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 )

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 )

*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

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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). https://thenewleafjournal.com/justin-justina-4th-of-july-grill-sacrifices-to-the-spirits-of-the-founders/ #4thofjuly #independenceday #humor #ushistory #foundingfathers

I opened your home page. The two guinea pig headlines were enough to convince me I should add this to my RSS feed list and read more.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/ I 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. https://memos.emucafe.org/u/2 I 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.  ( 1 min )

We begin with a patriotic bedtime story and conclude with Benjamin Franklin's thoughts on the bald eagle vs the turkey. Possibly related posts... The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho History of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines 1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge Tiki paralogue trick in Fire Emblem Engage Calvin Coolidge's 1923 Thanksgiving Proclamation ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review "The American Mind" 〜 A 1923 July 4th Oration by Rev.… Short Bio of Mary Graham Bonner Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)  ( 7 min )

We begin with a patriotic bedtime story and conclude with Benjamin Franklin's thoughts on the bald eagle vs the turkey. Possibly related posts... The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho History of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines 1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge Tiki paralogue trick in Fire Emblem Engage Calvin Coolidge's 1923 Thanksgiving Proclamation ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review "The American Mind" 〜 A 1923 July 4th Oration by Rev.… Short Bio of Mary Graham Bonner Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)  ( 7 min )

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. https://thenewleafjournal.com/calvin-coolidges-july-4-1918-remarks-in-fairhaven/ #4thofjuly #independenceday #CalvinCoolidge #japan #ushistory #speech

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. https://thenewleafjournal.com/calvin-coolidge-on-why-we-celebrate-independence-day/ #4thofjuly #independenceday #CalvinCoolidge #uspresidents #speech #ushistory

Re-printing a British officer's account of his 1827-28 visit to Benjamin Franklin's modest grave site. Possibly related posts... Benjamin Harrison's Memorable July 4, 1888 The American Bee Journal World's Fair Report Justin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to the… 1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ A Charming Hometown Tax System Story Lincoln spares Frank R. Judd in 1864-65 History of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines The Great Chelsea Fire of 1908 - 114 Years Later  ( 11 min )

Article URL: https://www.siliconera.com/the-gulf-war-game-boy-says-goodbye-to-nintendo-new-york-store-removed/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36577563 Points: 2 # Comments: 0  ( 14 min )

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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). https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-american-mind-a-1923-july-4th-oration-by-charles-w-lyons/ #independenceday #4thofjuly #ushistory #ThomasJefferson

Welcome to the syndicated version of Newsletter Leaf Journal 142. You can see the original version here. Our July 1 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 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  ( 11 min )

Remove db lock in Pacman: $ rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck #linux #pacman

Project Gutenberg's scanned edition of Bradford Torrey's "A World of Green Hills" as a very aesthetic cover: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/70026/70026-h/70026-h.htm #ProjectGutenberg

I published an article about anime romances with significant height differences between the main romantic pair back in March (see height […] Possibly related posts... Height differences in anime romances Futaba Igarashi's Hair Is Naturally Green? Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) The Best Anime Series of 2021 Anime romantic comedy gimmicks... Lateral thinking to extend game console life-cycles Perspectives From Japan On Watching Movie Credits What Makes a Depressing Anime? Discussion and Selection. The Questionable NYC Mayoral Campaign About Page of Maya…  ( 5 min )

Battle 1: https://odysee.com/@newleafjournal:c/ferrell-gurbo-july4-2021-pok%C3%A9mon-battle:2 Battle 2: https://odysee.com/@newleafjournal:c/ferrell-gurbo-july4-2021-pok%C3%A9mon-battle-2:a

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. https://thenewleafjournal.com/two-independence-day-themed-pokemon-battles-ferrell-vs-gurbo/ #pokemon #4thofjuly #independenceday #videogames #nintendoswitch

