From the Brooklyn Heights Blog’s review of a new Georgian restaurant called Chama Mama (original, archived): Apologies for no photos of […] Possibly related posts... In Support of the Lawsuit Against NYC Dining Sheds 1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge The NYC Outdoor Dining Standing Water Crisis Save the Date - Visual Novel Review Usagi Drop 〜 A Complicated Anime Pick A Broken Sign and Graffiti at the Brooklyn Heights Gristedes Upside-Down Stop Sign in Brooklyn Heights Business Women, Poem by Charlotte Becker Matt Damon's Brooklyn Heights Crane Game  ( 5 min )

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Published one year to the day... an analysis of the cover design of a strange unsolicited direct mail religious conversion narrative (actually had more about a lawsuit than the conversion) found in my mailbox. I always know when the direct mail campaign is back on when this post suddenly sees a surge of views. https://thenewleafjournal.com/tom-cantors-changed-has-poor-color-scheme/ #design #book #directmail #spam #humor

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I drafted a new article about DuckDuckGo's reliance on Bing. Shortly after drafting, and before editing, I read that TechCrunch had been blacklisted/de-indexed by Bing. I suppose the timing was good for the article but it created more work for me. (Obligatory note that NLJ is de-indexed by Bing, and as a result, invisible to DuckDuckGo.) https://thenewleafjournal.com/duckduckgo-in-the-bing-pond/ #bing #duckduckgo #searchengine #microsoft

From a June 2, 2023 report published by Nintendo Life: If you’re looking for more ways to use an N64 gamepad […] Possibly related posts... The Two Decade Mario Party Finally Ends The best Nintendo controllers Basil Hall on Benjamin Franklin's grave History of the Mario Party Gloves "Kitty's First Pie" - An 1881 Children's Poem From Harper's… The Sega Dreamcast Controller Joystick Video Game Visuals That Age Well Mario Party's Joystick-Wrecking Rotation Games NLJ Recommendations From Around the Web II

Was Just Dance 2020 really the last Nintendo Wii game? It depends on where you look. Possibly related posts... The best Nintendo controllers History of the Mario Party Gloves Motion controls in Mario Kart Wii Lateral thinking to extend game console life-cycles The Aborted Nintendo-Minnesota Lottery Scheme On Nintendo's Pro-User Cartridge-First Strategy On Improving the Environment For Gaming On Linux Nintendo Power's 1999 Yoshi in Pokémon April Fools Prank Video Game Visuals That Age Well

Project Gutenberg is an amazing resource for out-of-copyright old books, and one that has inspired many articles (especially in our 19th […] Possibly related posts... New Leaf Spring Content, New and Old Quince recipes from Mary Eales's receipts Four May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81) Performing Site-Specific Searches With DuckDuckGo A Tanka on Ant Home Invasions in the Spring "The American Mind" 〜 A 1923 July 4th Oration by Rev.… All About the Saw-whet Owl Project Gutenberg Sources on the Life and Reign of Romulus… The Quarantine Sessions: Covering The Beatles  ( 5 min )

We recap July and I show off a new, cleaner way of showing our one- and three-month article popularity rankings. 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 Justin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020 A 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search… Oldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the 1968 and… The Small Web, Artisanal Content, and Humane Design Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… Justin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to the…

Welcome to the (syndicated) 146th edition of our official newsletter The Newsletter Leaf Journal. I sent the original to our subscriber’s […] Possibly related posts... The Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100 Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ The Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal The New Leaf Journal Newsletter How to Find Substack RSS Feeds and Other Notes The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday The Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII Most-Visited NLJ Articles of 1H 2023

Article URL: https://africageographic.com/stories/namibias-wild-desert-horses/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36949070 Points: 2 # Comments: 0  ( 12 min )

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Pixy Misa of Ambient Irony on a Tech Crunch article on Bluesky and one Mastodon app pushing algorithmic feeds after the […] Possibly related posts... Social webs of personal websites Reddit wars and precious John Oliver memes Defective second-hand graphics cards Calvin Coolidge's 1922 "Better Homes" Remarks The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho Feeds and Read-It-Later for Online Reading A BlackBerry-esque mini Linux computer... On the Google Nexus 7 (2013) Tablet ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review

