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I came across a 2018 article published in BBC titled How the Finnish survive without small talk. I am by no […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): The Small Web, Artisanal Content, and Humane Design The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review Wasteful talk show subsidies in New York Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ Our Pixelfed Review in Finnish Wikipedia A 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search… Visual Novel Analysis - Shooting Star Hill  ( 5 min )

I review an anime series primarily for its interesting concept... but it is a decent series in its own right, granting its faults. Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review The Best Anime Series of 2021 Height differences in anime romances Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) 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 The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…  ( 17 min )

I posted a Leaflet the other day on a nineteenth century man named Hyacinth, noting that it is not a name […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): Tiki paralogue trick in Fire Emblem Engage My Glass Cannon is Tankier than Expected 〜 Lysithea-Fire… The Great Chelsea Fire of 1908 - 114 Years Later Fixing a WP Custom Post Type Permalink Error Grape Hyacinths at the Botanic Garden Fire Emblem Engage's VTuber Hair Designer Hyacinth is an uncommon name these days Teaching the Art of the Video Game Snafu "Uncle Susan is a Wolf" - A Graffiti Photo and Research…  ( 5 min )

Welcome to the syndicated version of the 130th Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of The New Leaf Journal.  We mailed […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): 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 New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday 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 Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII An Introduction to RSS and Other Feed Formats  ( 10 min )

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In a 2019 interview, a representative of the Czech-based Seznam search engine (interesting Czech-based project with its own crawler) discussed the challenges of indexing English-language sites due to the fact that many block all crawlers except Google. Being a supporter of independent search indexes, I wrote a brief PSA for webmasters on the subject of allowing independent search engines with their own crawlers. In addition to Seznam, I singled out @Mojeek , InfoTiger, and Marginalia Search as being worth whitelisting for sites with generally restrictive robots.txt rules. https://thenewleafjournal.com/whitelisting-independent-search-crawlers/ #searchengine #search #indexing #bots #webmaster

The tagline of my main project, The New Leaf Journal, is "where the leaves are perennially virid." As I explained in a post on the inspiration for the tagline, the slogan gets at two ideas. The first is that I try to write evergreen articles. The second is that I try to produce unique articles worth your time. There is no shortage of writing online. Some of the writing even comes from the keyboards of human beings writing in a language they are fluent in. While I try to bring a fresh perspective to all of my articles, I cannot always say that my topics are unique. However, I published a short "leaflet" aside yesterday which I think is unique. I used to regularly watch professional golf. While I have not watched much golf in several years, I stay somewhat abreast of the goings on. Back in 2…  ( 3 min )

On May 23, 2021, Phil Mickelson won the PGA Championship, and in so doing became the oldest golfer to win one […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): Oldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the 1968 and… Golf and Immigration: Matter of Masters Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ The Best Anime Series of 2021 Visual Novel Review: May Sky The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review Four May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81) The Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal  ( 6 min )

I previously wrote about how I will watch the upcoming third season of the Rent-a-Girlfriend anime, either on account of inertia […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review The True Story of Jimmy McMillan and a (Too) Long Line at… Rent-A-Girlfriend S3 to air in July 2023 The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho Kaori After Story - Visual Novel Review Review of the Original Persona 4 Artbook The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review My Glass Cannon is Tankier than Expected 〜 Lysithea-Fire…  ( 5 min )

On March 14, 2021, I published a lengthy research article titled The Mystery of Sōseki and Tsuki ga Kirei. In that post, I collected English-language sources on a certain legend that Natsume Sōseki had suggested "tsuki ga kirei" (the Moon is beautiful) as a Japanese translation for "I love you." I had learned about the tsuki ga kirei legend from the excellent 2017 anime series (it featured in my decade review, Tsuki ga Kirei, and while it is likely a work of fiction (I knew that going into my research project), the phrase is aesthetically elegant. (Note before continuing: All of my page view statistics come from Koko Analytics, an entirely local and privacy-friendly analytics plugin for WordPress. It sacrifices a bit in accuracy for privacy, but my comparison of its recorded Google refers …  ( 3 min )