Reviewing the (first half) year that was at The New Leaf Journal in 2023. Possibly related posts... Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ New Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review The New Leaf Journal 2022 Half-Year Review The Best Anime Series of 2021 Quince recipes from Mary Eales's receipts  ( 8 min )

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. Leaves from the week that was I 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. Should the Pistons have drafted Carmelo? I exami…  ( 9 min )

Today marks the end of June 2023. As we move into the heart of summer, we take a break to review […] Possibly related posts... Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… Original LOH: Trails in the Sky GIF ad The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations The Downstream Effects of Bing's Tiananmen Square Censorship Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) A 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search… Anna Jarvis and the Origin of Mother's Day in the United…  ( 9 min )

Welcome to the syndicated version of Newsletter Leaf Journal 141 (see original, sent June 24, 2023). Below, you will find the […] 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 An Introduction to RSS and Other Feed Formats  ( 9 min )

I read a Washington Times article about NBA star (and legend) Kevin Durant taking the initiative when some people on Twitter […] Possibly related posts... Reviewing the Mastodon Twitter Crossposter Against Twitter as a Content Curator Kevin's "Goodbye Salad Days" Photos at Brooklyn Bridge… Masonic Portrait of George Washington Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation Learning How to Change a Twitter Username Upcoming Ferrell Vs Gurbo Pokémon Draft Battle A Children's Poem on George Washington Substack Notes' Twitter clone war  ( 6 min )

On June 11, 2023, the New York Post reported that the NYPD has stepped up enforcement against public drinking in 2023. […] Possibly related posts... Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ History of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines Anna Jarvis and the Origin of Mother's Day in the United… Kaori After Story - Visual Novel Review Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… Social webs of personal websites The Pigeon in the Puddle Justin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to the… Calvin Coolidge's 1922 "Better Homes" Remarks  ( 5 min )

Today is primary day in New York City. The main attractions are City Council primaries and primaries for District Attorney in […] Possibly related posts... One Man, One Vote, Two "I Voted!" Stickers You Can't Fix Stupid - King Baby The "King Baby BKF" Sticker in Gowanus, Brooklyn The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho The Downed Stop Sign in Vinegar Hill An Unpleasant Voting Odor The Inspiring Political Comebacks of Byron Brown and Vito… Call in the Oligarchs to Restore Trust in Media? A Peculiar… Benjamin Harrison's Memorable July 4, 1888  ( 5 min )

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. Possibly related posts... Should the Pistons have drafted Carmelo? ESPN States Tim Duncan was "Born Overseas" Version history of Aru Fuyu no Monogatari Playing Through Cancer in Silence: Shawn Respert's NBA Story The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho Oldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the 1968 and… Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations Nintendo Power's 1999 Yoshi in Pokémon April Fools Prank  ( 19 min )

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. Possibly related posts... 1997 Otis Thorpe trade and the 2003 NBA Draft ESPN States Tim Duncan was "Born Overseas" Version history of Aru Fuyu no Monogatari Playing Through Cancer in Silence: Shawn Respert's NBA Story Upcoming Ferrell Vs Gurbo Pokémon Draft Battle Why Would Anyone Believe Michael Jordan? Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… Oldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the 1968 and… A Winter's Tale - Visual Novel Review  ( 35 min )

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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. 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 three new articles and several short posts since mailing Newsletter 140. Regular articles The world to reverse – Visual Novel Review The world to …  ( 7 min )

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) Possibly related posts... The Letter (Tegami) - Visual Novel Review On Improving the Environment For Gaming On Linux The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations Version history of Aru Fuyu no Monogatari Installing and Running Bodhi Linux on a 2007 MacBook Going From ONScripter Visual Novel .exe to Native Linux Running ONScripter-En in Linux Visual Novel Directory Flood of Tears - Visual Novel Review MIDI sound for games on Arch-based distro  ( 14 min )

Welcome to the syndicated version of Newsletter Leaf Journal 140, the official newsletter of this very New Leaf Journal (see original). […] 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 An Introduction to RSS and Other Feed Formats  ( 8 min )