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From Using FreshRSS to “Like” blog posts via Webmention by Mr. Peter Rukavina: Although it took some fiddling to make all […] Possibly related posts... RSS as a Facebook Alternative Shooting Star Hill - Visual Novel Analysis "Technological Imbecile" Retweeted by President The Pokémon Special Split in Generation 2 - Statistics and… On Improving the Environment For Gaming On Linux Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ Perspectives From Japan On Watching Movie Credits An Early Review of Pixelfed - Instagram Alternative The New Leaf Journal Twitter

My thoughts on PocketBook apparently planning to release an Android-based e-reader. https://thenewleafjournal.com/leaf/on-an-android-based-pocketbook-ereader/ #android #pocketbook #ereader #eink

Are the reports of Japan's population decline greatly exaggerated? Justin looks to 2023 anime series for the answer. Possibly related posts... Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… Justin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to the… Justin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020 The Quince Shortage - Justin and Justina Justin and Justina 〜 Merry Christmas. Who checks the mail… Justin and Justina 〜 Convincing a Google Devotee to Try… April Fools With Justin and Justina Dialogue: Alpacas, Virus Cures, and Paca Plus

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I (N.A. Ferrell) watch a good amount of anime. Anime has been a somewhat regular article topic here at The New […] Possibly related posts... Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ The Best Anime Series of 2021 What Makes a Depressing Anime? Discussion and Selection. Clean 51 most-visited articles of 2022 New Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader

I have published a long-running series of dialogues between two fictional characters in New York City, Justin and Justina. Many of […] Possibly related posts... Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… Justin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020 Justin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to the… The Quince Shortage - Justin and Justina Justin and Justina 〜 Merry Christmas. Who checks the mail… Justin and Justina 〜 Convincing a Google Devotee to Try… April Fools With Justin and Justina Dialogue: Alpacas, Virus Cures, and Paca Plus

I say what the reports left implicit about the fact that two fraudsters created 25 convincing Basquiat forgeries with nothing more than cardboard and a few minutes of painting. Possibly related posts... Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ History of the Mario Party Gloves EGM's 2001 Sega Neptune April Fools Joke Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… From Murena Teracube 2e to Pixel 3a XL with LineageOS Running Yuuki!Novel Ver of Tegami on Linux 1897 Magazine Offer - Pocket Kodak and Kodak No. 4 Bulls-Eye… The New Leaf Journal Twitter Grafting a Bird's Head Cane Handle Onto a Wooden Umbrella

Welcome to the 146th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official writing magazine 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. While it was not a busy week at The New Leaf Journal, I easily surpassed our publishing output of no articles last week. Thus, you can expect a more traditional newsletter below with our most recent articles, links from around the web, and some surprising news and notes. Leaves from the week that was I published two regular articles and three leaflets/leaf buds in the previous week. First, I present the articles. Hallmarks of Former Service Members A story from my college days about how the professor inf…  ( 7 min )

Last week's Newsletter Leaf Journal was unusual because I did not publish any articles between July 15-22. Thus, with no NEW articles to share, I resorted to sharing more links from our archives than usual and 18 links from around the web. I thought the selection was solid. https://thenewleafjournal.com/letter/145/ #newsletter #aroundtheweb #atw #links #tech

Welcome to the (syndicated version) 145th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing […] Possibly related posts... The Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100 Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ The Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal The New Leaf Journal Newsletter How to Find Substack RSS Feeds and Other Notes The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday The Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII Most-Visited NLJ Articles of 1H 2023  ( 9 min )

Welcome to the (syndicated) 144th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, […] Possibly related posts... The Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100 Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ The Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal The New Leaf Journal Newsletter How to Find Substack RSS Feeds and Other Notes The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday The Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII Most-Visited NLJ Articles of 1H 2023  ( 8 min )

As Threads "soars", Bluesky and Mastodon are adopting algorithmic feeds. (Tech Crunch) You will eat the bugs. You will live in the pod. You will read what we tell you. You will own nothing and we don't much care if you are happy. Applying the WEF meme about pods and bugs to Threads inspiring Bluesky and one Mastodon app to push algorithmic feeds.