From Nancy Lasselle’s Washington Novels (Matthew Willis for JSTOR Daily.  April 7, 2023): Nancy Laselle (née Polke) was born in Indiana […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): The Nice Boat 〜 A Look Back at the School Days Anime Masonic Portrait of George Washington Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation A Children's Poem on George Washington Grape Hyacinths at the Botanic Garden An 1882 Children's Independence Day Poem "Washington's Birthday" Poem by Sangster Anna Jarvis and the Origin of Mother's Day in the United… 1892 Reports on First Year of Basketball  ( 5 min )

I remain undecided whether to interpret this as an inflatable egg dressed as a bunny, a bunny dressed as an egg, or a hitherto undiscovered egg-bunny. Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): Inflatable Carrot and Easter Bunnies in Brooklyn When President Coolidge Spared a Raccoon From Thanksgiving… The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review Recommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based Devices… On Improving the Environment For Gaming On Linux Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) Analysis of the From the Bottom of the Heart (Negaeba)… The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review  ( 6 min )

Welcome to the 130th 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 relatively normal week at The New Leaf Journal with a mix of regular articles and short posts. Below, you will find our recap of the week that was at The New Leaf Journal along with links from around the web and other news and notes. Table of contents Leaves from the week that was Leaves from around the web The Old Leaf Journal Most-turned leaves of the newsletter week News leaf journal Notable leaf journal Taking leaf Leaves from the week that was I published four regular articles and six short posts…  ( 7 min )

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I took a look at my Bear Blog analytics. Unsurprisingly given my small number of posts and the fact that I tend to reserve my best content for The New Leaf Journal (I largely leave quality determinations to others), I only have a handful of Bear Blog readers. From this small sample, I have noted that a majority of my readers are based in Romania. Nearly all of the referrals are from Bear Blog (not surprising). Are there a large number of Bear Blog users and readers in Romania or are people using VPNs? The sample size is too small for me to make much of it. I personally use Mullvad VPN, but I set the location to New York instead of Romania.  ( 2 min )

On March 18, 2023, the New York Post reported on problems on the recently launched modern R211 New York City Subway […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): The Poor Little Bird - Visual Novel Review 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… Freedom Tower in the Fog From the Brooklyn Bridge Wasteful talk show subsidies in New York The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations On NYC Curfews and Essential Workers Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)  ( 5 min )

All links at The New Leaf Journal are a shade of blue.  Back in January, I set up the site so […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): Quince recipes from Mary Eales's receipts The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday A 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search… Tokyo High Schools Change Hair Color Dress Code Policies Oldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the 1968 and… Four May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81) Justin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020  ( 5 min )

Making the case for whitelisting Seznam and other good crawlers from independent index search engines. Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): A 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search… An In-Depth Look at Norton Safe Search Brave and DuckDuckGo Timer Search Shortcuts The Downstream Effects of Bing's Tiananmen Square Censorship Importance of Bing Indexing For Alt Search Peekier Search Engine Review Wallabag Custom Search Engine Shortcuts Review of Wutsearch, a Search Engine Launchpad Performing Site-Specific Searches With DuckDuckGo  ( 8 min )

If you decide to read Shooting Star Hill (see previous post in thread), I also wrote a separate, spoiler-filled story analysis piece. https://thenewleafjournal.com/visual-novel-analysis-shooting-star-hill/ #visualnovel #visualnovels #visualnovelreview

My review of Shooting Star Hill, the official English version of the freeware 2005 Japanese visual novel, Hoshi no Furu Oka. It tells the story of a lonely (alien?) girl and the boy who wants to befriend her. I enjoyed Shooting Star Hill and it is one of the better entries from the review project that I am doing. It takes about one hour to read and remains free to download and run. Linux users should either run the Windows version under WINE or replace the old Linux ONScripter-EN executable that comes with the game with the most recent build (links and instructions in article). (Note: I should really replace those old screenshots with borderless screenshots... someday.) https://thenewleafjournal.com/visual-novel-review-shooting-star-hill/ #visualnovel #visualnovels #visualnovelreview #onscripter