Final thoughts: Skip to Loafer I 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. (The opening song and animation is very good, however.) #SkipToLoafer #anime

Penultimate episode thoughts: My Clueless First Friend My 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. #anime #MyCluelessFirstFriend

New York City has a problem with apparently homeless people sleeping in ATM vestibules at night. (I have been led to […] Possibly related posts... Thomas Sowell on Hard-Core Troublemakers 1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge Wasteful talk show subsidies in New York In Support of the Lawsuit Against NYC Dining Sheds On NYC Curfews and Essential Workers The Questionable NYC Mayoral Campaign About Page of Maya… The Awful About Page for Sara Tirschwell's NYC Mayoral… Harry Wilson Wants My Vote For Governor The Arrival of Sparrows in the United States  ( 9 min )

Running Yuuki! Novel version of Tegami on top of WINE: No special requirements other than Japanese language environment and Japanese fonts. Download: https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/834 #tegami #visualnovels #yuukinovel

The world to reverse contains two distinct visual novels: hallucinate and Flanca. Both are more than a bit experimental and grim. Possibly related posts... I, Too, Saw Dreams Through Air - VN Review Visual Novel Review - Adagio The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations What Makes a Depressing Anime? Discussion and Selection. Flood of Tears - Visual Novel Review Red Shift Visual Novel Review Running Linux Visual Novels With ONScripter May Sky - Visual Novel Review Version history of Aru Fuyu no Monogatari  ( 15 min )

I revived our Guestbook using WordPress’s native comments in early June 2023. As of June 19, 2023, it has received many […] Possibly related posts... Closing The New Leaf Journal Guestbook (Outdated) Introducing The New Leaf Journal Guestbook Removing pages from Yandex Turbo Keeping WP Comment Blacklist Up to Date WP Redis Object Cache and Link Hover Color History of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines WordPress Webmention Plugin Discovery Comment on the NLJ with Hypothes.is Fixing a WP Custom Post Type Permalink Error  ( 5 min )

I came across an interesting article by Mr. Gregory Ciotti titled How to read and organize online articles (without driving yourself […] Possibly related posts... The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) Installing Ubuntu Touch on a Google Nexus 7 (2013) Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… New Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review  ( 5 min )

NoPaste is an open source client-side paste tool which can be hosted as a static site. The GitHub repository has instructions for using GitHub pages or dropping the files on a static server. I was interested in trying surge.sh... so my post turned into a how-to and how-I-did for deploying NoPaste to surge.sh. (It's a neat tool. Were I to use it more seriously... I'd put it somewhere attached to my own domain.) https://thenewleafjournal.com/deploying-nopaste-to-surge/ #pastebin #nopaste #staticsite #github #opensource

I do not personally use Reddit. I do not like Reddit. I include Reddit in my Privacy Redirect toggle settings for […] Possibly related posts... A School Poem By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr Searching for the Figure Behind the Blob Dylan Tags in NYC… History of the Mario Party Gloves The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho The Life Masks of John Henri Isaac Browere Four May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81) "Uncle Susan is a Wolf" - A Graffiti Photo and Research… Applying Coolidge's Remarks on the Home to the Digital Home The July 4 Death of James Monroe  ( 6 min )

The world to reverse external reviews/links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYdxSRB2IbQ (very positive review) https://yuechan.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/slightly-disturbing-yet-very-nice/ (totally missed the point of Hallucinate but fair on Flanca) http://cloverzero00.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-28.html (liked and understood Hallucinate but had some trouble with Flanca) https://www.misanthropop.com/blog/2017/10/7/october-terror-story-07-the-world-to-reverse (Positive review with extra download link from friend of translator) https://vndb.org/t3378 (Surprised the ending of Hallucinate caused so much confusion... but still working through Flanca myself) #al|together #visualnovels #TheWorldToReverse

