Just about anything can become a Christmas decoration with a Santa hat: Part 1, "The Flamingo" Dialogue: https://thenewleafjournal.com/make-it-christmas-with-a-santa-hat/ #NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Flamingo #Angel #Christmas #ChristmasDecorations #SantaHat #Brownstone #BrownstoneBrooklyn #PIxel3aXL #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal

It is easy to remember that Christmas is on December 25. But what if you forget what day it is now? One home in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, worked to make sure that everyone knows how long until Christmas. (Note that the clock works -- but the red LED does not show in my photo). https://thenewleafjournal.com/snowman-christmas-countdown-clock/ #NYC #Brooklyn #CarrollGardens #Christmas #Snowman #ChristmasDecorations #Clock #Countdown #Reef #Pixel3aXL #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal

Welcome to the 166th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. Today's Christmas Eve Eve newsletter comes with six new articles, more links from our new around the web backlog, and other news and notes. Leaves from the week that was I was busy on Thursday and Friday after a brief publishing drought... A Boat Named "S-cape" Despite being entirely spoiled by the headline, this article strangely had one of the better debut weeks of any 2023 article. Make it Christmas With a Santa Hat Justin of our Justin and Justina dialogue duo has a theory, supported by evidence in t…  ( 9 min )

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Restarting Pipewire: systemctl --user restart pipewire pipewire-pulse systemctl --user daemon-reload Source: https://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?326248-Just-upgraded-pipewire-and-want-to-reload-it-without-rebooting&s=58ca81ba2d4b8adaf9adedf8214b6d9f&p=1848593#post1848593 #Pipewire #Linux #Troubleshooting

A Carroll Gardens home works to make sure that we know how long until Christmas. Possibly related posts... io [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review Snowman with One-Eyed Frog Hat - Pure Evil? Snowman with Mask 〜 It's the thought that counts Plain Song Christmas Special - VN Review A Christmas Menagerie On a Lawn in Gowanus Brooklyn Snowman and Winter Storm Gail Sights Reviewing Bob Dylan's "Shadow Kingdom" Stream Kaori After Story - Visual Novel Review The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho  ( 6 min )

I finally review the only al|together visual novel translation in which the player takes the perspective of a pet cat (Don-kichi, to be precise). Possibly related posts... The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations Four May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81) "Fradie-Cat" - A Children's Poem By Clinton Scollard Is my cat deaf, or does she just not give a...? "Winter Quarters" - An 1882 Poem About a Very Warm… I, Too, Saw Dreams Through Air - VN Review MIDI sound for games on Arch-based distro At Summer's End vs A Dream of Summer Malcontent Openclipart Cat Christmas Tree  ( 13 min )

Reviewing one of the more unique and polished al|together visual novel translation projects, Moonshine. Possibly related posts... The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations May Sky - Visual Novel Review Narcissu (Insani version) VN Review From the Bottom of the Heart - VN Review The Mystery of Sōseki and Tsuki ga Kirei The Letter (Tegami) - Visual Novel Review Crimsoness - Visual Novel Review A Midsummer Day's Resonance - VN Review Running Yuuki!Novel Ver of Tegami on Linux  ( 15 min )

Reprinting and discussing The Christmas Rose, an early twentieth century Christmas short story by Lizzie Deas (I also made a simple PDF version). https://thenewleafjournal.com/lizzie-deas-the-christmas-rose/ #Christmas #ChristmasStory #ChristmasRose #Nativity

An inflatable Santa emerging from (or going into, depending on perspective) an inflatable chimney in three acts. Seen (if I recall correctly) in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. https://thenewleafjournal.com/dynamic-inflatable-chimney-santa/ #NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Christmas #ChristmasDecorations #SantaClaus #Inflatables #Brownstones #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal

Seen at the Marina in Brooklyn Park... and I see what they did there... S-cape. https://thenewleafjournal.com/a-boat-named-s-cape/ #NYC #Brooklyn #BrooklynBridgePark #Marina #Yacht #Pun #Boat #pixel3axl #newleafjournal #thenewleafjournal