In my previous post, I offered my very early impressions of a free and open source Android feed reader and read-it-later app called Handy Reading. My early impressions were very favorable because, by combining feed reading and read-it-later into a local app, it perfectly suits my reading-flow (see my post on combining feeds with a read-it-later solution). However, I had one pressing issue with Handy Reading: Handy Reading re-fetches old, previously seen articles from a small number of feeds, which is a bit annoying. Two days later, I think that I have tentatively resolved the issue. By default, Handy Reading has a short "keep old articles" time. It seems that if a feed is offering old articles outside the scope of Handy Reading's kept article time, it will re-fetch those old articles and display them is new even if you have already marked them as read in the app. Fortunately, Handy Reading allows you to set the keep old articles period on a feed-by-feed basis. I have been doing that with the offending feeds and so far the results have been good. Provided no new issues pop up, I will try a few additional features of Handy Reading before proceeding to a review. One issue that I am particularly interested in is testing its import/export functionality, since that proved to be an issue with my previous solution -- Flym DecSync. I recently talked to one Mastodon user who reported that Handy Reading does not handle Mastodon feeds, which is true. While I hope this is fixed, it is not a priority for me since I do not use my feed reader for social feeds.  ( 2 min )

While I may have an ongoing struggle with Bing, I found an article about an even worse problem -- being incorrectly flagged by Google Safe Browsing. (Not wanting to tempt fate, I only wrote a short post on the matter.) https://thenewleafjournal.com/leafbud/website-blocked-by-google-safe-browsing/ #google #bing #googlesafebrowsing #webmaster

A positive review of a particular sunscreen brand and its easy-to-use re-fill pouches (mostly about what I great job I did on the re-fill). Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): "Cooking for Invalids" - Recipes For the Bedridden From… The NYC Outdoor Dining Standing Water Crisis Quince recipes from Mary Eales's receipts The Pokémon Special Split in Generation 2 - Statistics and… Japanese Environment in PoL, Lutris, and Bottles Recommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based Devices… In Support of the Lawsuit Against NYC Dining Sheds Examining the-Man-With-the-Hose Recording a Test New Leaf Journal Pokémon Sword and Shield…  ( 6 min )

I have published many articles featuring Brooklyn Heights photos and reflections here at The New Leaf Journal. I posted a bit […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… CUNY Un-Persons A Successful Alum ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ Golf and Immigration: Matter of Masters The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho St. Francis sells Brooklyn Heights campus Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) Persona 4 Golden Digital Artbook Review (Steam)  ( 6 min )

I describe an interesting (fortunately minor) issue I had with my WordPress caching plugin, WP Super Cache, and disabling two types of lazy loading. Certain changes or updates seem to restore lazy loading, requiring me to manually flush the cache. The issue is easy to resolve... fortunately much easier than back in June 2020 when Bluehost (we're no longer with Bluehost) had some terrible server side caching that cached a plugin-cached version of my homepage from a week earlier (that was fun because I had no idea what I was doing in June 2020, I have a 33.4% idea of what I am doing now). https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-super-cache-preload-and-lazy-loading/ #wordpress #caching #wordpressplugin #blog

The New Leaf Journal, like much of the internet, is powered by WordPress. Unlike much of the internet, however, I work […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): Quince recipes from Mary Eales's receipts The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho The Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100 The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ The Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal April Fools, Sonic and Tails in SSB Melee The New Leaf Journal Twitter  ( 7 min )

From a CNBC report: Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Entertainment is in advanced talks to be sold to Ari Emanuel’s Endeavor Group, […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review History of the Mario Party Gloves Bing's and DuckDuckGo's CCP Problem Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations Immigration Issues in NYPD Chinese Agent Case The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review  ( 5 min )

Welcome to the syndicated version of the 129th Newsletter Leaf Journal. For once, I syndicated our Saturday newsletter on Monday (which […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): 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 New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday 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 Twitter The Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII  ( 11 min )

From Mr. Stephen Brennan on his blog: What happened: for some reason, my site got onto a list called ‘Google Safe […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): An In-Depth Look at Norton Safe Search Recommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based Devices… Custom Search Shortcut For Norton Safe Web The Quiet End of Google Bookmarks A 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search… Creating a Search Engine Shortcut For Google Timer Importance of Bing Indexing For Alt Search Query for Bing on blacklisting and ChatGPT Peekier Search Engine Review  ( 5 min )

I had been using DecSync, a decentralized cross-device synchronization solution designed to work with Syncthing, with RSS readers on my LineageOS and Linux devices for about one year. I planned to write a full review of DecSync for RSS. However, by the time I finally sat down to write my DecSync review, I had already moved from using DecSync for feeds to Handy Reading, a free and open source feed reader and read-it-later app for Android. Handy Reading, a fork of the no-longer-maintained Flym feed reader, is available on F-Droid. The Flym link is notable for me since I had been using a different Flym fork, Flym DecSync, prior to switching. I am very impressed with Handy Reading two weeks in. It does not have the prettiest UI (compares unfavorably to Feeder in this respect), but it is good e…  ( 3 min )