ONScripter-EN issue. It seems that old al|together games with MIDI sound do not have working sound with my set-up and the 2023 ONScripter-EN builds. They do work with the 2011 version with two exceptions. Working with 2011: Night of the Forget-Me-Nots, Visions from the Other Side Working with neither: Wanderers in the Sky (glitchy sound at title, the nothing), The World to Reverse -- Hallucinate (no music on Linux with any version, does work with original Windows .exe and Fluidsynth on top of WINE) Will test My Black Cat shortly since I recall that one also has a MIDI requirement and then file an issue report on GitHub. Off the top of my head, I think he other al|together games with MIDI issues were all KiriKiri. https://thenewleafjournal.com/midi-sound-for-games-on-arch-based-distro/ #ONScripter-EN #linux #MIDI #al|together

Several of the spring 2023 anime season series have picked up in their second halves since I expressed by concerns at the half-way point that the first half of 2023 was looking bleak. One of the most interesting (and arguably the best) series of the season is Oshi no Ko, which has achieved great popularity. The series focuses on the entertainment industry in Japan, often in a gritty way. It has impressive production values, but the overall product is inconsistent. One thing it has not failed at is hitting the big moments though. The ends of episodes 1, 7, and 9 are three of the most striking moments of anime in 2023 thus far. 9 was particularly impressive. It was not a surprise when we learned that Kana Arima is a legitimately good singer, but the set-up of her music video and the reactions of her group mates was well-done enough to earn some applause. Of course, unlike my previous three anime series of the year, Oregairu S3, SSSS.Dynazenon, and Teasting Master Takagi-san S3, Oshi no Ko has not put together an entire episode up to the standard of its best scenes. But it is making me think about how much a single scene can carry an episode or how a series of stand-out scenes can define a series. This idea needs more work. It will turn into an article at some point. #OshiNoKo #anime #anime2023

From Anime News Network: The 12th episode for the television anime of Norio Sakurai’s The Dangers in My Heart (Boku no […] Possibly related posts... The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review The Best Anime Series of 2021 Analysis of the From the Bottom of the Heart (Negaeba)… From the Bottom of the Heart - VN Review Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) Height differences in anime romances The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review What Makes a Depressing Anime? Discussion and Selection. The Nice Boat 〜 A Look Back at the School Days Anime  ( 6 min )

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How do you organize all of the things you read? My system is actually pretty simple, and it relies on organizing my regular reads, quick digesting and sorting one-off articles, and sometimes doing extensive note-taking with online apps. I agree that reading is a key part of writing.

Where such denial-of-service conditions occur, Cloudflare provides a bizarre “one more step” page inviting the visitor to complete a reCAPTCHA to access the site. Cloudflare claims that this is based on IP reputation, which constitutes a fallacious equivocation of IPs and users which has been found to be highly detrimental to Tor users in terms of the browseability of the web. This is a good critique of Cloudflare CAPTCHAs. They are especially annoying when using a VPN (I use Mullvad) or unusual browser configurations. I wrote about how the Wayback Machine provides a good end-around the CAPTCHA deluge for pages which have been captured. https://thenewleafjournal.com/using-web-archives-to-get-around-captchas/

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Welcome to the 140th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. Today’s edition comes a bit late because I was tired last night (I am definitely not writing this on Saturday afternoon). But it will be a full newsletter all the same, packed to the brim with the sort of content one would expect to find in a Newsletter Leaf Journal composed by New Leaf Journal editor Nicholas A. Ferrell on his waterproof keyboard. 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 139. I also pu…  ( 6 min )

I received a sort of real response from Bing Webmaster support after sending my latest inquiry (we have to be close to 10 now). Automated, yes, but a support number and inviting me to respond to the thread if I have updates. This is good because I'm coming close to blocking Bingbot in robots.txt. Just know I'm doing all of this out of the goodness of my heart for the DuckDuckGo/Ecosia/Qwant crowd out there. (Or so I tell myself.) #bing #microsoft #webmaster