I hope all the people who went all in on a Christmas Tree before finishing their Thanksgiving leftovers are hanging in there... https://thenewleafjournal.com/on-buying-christmas-trees-in-november/ #ChristmasTree #Christmas #Thanksgiving

Santa emerges from a chimney in brownstone Brooklyn: A photo story in 3 acts. Possibly related posts... An Inquiry Into the Nature of Santa Claus Make it Christmas With a Santa Hat Santa Claus's Delivery Van Seen in Brooklyn Reviewing Three Boutique Guitar Strings On Barry Bonds' IBBs in 2006 and 2007 Justin & Justina 〜 A Christmas Present Struggle A Christmas Menagerie On a Lawn in Gowanus The Holiday Inflatable Dragon in Brooklyn Inflatable Thanksgiving Turkey With Pilgrim Hat  ( 6 min )

A dialogue on how (almost) any holiday decoration or lawn ornament can aspire to Christmas with a Santa hat. Possibly related posts... An Inquiry Into the Nature of Santa Claus Dynamic Inflatable Chimney Santa io [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review Plain Song Christmas Special - VN Review A Christmas Menagerie On a Lawn in Gowanus Santa Claus's Delivery Van Seen in Brooklyn Justin & Justina 〜 A Christmas Present Struggle Reviewing Three Boutique Guitar Strings The Inflatable Christmas Dragon of Gowanus  ( 8 min )

A photo of S-cape, a private boat seen docked at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Marina on May 31, 2023. Possibly related posts... The Nice Boat 〜 A Look Back at the School Days Anime Boat playground seen from Brooklyn Bridge Searching for School Days' Nice Boat History of New York's Evacuation Day Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ 1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge Gulf Stream Boat Sculpture at Brooklyn Bridge Park nice.boats Domain Available For Sale Bill's Secret Garden - A Pokémon Generation 1 Urban Legend  ( 6 min )

Welcome to the 165th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the evergreen newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. I have plenty of content to share with you this week from many new articles and short posts to the story of how the winds of new beginnings blew over my Around the Web backlog. Because I have plenty to share, I cut the introduction short so we can get to the sharing. Leaves from around the web I spent more of the last week working on New Leaf Journal projects than publishing them. While many of my articles are in the work in progress phase, I still managed to deliver four new articles since mailing Newsletter…  ( 9 min )

I send a weekly newsletter attached to The New Leaf Journal called The Newsletter Leaf Journal. Unsurprisingly, I focus on sharing links to my latest articles (including some from here) and news and notes about my projects. However, in the spirit of generosity and sharing external links, I pack each newsletter full of links from […]

I am working on cleaning up a few anime series that I missed throughout the year in preparation for my year in review. As part of the project, I quickly went through The Dreaming Boy is a Realist (light novel titles…) on HiDive (I had neglected HiDive for a bit because there’s no unofficial Kodi […]

Hostinger guide to WP Cron. Considering looking into changing my set-up after a minor issue with missed jobs for ActivityPub on Emu Cafe Social: https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/how-to-setup-and-manage-a-wordpress-cron-job See also WordPress Codex guide: https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/hooking-wp-cron-into-the-system-task-scheduler/ #WordPress #Cron #Linux

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I wrote about a Mondrian theme for KDE Plasma back in early 2021. I used it until I switched from Plasma to XFCE for my workstation in the summer of 2021. However, things come full circle. While I still use XFCE on my workstation, I use Plasma on a mini PC I designated for PC usage and have added some pieces of the Mondrian themeto my set-up. https://thenewleafjournal.com/reviewing-the-mondrian-theme-for-kde-plasma/ #KDE #KDEPlasma #Mondrian #Desktop #Aesthetics

I concur with an argument in favor of external linking while taking a different perspective to argue in favor of humane internal linking. Possibly related posts... The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho 1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge Should the Pistons have drafted Carmelo? Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review The Poetry of Charlotte Becker - Early Twentieth…  ( 10 min )

