal news, and your assortment of links from around the web.
Table of contents
Leaves from the week that was
Leaves from around the web
The Old Leaf Journal
Most-turned leaves of the newsletter week
News leaf journal
Notable leaf journal
Taking leaf
Leaves from the week that was
I published four regular articles since mailing Newsletter 134.
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[My article on the origin of Mother's Day, originally envisioned by Anna Jarvis in 1907-08 as a non-commercial occasion. I linked to original newspaper reports of the first Mother's Day commemorations in the United States and in Australia.
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Introducing the newest member of The New Leaf Journal family: An Osmosfeed-powered aggregator called New Leaf Journal Feeds.
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Reviewing Koko Analytics: A Simple Privacy-Friendly…
The Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100
Save the Date - Visual Novel Review
The Questionable NYC Mayoral Campaign About Page of Maya…]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Mr.Jeff Starr, the WordPress developer behind the Wutsearch Search Engine launchpad and a couple of plugins that we use at The […]
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Wholesale category reassessment
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The Quarantine Sessions: Covering The Beatles]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Advanced Custom Fields is one of the most-used WordPress plugins. It has security vulnerabilities from time to time like many other […]
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EnBizCard Review - FOSS Digital Business Cards
Adding custom search shortcut for Wayback Machine
Custom Search Shortcut For Norton Safe Web
A Look at ProxiTok, a TikTok Frontend
Naver Webmaster Trials and Tribulations]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome to thesyndicated 134th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal. I threw down the gauntlet with our May 6 mailing (see […]
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The Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII
New Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Another photo from my spring 2007 set -- two ducks standing in the drizzle at New York City's Brooklyn Botanic Garden.<br />
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Published three years to the day -- my NLJ colleague, Victor V. Gurbo, wrote about the history of Love Henry, a classic folk ballad. In addition to writing about the history, he included a link to his Love Henry rendition with fellow Brooklyn NYC musician, Mark Caserta.
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome to the 134th 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 from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell.
I hoped to welcome May with style, but I have been a bit busy this week with work-work and behind-the-scenes New Leaf Journal work. But I do have some interesting articles, links from around the web, and news and notes to share in this week’s edition of your favorite (I hope…) weekly newsletter.
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I reviewed a niche search tool called Peekier in February 2022. Peekier, like many "alternative" search, was mostly a Bing front-end. However, it came with a strong, straightforward privacy policy (albeit with a bit of Cloudflare required .js to run) and a unique way of presenting search results as preview thumbnails. However, I discovered the other day that Peekier is no more -- its URL redirects to Kagi Search as of late February. I took a look at the demise of Peekier.
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[My good friend and New Leaf Journal colleague, Victor V. Gurbo, came to visit today. We are slowly playing through Danganronpa […]
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A Turnip-Shaped Study of the Word "Napiform"
Whyever Do The Cicadas Cry - A Study of a Word
New Leaf Spring Content, New and Old
Bird in Review 〜 Australian Grass Parakeet
Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)
NLJ Recommendations From Around the Web IV
The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review]]></summary>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[A collection of 2021 duck and duckling rescue stories from around the web (storm drains appear to be a great struggle for ducklings).
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I run the EndeavourOS operating system with the XFCE desktop environment on my main desktop. After discovering Ulauncher while installing Bodhi […]
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