My Nintendo Switch Pro Controller died. My favorite game controller ever is the Dreamcast, so I decided to be creative and get a GuilKit KingKong 2 Pro with a Hall Effect joystick to rekindle the magic. It came in very nice packaging and the joystick feels nice. Will test it... soon. #nintendoswitch #guilkit #HallEffect #dreamcast #videogames

Article URL: https://github.com/nafnlj/not-awesome-bing-bans-and-deindexing Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36373606 Points: 2 # Comments: 0  ( 9 min )

Article URL: https://tedium.co/2023/06/07/pager-schools-negative-reputation-history/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36370557 Points: 4 # Comments: 0  ( 12 min )

RSS feed for staying on top of MikroTik Router OS updates: https://mikrotik.com/current.rss #MikroTik #feeds

We review a sentimental visual novel about family set in the Japanese countryside (mild sci-fi may also be included). Possibly related posts... The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations Flood of Tears - Visual Novel Review Crimsoness - Visual Novel Review Red Shift Visual Novel Review May Sky - Visual Novel Review io [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review From the Bottom of the Heart - VN Review Plain Song - Visual Novel Review Until We Meet Again - Visual Novel Review  ( 15 min )

NoPaste is a free and open source pastebin of sorts. It was created by Mr. Boris Kubiak and the source code is […] Possibly related posts... New Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader Bird in Review 〜 Yellow Throated Toucan Implementing Article Series With WP Post Series Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ Matter of Man, 12 I&N Dec. 305 (BIA 1967) - BIA Hong Kong… Recommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based Devices… Reviewing Koko Analytics: A Simple Privacy-Friendly… On DRM-Free Games on Steam Substack Notes' Twitter clone war  ( 9 min )

I like peanut butter sandwiches on cinnamon raisin bread. I leave unsalted peanuts and raisins. I do not have cinnamon raisin […] Possibly related posts... Halloween Cooking and Decorating Tips From 1913 The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho American Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Home Menus From 1913 "Coffee Fruit Punch" - A Cookbook Abomination Tea, Bread, and The Spectator in England in 1710 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  ( 5 min )

§ 1003.36 Record of proceeding. The Immigration Court shall create and control the Record of Proceeding. Regulation providing that the Immigration Court is responsible for creating and controlling the Record of Proceeding.

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-8/chapter-V/subchapter-A/part-1003/subpart-C/section-1003.36 8 CFR 1003.36 The Immigration Court shall create and control the Record of Proceeding. #law #ImmigrationLaw #ImmigrationCourtProcedure

I use hBlock on Linux. It is a script which adds a domain blocklist to the hosts file (also available for […] Possibly related posts... hBlock and My Attempt to Purchase Health Insurance in New… Masonic Portrait of George Washington Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation A Children's Poem on George Washington An 1882 Children's Independence Day Poem Anna Jarvis and the Origin of Mother's Day in the United… "Washington's Birthday" Poem by Sangster 1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge Strange "create password" form rules  ( 5 min )

For those who are interested, it can be downloaded and played for free from the official source. It is a bit finicky to run. It requires a Japanese language environment. It also needs Japanese fonts or things won't display correctly (the default fonts I installed from the AUR did not work well here). I ran it on top of WINE without any problems after the initial configuration. Unlike most of the al|together translations, there is no native Linux version (this one was written in KiriKiri instead of ONScripter-EN). https://apothes.is/hosted/at2006/collage.html #visualnovel #visualnovels

I reviewed a 2006 translation of a 2004 Japanese freeware visual novel called Collage last week. This one earns my clear recommendation. It is a story covering a couple of weeks in modern Japan told from the perspective of three adults (probably in the age 28-30 range). Over the course of the story, we see how the lives of the characters are more connected than they seem. The translation reads very well and the story is clever. I also appreciated the game's visual flair and soundtrack, both of which reminded me a bit of Persona 3. https://thenewleafjournal.com/collage-visual-novel-review/ #visualnovel #visualnovels #game #freeware #doujin #japan