The title of this article comes from a Hacker News comment by user ChrisMarshallNY. I quote the pertinent part of the […] Possibly related posts... What is an "Android Alternative"? I, Too, Saw Dreams Through Air - VN Review Seeing Hopkins-Jones II at the Theater Running Yuuki!Novel Ver of Tegami on Linux The world to reverse - Visual Novel Review Who Was the Last Western Roman Emperor? Plain Song - Visual Novel Review The Poor Little Bird - Visual Novel Review A Winter's Tale - Visual Novel Review

DuckDuckGo finds itself again dealing with the fallout of Bing being Bing. Possibly related posts... The story of our Bing blacklisting Comparing DuckDuckGo Lite and Qwant Lite Bing's and DuckDuckGo's CCP Problem A 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search… Brave and DuckDuckGo Timer Search Shortcuts Importance of Bing Indexing For Alt Search The Downstream Effects of Bing's Tiananmen Square Censorship Performing Site-Specific Searches With DuckDuckGo Reviewing "Rashomon and Other Stories"

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I use KDE"s Ghostwriter for all of my markdown writing needs. It has a Pandoc GUI. I have reason for a work project to want to go from markdown to pdf but without page numbers on the resulting pdf output. I hunted for a solution and found a good YAML-based trick. https://memos.emucafe.org/m/27 Do any pandoc experts have a better idea? This one does work without any additional Pandoc fiddling in Ghostwriter. #markdown #pandoc #ghostwriter #kde #pdf

Techdirt, which appears to be a fairly popular and well-trafficked tech site (note I am not too familiar with it) now […] Possibly related posts... The story of our Bing blacklisting Importance of Bing Indexing For Alt Search Bing's and DuckDuckGo's CCP Problem The Downstream Effects of Bing's Tiananmen Square Censorship Google Not Indexing Murena Phone Review A 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search… Query for Bing on blacklisting and ChatGPT Naver Webmaster Trials and Tribulations Experiences in the Yandex Webmaster Portal  ( 7 min )

On May 9, 2023, Mr. Brad Linder of Liliputing reported that the new PocketBook InkPad X Pro will use an Android-based […] Possibly related posts... Streaming from Android to PocketBook What is an "Android Alternative"? Recommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based Devices… Reviewing FrogFind: A Search Engine For Vintage Computers Review of /e/ - An Android Alternative For Mobile Phones The ideal phone, e-ink and QWERTY Transferring Photos From My BlackBerry Classic Using KDE… DecSync Review Installing GrapheneOS on a Google Pixel 6a  ( 5 min )

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YAML to add to Ghostwriter markdown document for Pandoc LaTeX conversion to PDF without page numbers: --- pagestyle: empty --- #Ghostwriter #markdown #pandoc #pdf

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The professor made an induction from the fact one older student addressed him as sir. Possibly related posts... Benjamin Harrison's Memorable July 4, 1888 Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) Persona 4 Golden Digital Artbook Review (Steam) The Misuse of Impeachment and Roy Hibbert's Jersey The Quiet End of Google Bookmarks Golf and Immigration: Matter of Masters 1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge Recommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based Devices… The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho  ( 5 min )

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Welcome to the 145th 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 will be an unusual newsletter since I did not actually publish any articles this week. I was busy with work and plagued by sinus issues. I do have an article in the pipeline, but I have not gotten around to publishing it yet. (Next week will likely be on the quiet side as well, albeit busy compared to a week of no publishing.) But we need not let the lack of publishing at The New Leaf Journal hinder its newsletter cousin... The Old Leaf Journal While I did not publish new articles, we can dig into the arc…  ( 7 min )

The toughest part of the game is easily deciding which club you will use because the game gives you absolutely no clue on how long a club will take you, if you use its full potiental. Well, I calculated the distances... use this table to find which club you would use when in need. ---------------------------- | Club | Max. Distance | |----------------------------| | 1W | 260 yards | | 3W | 230 yards | | 4W | 220 yards | | 1I | 210 yards | | 3I | 190 yards | | 4I | 180 yards | | 5I | 170 yards | | 6I | 160 yards | | 7I | 150 yards | | 8I | 140 yards | | 9I | 125 yards | | PW | 100 yards | | SW | 75 yards | | PT | 30 yards Guide for club distance in original Game Boy Golf.