I came across an interesting passage by blogger Facundo Olano in his blog post about creating a personal feed reader to follow good and meaningful writing from around the web (see the source code for his interesting feed reader project). He assessed his prior usage of Twitter (now “X”) and Mastodon and realized that he […]

I came across a free ebook by Roger Carter on Smashwords about using an Android tablet as a computer (see My Tablet – My Computer). The book is short, running just over 5,000 words. While I do not personally need to use an Android (LineageOS in my case) tablet as a computer (not to mention […]

I think I am the only person to ever use the open source RetroBoy camera app for Android (available on F-Droid) to photograph at falcon at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Am I absolutely certain? No, but I am close to certain. https://thenewleafjournal.com/falcon-photos-with-retroboy-camera-app/ #RetroBoy #Android #Fdroid #Falcon #NYC #BrooklynBridgePark

I read many video game magazines when I was a kid. Back in my day, E3, which typically took place in May or June, was the major video game expo and a major event in the magazines. I used to look forward to E3 coverage. Over the years, I stopped reading video game magazines and, […]  ( 2 min )

A short guide for immigration law followers to adding Board of Immigration Appeals precedent decisions to Zotero. Possibly related posts... Analyzing BIA Decision in Matter of Salama Matter of Man, 12 I&N Dec. 305 (BIA 1967) - BIA Hong… My heroic broken link report to U.S. DOJ The Matter of Great Wall - But Not Those Walls Noncitizen Nationals as Immigrant Visa Petitioners Immigration Issues in NYPD Chinese Agent Case Golf and Immigration: Matter of Masters "A Strange Admixture of Contentions" - Study of a Phrase My Default Apps as of December 2023  ( 9 min )

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Yukinu over at Yukinu blog posted a simple and tasty looking 5am udon recipe. I approve with the qualification that I would opt for unsalted chicken broth (if I am adding soy sauce) and that I am not sure if I am ready for udon at 5 AM (I usually prefer hot cereal for breakfast). […]

An article in Ars Technica reported that Systemd Linux distributions (which describes most distributions these days) will receive a much-desired updated from Windows: The Blue Screen of Death. From the article: Today, version 255 of the Linux systemd project honors that original intent by adding a systemd-bsod component that generates a full-screen display of some […]

I have received many spam emails at The New Leaf Journal... but none top a request for assistance from China's former Defense Minister. Possibly related posts... The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations The Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100 A 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search… Justin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020 The New Leaf Journal Newsletter Oldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the… Recommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based… Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ  ( 8 min )

For those looking for free options -- BunnyPress Lite by the same developer is available in the WordPress repository and is similar to the paid theme, only lacking additional display patterns and a few features for increasing page loading times that can be replicated in plugins in any event. Note, however, that I have not used BunnyPress Lite since early June 2020.

My September 2020 review of The New Leaf Journal's WordPress theme, BunnyPress -- including my discussing how difficult it was to buy since the store page was entirely Japanese. While much has changed at NLJ since 9/2020, including our layout, BunnyPress remains our theme. https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-bunnypress-chronicles-story-and-review/ #WordPress #BunnyPress #WordPressThemes

Docs for pushing from Gitea to other forges. https://docs.gitea.com/next/usage/repo-mirror #Gitea #GitHub #GitLab #Codeberg

Reviewing the al|together visual novel translation that started it all and eventually made its way to Steam. Possibly related posts... The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations Crimsoness - Visual Novel Review al|together Visual Novel Reviews and Posts Flood of Tears - Visual Novel Review From the Bottom of the Heart - VN Review May Sky - Visual Novel Review A Midsummer Day's Resonance - VN Review io [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review Building ONScripter-Insani on EndeavourOS  ( 21 min )