For hBlock: https://github.com/hectorm/hblock Command for temporary clearing domain list from hosts file: hblock -S none -D none Discussed in past article: https://thenewleafjournal.com/hblock-and-my-attempt-to-purchase-health-insurance-in-new-york/ Also found hBlock prevents sign-in to Washington Times. #hblock #adblocking #linux

I saw that the Denver Nuggets won their first NBA championship last night. I have been somewhat out of the NBA […] Possibly related posts... All About the Saw-whet Owl Noncitizen Nationals as Immigrant Visa Petitioners Mosley on Mayweather: Confidence and Fear Tim Hortons Settles Claims Related to Creepy App Seeing Hopkins-Jones II at the Theater Playing Through Cancer in Silence: Shawn Respert's NBA Story On Learning How to Ride a Skateboard Before Learning Tricks History of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines Immigration Issues in NYPD Chinese Agent Case  ( 14 min )

I noticed that crawlers sometimes look for an ads.txt file on The New Leaf Journal. I felt bad about them finding our 404 page instead of the information they were seeking. Not wanting to leave their bot hearts unfulfilled, I remedied the issue. https://thenewleafjournal.com/ads.txt #wordpress #textfile #ads

Jokic joins Antetokounmpo, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Tim Duncan and Hakeem Olajuwon as the only players born overseas to take home the Finals award. Tim Duncan was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands, so I am not sure how "overseas" is being defined here.

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Using an ATOM feed and feed reader to stay abreast of the latest updates to a WordPress spam comment blacklist without using a plugin. Possibly related posts... The story of our Bing blacklisting Comment on the NLJ with Hypothes.is Save the Date - Visual Novel Review History of the Mario Party Gloves Capo vs Capo, a TikTok Debacle The American Bee Journal World's Fair Report Biden, Lincoln, and Counting Back From the President's Birth Learning How to Change a Twitter Username Closing The New Leaf Journal Guestbook (Outdated)  ( 9 min )

I just had an issue printing from my Brother printer (wi-fi connection) from my main workstation running EndeavourOS. I resolved the issue cleanly with the EndeavourOS Wiki and then detailed the steps with a link to the relevant section in my new Memos instance. https://memos.emucafe.org/m/11 #endeavouros #arch #printers

I used @jeremy 's Nostr Verify plugin for WordPress to verify my new Nostr profile, and explained the process in a short article. I was impressed with how quickly everything fell into place. This is well worth a look if you run a self-hosted WordPress site. https://thenewleafjournal.com/using-nostr-verify-for-wordpress-nip-05/ #wordpress #wordpressplugin #nostr #nip05 #socialmedia

I was unable to print using my Brother printer from my EndeavourOS workstation. I resolved the issue by following these steps on the EndeavourOS Wiki: https://discovery.endeavouros.com/printers/printers/#network-printer Step one: pacman -Qs nss-mdns Step two: nano /etc/nsswitch.conf Step three: Change... hosts: mymachines resolve [!UNAVAIL=return] files myhostname dns To... hosts: mymachines mdns_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] resolve [!UNAVAIL=return] files myhostname dns #linux #printers #Arch #EndeavourOS

Welcome to the syndicated version of Newsletter Leaf Journal 139. After I was late in making my Monday syndication target for […] 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 An Introduction to RSS and Other Feed Formats  ( 11 min )

I run the Arch Linux-based EndeavourOS distribution on my main workstation. My primary package managers are pacman (for the regular Arch […] Possibly related posts... Nice Boat in the Arch User Repository Old Games, MIDI, and EndeavourOS "Just keep tapping the Enter key" MIDI sound for games on Arch-based distro Apt to Use Pacman - Forgetting Your Linux Distribution,… The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho Running Linux Visual Novels With ONScripter Using an Amiga OS-Inspired Window Theme In XFCE With XFWM4 DecSync Review  ( 5 min )