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. Leaves from the week that was I published five normal articles. Installing 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) The Girl I Like Forgo…  ( 5 min )

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Last year, I wrote a guide for Linux users on how to configure a Japanese language environment for three graphical interfaces […] Possibly related posts... On DRM-Free Games on Steam On Improving the Environment For Gaming On Linux Digital Purchases as Indefinite Rentals LoveChoice Visual Novel Review Kaori After Story - Visual Novel Review The Mystery of Sōseki and Tsuki ga Kirei ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review Return to Shironagasu Island Review The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations

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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. #endeavouros #xfce #xscreensaver #powermanagement #linux

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." https://thenewleafjournal.com/espn-states-tim-duncan-was-born-overseas/ #definitions #nba #basketball #law #overseas

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MikroTik is a Latvian-based company that produces networking equipment and maintains a proprietary Linux distribution for networking devices called RouterOS. RouterOS […] Possibly related posts... Signing into Winbox An Introduction to RSS and Other Feed Formats How to Find Substack RSS Feeds and Other Notes RSS as a Facebook Alternative IndieWeb Standards, RSS, and Atom What is an "Android Alternative"? The American Bee Journal World's Fair Report Replacing soundbar and re-configuring universal remote for… Against Twitter as a Content Curator  ( 9 min )

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Obtaining Wireplumber logs: systemctl --user stop wireplumber WIREPLUMBER_DEBUG=3 wireplumber 2>&1 | tee wireplumber.log https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber/-/issues/263 #linux

Grub update command on EndeavourOS sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg #linux #EndeavourOS

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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.) https://thenewleafjournal.com/mafia-social-media-over-sharing/ #mafia #nyc #socialmedia #twitter #crime #fbi #oversharing

I stumbled on a meme by accident and determined that the "meme" is more humorous without knowledge of the meme. Possibly related posts... Historic Districts and Looming Tall Buildings Justin & Justina 〜 A Christmas Present Struggle A Trip Across Brooklyn's Summit Street Bridge The Cows of Bloomingdale's and Macy's at the 2021 NYC Cow… A Bike in the Snow in Brooklyn Brooklyn Snowman and Winter Storm Gail Sights Snowman with Mask 〜 It's the thought that counts A Walk Across the Hamilton Avenue Footbridge Ed Durr Walks To A Stunning Election Upset In New Jersey  ( 7 min )

Article URL: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Stadia-Controller-FF-Linux Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36696436 Points: 1 # Comments: 0  ( 5 min )

I wrote about the discontinuation of Google’s Stadia, a game streaming service, back in the context of game ownership. In that […] Possibly related posts... Stadia and the Value of Owning Games The best Nintendo controllers Don't Compare Stadia to the Dreamcast! Height differences in anime romances Google Discontinues Stadia The Sega Dreamcast Controller Joystick Mario Party's Joystick-Wrecking Rotation Games The Thin Digital Line Between "Buy" and "Rent" History of the Mario Party Gloves  ( 5 min )

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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. James 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.

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. https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-girl-i-like-forgot-her-glasses-ep1-animation/ #anime #animation #gohands #animereview

I wade into a spirited debate about GoHands' animation techniques in episode 1 of The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses. Possibly related posts... A Walker's Review of BLUPOND's Knight Vision Night Driving… Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review Anime romantic comedy gimmicks... Quince recipes from Mary Eales's receipts The Best Anime Series of 2021 Two Independence Day-Themed Pokémon Battles: Ferrell vs… Additional Best of 2022 in Anime Awards  ( 29 min )

Welcome to the (syndicated) version of The Newsletter Leaf Journal edition 143, originally mailed on Saturday, July 8, 2023. This newsletter […] Possibly related posts... The Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100 Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ The Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday The New Leaf Journal Newsletter How to Find Substack RSS Feeds and Other Notes The Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII New Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader  ( 12 min )

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. https://thenewleafjournal.com/installing-nonlisted-programs-playonlinux/ #playonlinux #playonmac #wine #linux

Article URL: https://ahrefs.com/blog/blocked-robots-test/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36667819 Points: 1 # Comments: 0  ( 40 min )

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A step-by-step guide to using PlayOnLinux to install Windows programs on Linux. Possibly related posts... Japanese Environment in PoL, Lutris, and Bottles Installing and Running Bodhi Linux on a 2007 MacBook On Improving the Environment For Gaming On Linux Immigration Issues in NYPD Chinese Agent Case The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ Justin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to the… The Mystery of Sōseki and Tsuki ga Kirei  ( 16 min )