Welcome to the 164th 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 editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. Our second newsletter of December 2023 brings three new articles, news from our other project, links from around the web, and other interesting notes from the week that was. Leaves from the week that was I published three new articles at The New Leaf Journal since last sending a newsletter... Bush Clinton Playground in Red Hook The best-named playground in New York City. Unpacking a Mississippi Bonsai Tree All the Styrofoam peanuts you could ever want. My Default Apps as of December 2023 Inspired by others, I created a list of my de…  ( 8 min )

Blogger foreverketh.is put together a very good list of webrings and similar collections of personal websites and blogs. I recall having come across it before, but I had previously missed that I am cited as a contributor for my New Leaf Journal article on the idea of a “social” media consisting of independent personal websites. […]

Blogger foreverkeith.is put together a very good list of webrings and similar collections of personal websites and blogs. I recall having come across it before, but I had previously missed that I am cited as a contributor for my New Leaf Journal article on the idea of a “social” media consisting of independent personal websites. […]

I was inspired to create an article listing my default apps by a project to collect default app posts on Hemispheric Views. I wrote my default apps article and then made a pull request to have the article included in the Hemispheric Views project. The curator merged my pull request within two hours. I am […]  ( 3 min )

The first issue is resolved. I do not have an immediate use-case for Micropub at the moment so I will look into that again later if need be. I suspect the issue has to do with page caching (because the issue is always caching). #WordPress #IndieWeb #Caching #emucafesocial

While installing EndeavourOS on a mini PC yesterday, I ran into an error at 13% complete which forced install to fail. The issue was likely tied to a failure to download updates (computer did not have onboard wi-fi, so I was using a cheap Panda Wireless dongle which only supports 2.4 connections). When I tried to go through the installer again, automatic disk partitioning was not available. Solution: Rebooted and went back into live environment and installed offline (no issue since I wanted KDE Plasma). Installed with no issue. #EndeavourOS #Calimares #Linux

I saw that many webmasters were posting their "default apps," so I decided to join the fun with a list separating default apps for desktop (I run EndeavourOS primarily) and mobile (primarily LineageOS). https://thenewleafjournal.com/my-default-apps-as-of-december-2023/ #DefaultApps #OpenSource #Linux #LineageOS #EndeavourOS

I use YYDevelopment’s free (including of cost) and open source WordPress plugin, Show Pages ID, both here and on The New Leaf Journal. I received a dismissible banner on my plugin page asking for a WordPress review. What about an on-site review? Show Pages ID is a very simple plugin that adds a field to the WordPress admin screen […]

I join the cool kids in posting a list of my "default apps" for computers and mobile devices as of December 7, 2023. Possibly related posts... Review of /e/ - An Android Alternative For Mobile Phones Recommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based… Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ Reviewing Keikai Launcher (Android) Installing and Running Bodhi Linux on a 2007 MacBook Feeds and Read-It-Later for Online Reading Installing Ubuntu Touch on a Google Nexus 7 (2013) Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal… Installing GrapheneOS on a Google Pixel 6a  ( 12 min )

The law office I work for uses Dropbox. I use Dropbox in a browser profile I set aside for work instead of the local app. I just noticed today that when I upload a file, a little gray box appears in the bottom right corner of the screen showing the upload progress. When the upload […]

Simple Mobile Tools is a suite of free and open source android apps designed to replace Google’s default apps. However, “free and open source” will likely be a thing of the past after Simple Mobile Tools was acquired by ZippoApps. I used a few Simple Mobile apps back when I wrote a review of F-Droid […]

I never thought about why manhole covers were round before reading this detailed history of manhole covers in New York City. That they are round “so they won’t fall into the manhole … if you insert [them] at an angle or vertically” makes sense. Maybe I never thought about it because I have never been […]

I came across a certain Bush Clinton Playground in Red Hook, Brooklyn (NYC) a few years ago and was amused by the name. When I walked by last week, I decided to take a photo and turn it into an article. Despite the fact that the name invokes our 41st, 42nd, and 43rd Presidents, those with a cursory knowledge of New York City history will know that the "Clinton" here is DeWitt Clinton, who served as Mayor of NYC, Governor of NY (following his father George on Governor) and was the Federalist nominee for President in 1812 (he lost fairly narrowly to James Madison). What about Bush? I was not sure who Bush Street was named after, and I learned that New York City is also not quite sure. https://thenewleafjournal.com/bush-clinton-playground-in-red-hook/ #nyc #brooklyn #redhook #playground #sign #nycparks #bush #clinton #pixel3axl #thenewleafjournal #newleafjournal