Microsoft wants students to use an app that asks them to talk about their feelings in school with a Microsoft cartoon monster. Their feelings will then be shared with teachers (and Microsotf?) This app is touted as not only being for young children, but also college students. I had some... concerns. You can read my concerns, but you won't find them on Bing or DuckDuckGo because Microsoft continues to blacklist us with no explanation. https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-dangers-of-adapting-school-to-tech/ #microsoft #education #privacy #classroom

With the aid of a 1896 magazine article and other resources, I tell the story of an August 1860 miniature painting of a then-presidential candidate named Abraham Lincoln. https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-story-behind-a-miniature-painting-of-abraham-lincoln/ #art #painting #minature #abrahamlincoln #lincoln #ushistory #history

My online writing website, The New Leaf Journal was de-indexed by Bing back in January. The initial de-indexing inspired me to look into ways to improve the site. While I think I accomplished that, nothing had to do with resolving the mysterious Bing issue, which remains unexplained on Bing's Webmaster Console and apparently inapplicable to every other search engine crawler. One thing I have considered in improving the site is streamlining. That is, I am working to slim The New Leaf Journal down (it was fairly slim to begin with, however) and use WordPress's native functionality in lieu of plugins wherever possible ("possible" is limited by my lack of php knowledge and coding ability, however). We used a solid WordPress plugin called Contextual Related Posts to handle related posts. It add…  ( 3 min )

I published an article on anime romances with stark height/size differences between the dramatic personae on February 22. April 1 saw […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): 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)… Height differences in anime romances Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) Visual Novel Review: From the Bottom of the Heart (Negaeba) What Makes a Depressing Anime? Discussion and Selection. Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review  ( 6 min )

In the spirit of April Fools, I revisit one of the better video game magazine April Fools jokes: Unlocking Sonic and Tails in Super Smash Brothers Melee. Now there are many references to the joke, but I how many from people who read that issue of EGM when it was released? https://thenewleafjournal.com/april-fools-sonic-and-tails-in-ssb-melee/ #sega #aprilfools #sonic #nintendo #egm #ssbm

Recapping the month that was in March 2023 at The New Leaf Journal. https://thenewleafjournal.com/march-2023-at-the-new-leaf-journal/ #newleafjournal #blogging #writing

Contrary to EGM's 2002 April Fools claims, Sonic and Tails were not, in fact, in SSB Melee (but they may have almost been) Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): EGM's 2001 Sega Neptune April Fools Joke Sega of Japan's Yukawa Dreamcast Commercials Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) Imagination in Pokémon Red and Blue Recommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based Devices… Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…  ( 9 min )

Let's see what was happening at The New Leaf Journal in March 2023. Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ The Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100 The New Leaf Journal Twitter Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… The Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal Justin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020 Flood of Tears - Visual Novel Review The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations  ( 11 min )

Welcome to the 129th 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. We recently had our Saturday newsletters fall on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve just a few months ago. Today we land on April Fools. While I published a few articles about olden April Fools pranks in 2021 and 2022, I am not much of an April Fools person myself. Thus, you can enjoy your regular newsletter content without fearing a prank, but I will have some April Fools-related links for your weekend reading. Table of contents Leaves from the week that was Leaves from around the web The Old Leaf Journal Most-turned leaves of the newslet…  ( 8 min )

Welcome to the (syndicated) version of Newsletter Leaf Journal 128. I originally mailed the newsletter on March 25, 2023 (see original).  […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): 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 New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday 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 Twitter The Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII  ( 10 min )

Following Japanese anime gives one a vague idea of which Western holidays and traditions caught on in Japan. For example, you […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ The Mystery of Sōseki and Tsuki ga Kirei The Best Anime Series of 2021 The Japanese Citizenship Requirement for Sumo Stablemasters Height differences in anime romances What Makes a Depressing Anime? Discussion and Selection. The Nice Boat 〜 A Look Back at the School Days Anime  ( 6 min )