Article URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dandiamond/2013/06/27/nba-draft-is-being-7-feet-tall-the-fastest-way-to-get-rich-in-america/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36648368 Points: 2 # Comments: 1  ( 35 min )

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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. Leaves from the week that was I published four regular articles since mailing Newsletter 142. Most-Visited NLJ Articles of 1H 2023 Many of the featured pieces on our 24 most-visited articles of the first half of 2023 will comes as little surprise to newslett…  ( 9 min )

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. https://thenewleafjournal.com/most-visited-nlj-articles-of-1h-2023/ #blog #blogging #writing #KokoAnalytics

"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!" Babylon 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.

Additional recommendation: Ye Olde Blogroll: https://blogroll.org/

Article URL: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/07/japans-switch-sales-in-june-were-reportedly-a-record-high-for-the-console Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36634436 Points: 2 # Comments: 0  ( 22 min )

On April 12, 2023, the New York Post reported on the NYPD’s rescuing a coyote from the East River. Police departments […] Possibly related posts... Duck and Duckling Rescue Stories From Around the Web NLJ Brooklyn NYC pigeon rescue story The Heroic Fallen Trash Can Rescue in Gowanus Justin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020 Heights in “The Dangers in My Heart” Anime Justin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to the… The NYPD's Duck Family Rescue in Midtown Manhattan Transferring Photos From My BlackBerry Classic Using KDE… The L-Shaped Desk on Hamilton Avenue, Brooklyn  ( 5 min )

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. https://thenewleafjournal.com/brooklyn-banana-bench-photo/ #nyc #brooklyn #banana #bench #photography

When even the family of the Colombo consigliere cannot log off. Possibly related posts... 1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge Wasteful talk show subsidies in New York On NYC Curfews and Essential Workers ATW 〜 Murakami on Bad Social Media Content In Support of the Lawsuit Against NYC Dining Sheds On Children and Internet Sharing Fediverse Clone Wars and Decentralized Social Media The Questionable NYC Mayoral Campaign About Page of Maya… Feeds and Read-It-Later for Online Reading

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. Zim Task List plugin docs: https://zim-wiki.org/manual/Plugins/Task_List.html #zimwiki #planner #decsync

Article URL: https://ruk.ca/content/using-freshrss-blog-posts-webmention Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36626235 Points: 2 # Comments: 0  ( 5 min )

Edit -- Perishable Press feed: https://perishablepress.com/feed/atom

I have a long list, so I'll choose a few personal favorites that may be of interest to HN readers: https://nicole.express/feed.xml (tinkering with old games and game hardware) https://shumplations.com/feed (translations of Japanese game developer interviews) https://www.loc.gov/collections/global-legal-monitor/?fo=rss (summaries of legal news from around the world) https://reason.com/people/josh-blackman/feed (legal analysis and commentary from Josh Blackman) https://yukinu.com/feed/atom.xml (charming small web site with links to interesting sites, tech experiments, and looks at old tech) https://feed.tedium.co (well-researched essays on a variety of topics) https://blog.sakugabooru.com/feed (detailed essays on the anime industry and production) htpps://perishablepress.com/feed/atom (personal website of WordPress developer Jeff Starr) https://ai.mee.nu/feed/atom (daily tech news with strong opinions) https://www.washingtontimes.com/rss/authors/stephen-dinan (one of the best reporters on immigration law/border issues) https://liliputing.com/feed (news about mini PCs and mobile devices) https://worldofmatthew.com/index.xml (essays on digital ownership and random musings) I would also humbly recommend my own writing project, link in my profile if you're interested I 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).  ( 1 min )

You may be interested in Osmosfeed: https://github.com/osmoscraft/osmosfeed It 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.  ( 1 min )

Article URL: https://phys.org/news/2023-03-elegant-orchid-plain-sight.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36617975 Points: 2 # Comments: 0  ( 7 min )

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*odds going into 03-04, not 02-03... my guess was based on the perception of the state of affairs in the NBA between 02-03 and 03-04

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. https://thenewleafjournal.com/1997-otis-thorpe-trade-and-the-2003-nba-draft/ #nba #basketball #management #stats

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. (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.) https://thenewleafjournal.com/should-the-pistons-have-drafted-carmelo/ #nba #basketball #sports #stats