I read about an adware company purchasing the open source Simple Mobile Tools apps for Android. I was not using any of the apps at the moment (I used a few in the past), so I decided to offer some suggestions for alternatives that I use on my own device (I run LineageOS 20 on my phone). My recommendations are admittedly limited by my set up and phone usage, but I think I have a few good ones. https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/simple-mobile-tolls-alternatives/ #android #lineageos #simplemobiletools #apps #opensource

Simple Mobile Tools is a suite of free and open source android apps designed to replace Google’s default apps. However, “free and open source” will likely be a thing of the past after Simple Mobile Tools was acquired by ZippoApps. I used a few Simple Mobile apps back when I wrote a review of F-Droid apps in 2021, but I was fortunately not using any at the time of the ZippoApps news. One of the main contributors to Simple Mobile Tools who was not involved in the decision to sell the suite to an adware company forked the project. The fork looks like a good option for people who want to keep using the Simple Mobile Tools suite. Since I was not using any of the apps, I thought I would note what I use instead. Before continuing, do note that my phone runs LineageOS and I do not use any closed s…  ( 4 min )

I primarily use feeds to stay on top of interesting authors and websites. I seldom need to deal with newsletters because almost everything I follow (including a few Substack and Buttondown newsletters and the newsletter for Tablet Magazine) also have RSS feeds. But there are a few exceptions, notably some of the Real Clear network […]

A friend sent me a bonsai. The bonsai was packaged and shipped from a nursery in Mississippi. Despite being a small bonsai, it came in a big box. What accounted for the box size? Well... (Note these were not all the Styrofoam peanuts.) https://thenewleafjournal.com/unpacking-a-mississippi-bonsai-tree/ #recyclingbin #trashbin #Styrofoam #StyrofoamPeanuts #Packaging #Unboxing #Bonsai #BonsaiTree #Leaf #newleafjournal #thenewleafjournal

They say it's better late than never. I interpret that to mean it's never too late to catch up on the newest trends in women's fashion (in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) from January 1841. https://thenewleafjournal.com/womens-fashion-trends-for-january-1841/ #History #Fashion #OldMagaziens #Dresses #Philadelphia

The story of a Bonsai tree sent from Mississippi to New York City with a great number of Styrofoam peanuts. Possibly related posts... The Pine Tree Lovers of Takasago The Fallen Tree in Brooklyn Heights The Plum Tree Blossoms Always in the Springtime An Unclear and Indistinct Idea of a Truth Tree A Brave Little Tree Grows in Manhattan When President Coolidge Spared a Raccoon From… Saw-whet? The Rockefeller Christmas Tree Owl Evergreen Carroll Gardens Christmas Tree A Rather Dry Christmas Tree in Brooklyn Heights in April  ( 7 min )

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The Bush Clinton Playground is named for one failed presidential candidate, but that is not why the name is memorable. Possibly related posts... A Walk Across the Hamilton Avenue Footbridge Biden, Lincoln, and Counting Back From the President's Birth Dangers of Eating Red Hook Fish and Eels Photos of a pigeon eating berries Red Shift Visual Novel Review The Over-Filled Red Truck in Red Hook, Brooklyn Another Hamilton Avenue Footbridge View Ohio Makes a BQE-Related Pitch for NYC Businesses The Dead End Sign in Red Hook, Brooklyn  ( 7 min )

I started a GitHub repository for Bing ban stories when The New Leaf Journal ran into a Bing ban. While my project is no longer banned by Bing, I am still maintaining the repository. Today, I added a (now-resolved) Bing ban story from Mr. Andrew Ward regarding his portfolio and blog site.