Part of why I chose Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten for a review was because my earlier post on the series, which dealt with my trying to figure out where I had heard its primary ending song before (answer: S1 of Teasing Master Takagi-san) did relatively well by our modest, Bing-blacklisted standards. If that quaint article could do well, why not a full review? https://thenewleafjournal.com/familiar-song-in-angel-next-door-anime/ #anime #animesong #tenshisama

I decided to take a stab at writing a couple of anime reviews each season. First up is my excessively long review of The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, written for both people who haven't watched the series and those who have. In addition to offering a general (largely spoiler-free) summary and my impressions, I also explain how I think the series should be understood. Final verdict: While not without some faults in writing (I introduce my concept of "two-by-four story-telling) and production quality control, charming on the whole and better than its absurdly long light novel title would indicate. https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-angel-next-door-spoils-me-rotten-anime-review/ #anime #animereview #tenshisama

A children's story on the exhaustion of staying still. Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): Short Bio of Mary Graham Bonner Bonner's "In Dreamland" Bedtime Story The Tame Canary Bird (Bonner) Installing and Running Bodhi Linux on a 2007 MacBook Replacing soundbar and re-configuring universal remote for… Height differences in anime romances Fixing a WP Custom Post Type Permalink Error Running ONScripter-En in Linux Visual Novel Directory Old Games, MIDI, and EndeavourOS  ( 6 min )

A comprehensive review of the recently completed anime series, "The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten" Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review Familiar song in Angel Next Door anime The Best Anime Series of 2021 Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) Height differences in anime romances What Makes a Depressing Anime? Discussion and Selection. The Nice Boat 〜 A Look Back at the School Days Anime Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations  ( 31 min )

Reviewing a tool for cross-device syncing contacts, calendars, tasks, and feeds locally with Syncthing instead of a central server or service. Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… Kaori After Story - Visual Novel Review The Poor Little Bird - Visual Novel Review Plain Song - Visual Novel Review The Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100  ( 18 min )

I reviewed DecSync, a very useful utility which allows for syncing contacts, calendars, tasks, and RSS feeds/read states without a server -- generally using Syncthing. https://thenewleafjournal.com/decsync-review/ I personally use DecSync for contacts, calendars, and tasks, and I used it for feeds for about one year. It works well and is an interesting project, but note that clients and implementations are primarily for Android and Linux (I use it with EndeavourOS and LineageOS). #syncthing #decsync #rss #contacts #tasks #opensource #fdroid #linux

I quote myself from my article on the dangers of adapting tech to the classroom: The education industry has had a […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho Tokyo High Schools Change Hair Color Dress Code Policies History of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines The dangers of adapting school to tech 1892 Reports on First Year of Basketball Anna Jarvis and the Origin of Mother's Day in the United… Four May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81) Hair Color Dress Code Rules in Japan Analysis of the From the Bottom of the Heart (Negaeba)…  ( 5 min )

Justin discovers a provision lurking in the hidden, unwritten, U.S. immigration laws. Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): 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  ( 9 min )

On March 25, 2023, the New York Post published an article titled AOC ripped for TikTok video arguing against banning Chinese-owned […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): A Look at ProxiTok, a TikTok Frontend On Children, TikTok, and Social Media Stardom Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ Capo vs Capo, a TikTok Debacle Tik Tok for TikTok on Federal Government Devices Flood of Tears - Visual Novel Review Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… Social media on government phones A TikTok Story Where TikTok Isn't the Biggest Problem  ( 5 min )

Welcome to the 128th 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 features links to our latest articles, links from around the web, and an interesting New Leaf Journal historical note about the moon that always waxes (in our rankings, at least). Without further ado, let’s get to the content. Table of contents Leaves from the week that was Leaves from around the web The Old Leaf Journal Most-turned leaves of the week News leaf journal Notable leaf journal Taking leaf Leaves from the week that was I published four regular articles since mailing newsletter 12…  ( 7 min )

I am supposed to syndicate my Saturday newsletters to the parent site on Mondays. Friday is close to Monday, right? In any event, the newsletter (as usual) features 10 links to interesting articles from around the web in addition to news and notes from The New Leaf Journal. https://thenewleafjournal.com/letter/127/ #writing #blog #aroundtheweb #links

Welcome to the (syndicated) 127th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of your favorite online writing magazine (at […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): 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 New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday 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 Twitter The Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII  ( 10 min )