Welcome to the 163rd 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, N.A. Ferrell. Below, I have our six newest articles (one of our more varied collections), 21 links from around the web, links from our own archive, and brief news and notes from the week that was. Speaking of the week that was... Leaves from the week that was I published six new articles since mailing the Newsletter 162. 1783 NY Evacuation Day Song A short follow-up to my history of Evacuation Day. NBA MVPs and MVP Teammates Fun stats and notes on NBA MVPs who played with other NBA MVPs. 5 Years Without Breaking My Coffee Glass No…  ( 7 min )

My November month in review with links to and brief descriptions of my 19 November 2023 articles and four newsletters. https://thenewleafjournal.com/november-2023-at-the-new-leaf-journal/ #newleafjournal #november2023 #blog

Recapping our busiest month of 2023 both in terms of new full-length articles and visitors. Possibly related posts... The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations The Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100 Justin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020 A 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search… History of New York's Evacuation Day Oldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the… Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal…  ( 11 min )

Justin of our Justin and Justina duo looks behind a particularly inane protest to wonder what happened to that Ronald McDonald guy. Possibly related posts... Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal… The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho Justin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020 Justin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to… Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) The Quince Shortage - Justin and Justina ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review Collected Justin and Justina Dialogues  ( 7 min )

A poem for those of us who needed a second to remember whether today is the last day of November. https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-days-of-the-month-poem/ #poem #poetry #childrenspoem #november

Sports Illusrated, fresh off an AI article controversy, selected Colorado Buffaloes college football coach Dion Sanders as its Sportsperson of the Year. Mr. Sanders took over as head coach at Colorado after the football team went 1-11 in 2022. Sports Illustrated noted that the team improved greatly in Coach Sanders’ first season: As for the […]

Overhearing a man drop "pie chart" in casual conversation about video games inspired a dialogue on pizza charts and mixing work and leisure. https://thenewleafjournal.com/justin-and-justina-a-slice-of-pie-chart-life/ #dialogue #piechart

I received an email from the Bing Webmaster Team: We hope this message finds you well! We've noticed it's been a while since you last visited Bing Webmaster Tools, and we've genuinely missed having you around! Webmaster Tools has undergone some exciting updates and improvements recently, and we think you'll be pleased with the enhancements […]

To hide items and make chatty NPCs or to make "hidden items" glow and one-line robot NPCs. Possibly related posts... The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) Ranking My Big Impression Video Games The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review History of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ  ( 8 min )

I am interested in alternatives to big tech software and services. It was for that reason that I switched to Linux in 2020. While I am not big on social media, I use Mastodon, Pixelfed, Minds, and NOSTR to help promote my writing on my self-hosted WordPress projects. I have had an interest in open source alternatives to Goodreads. There are a few interesting ActivityPub powered projects, but they are not quite what I am looking for. At the moment, I am trying Open Library. You can see my fresh profile and current reading. I like it thus far. Once you know where everything is, it is easy to navigate and organize books. I also like LibraryThing (not open source), but that is more geared toward collection management than reading tracking. My top request for Open Library is RSS/ATOM support. I maintain a static site with all of my feeds (including this site) and would like to be able to drop an Open Library feed in there without having to be creative. Libreture (for storing and managing DRM-free ebooks) and Inventaire (for cataloguing and trading physical ebooks) both produce feeds for user profiles. Alas, that seems to still be a missing feature for Open Library and LibraryThing. I could see others being disappointed with Open Library's relative lack of social functionality, but I think that may be more of a feature than a bug.  ( 2 min )

I published my previous Bearblog post (it has been a while) back in the middle of the spring anime season (see post). The year is coming to an end. Despite my having written in that post that there was no clear anime of the year front-runner as of the middle of the spring season, my current front-runner for anime of the year (expect my New Leaf Journal year in review at the end of December or early January) is from that very spring season (see my 2022 review). But I digress. Since last posting here, I acquired the emucafe.org domain to use for my new social publishing site. Because I paid the small fee for extra Bearblog features, I figured that I may as well use it here too. Thus, my new main domain here is newleafannex.emucafe.org. For anyone considering using their own domain with Bearblog, I will say that the set-up process works exactly as advertised in the docs.  ( 2 min )

When interpreting older songs, I try to find the darker side of these often up-tempo major key classics; often a love song is just a brush stroke away from being transformed into something menacing. Very interesting take that you demonstrate through the performance. Question: Can you think of any examples of folk songs that jump out to you where the songwriter intended for the song to change depending on how the vocalist interprets it? #Music #FolkMusic

I discovered that empty first like in alt text field for image in WordPress causes image to always be aligned left, regardless of other settings. #WordPress

I am using the Classic Editor here at The Emu Café Social, in large part because some of the IndieWeb plugins I am using require it instead of Gutenberg. I agree with this take by Mr. Baty in a vacuum that  the classic editor is better for writing than Gutenberg. However, I use Gutenberg over […]

The Gothamist published an article on the push to ban street vendors from the magisterial Brooklyn Bridge. I am 100% in support of banning street vendors from the Bridge, but I will focus on another point in the report. See the following quote: But vendors said there are not many legal spots where they can […]

Not to brag, but Amazon is telling me that it has been more than 5 years since I last broke my Hario v60 coffee glass. Not a big deal. As I said, I don't like to brag. https://thenewleafjournal.com/5-years-without-breaking-my-coffee-glass/ #coffee #coffeeglass #glass #hario #hariov60 #amazon #newleafjournal #thenewleafjournal

I use a Hario v60 coffee dripper (02 size) to make pour-over coffee. I have a 15 oz Hario v60 coffee […] Possibly related posts... Persona 4, Coffee, and Children "Coffee Fruit Punch" - A Cookbook Abomination Rescuing a Ladybug On My Television American Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Home Menus From 1913 Hot Coffee on Summer Walks Tiki paralogue trick in Fire Emblem Engage Welcome to The Emu Café Recommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based… "Technological Imbecile" Retweeted by President  ( 7 min )

A study of cases in which the paths of former NBA MVPs cross throughout their careers. Possibly related posts... Should the Pistons have drafted Carmelo? The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho ESPN States Tim Duncan was "Born Overseas" 1997 Otis Thorpe trade and the 2003 NBA Draft Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review  ( 16 min )

My post on a 1913 magazine collection of reader-submitted breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus from the 50 states. I singled out several for looking good (to me). However, I do have some concerns about the AMOUNT of food... https://thenewleafjournal.com/american-breakfast-lunch-and-dinner-home-menus-from-1913/ #Cooking #Recipes #OldRecipes #ProjectGutenberg

"The toast is, "Freedom's favorite son, Health, peace, and joy to Washington!" Possibly related posts... History of New York's Evacuation Day Plain Song - Visual Novel Review Plain Song Christmas Special - VN Review Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ History of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines Most Important Dylan Songs By Half-Decade Familiar song in Angel Next Door anime "Mondrian" - Victor V. Gurbo on his Original Song The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations  ( 7 min )

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Welcome to the 162nd edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. Today's newsletter falls on New York City's Evacuation Day. What is Evacuation Day? You can learn about it in a link in our Leaves from the week that was section below. While I usually limit this humble newsletter to articles published from the previous Saturday to the Friday preceding the newsletter, I made an exception for New York City's patriotic holiday. Other than this exception, you will find your favorite (I hope) regularly scheduled newsletter sections below. Leaves from the week that was I published …  ( 8 min )

Fresh off the presses, my long, detailed history of a former official New York City holiday that landed on November 25: Evacuation Day. It commemorated the evacuation, or final departure, of the British military from Manhattan on November 25, 1783, which was followed by the entry of the U.S. military led by a certain General George Washington. https://thenewleafjournal.com/history-of-new-yorks-evacuation-day/ #nyc #history #EvacuationDay #GeorgeWashington #holiday