From Mr. Ryan Lovelace at the Washington Times about TikTok’s upcoming testimony to Congress (article): ‘TikTok has never shared, or received […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ A Look at ProxiTok, a TikTok Frontend On Children, TikTok, and Social Media Stardom The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations Capo vs Capo, a TikTok Debacle The Best Anime Series of 2021 io [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review Tik Tok for TikTok on Federal Government Devices  ( 4 min )

A stream of consciousness about anime romances that highlight big height/size differences (and office anime rom-coms too). Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) The Best Anime Series of 2021 What Makes a Depressing Anime? Discussion and Selection. The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review The Nice Boat 〜 A Look Back at the School Days Anime Usagi Drop 〜 A Complicated Anime Pick Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… Lateral thinking to extend game console life-cycles  ( 20 min )

Seen in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, a week or two before St. Patrick's Day. I am not sure what to make of the inflatable leprechaun, so I submit to the jury. https://thenewleafjournal.com/inflatable-st-patricks-day-leprechaun/ #stpatricksday #nyc #brooklyn #carrollgardens #inflatable #pixel3a #pixel3axl #thenewleafjournal #newleafjournal

Yoshi’s Story, a fun little Nintendo 64 game, was released on December 21, 1997. I had planned to write a little […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): Nintendo Power's 1999 Yoshi in Pokémon April Fools Prank Kaori After Story - Visual Novel Review Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review The Two Decade Mario Party Finally Ends Video Game Stories and Standing the Test of Time Analysis of the From the Bottom of the Heart (Negaeba)… Card Hero and games on limited hardware io [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review  ( 5 min )

A 2015 article on read-it-later apps inspired me to write an essay on combining a feed reader with a read-it-later app to replace social media and services like Google News and Apple news for online reading (note READING only... I recall this having been a point of confusion regarding my 2021 article on RSS as a Facebook alternative). While I have never been much of a social media or algorithimic news reader, I do describe how I approach feeds and read-it-later and offer recommendations. https://thenewleafjournal.com/feeds-and-read-it-later-for-online-reading/ #rss #atom #feeds #readitlater #socialmedia #googlenews #applenews #algorithms #productivity #writing

From a February 10, 2023 Washington Times report on the Chinese Communist Party’s reaction to some U.S. states moving to limit […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… The Thin Digital Line Between "Buy" and "Rent" The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday The Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal Stadia and the Value of Owning Games Calvin Coolidge's 1922 "Better Homes" Remarks DRM and losing the quality you paid for The Misleading DRM E-Book Buy Button  ( 5 min )

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission determined that carbon monoxide monitors by GLBSUNION and CUZMAK, readily available on Amazon, are defective. One character in my fictional dialogue is distraught by the news. If we can't trust GLBSUNION and CUZMAK, just who can we trust? https://thenewleafjournal.com/if-you-cant-trust-glbsunion-and-cuzmak/ #amazon #china #humor #productsafety #dialogue

Mr. Ruben Schade published a humorous blog post on March 1, 2023, titled AliExpress anime and electronics comments. I will refer […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review The Best Anime Series of 2021 Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) Height differences in anime romances What Makes a Depressing Anime? Discussion and Selection. The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review The Nice Boat 〜 A Look Back at the School Days Anime Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of… Usagi Drop 〜 A Complicated Anime Pick  ( 5 min )

Welcome to the 127th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. Our final winter (for northern hemisphere readers) newsletter does not cover our busiest week, but we do have some long-form content to share with you along with interesting links from around the web and our usual assortment of news and notes. Without further ado, let’s start the newsletter. Table of contents Leaves from the week that was Leaves from around the web The Old Leaf Journal Most-turned leaves of the week News leaf journal Notable leaf journal Taking leaf Leaves from the week that was I published th…  ( 7 min )

From “Amazon calls it quits on newspaper and magazine subscriptions for Kindle and print” Laura Hazard Owen for Nieman Lab.  March […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho The Poetry of Charlotte Becker - Early Twentieth Century… The Thin Digital Line Between "Buy" and "Rent" Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) A Sensible Invention - Bicycle Newspaper Rack for Paperboys The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review Four May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81) ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review 1892 Reports on First Year of Basketball  ( 5 min )

If anyone has an idea of why sound worked when running ONScripter-EN games on top of WINE but not the native Linux binaries without loading the three ALSA kernel modules I ultimately loaded, I would be interested in a technical explanation.

I have several old ONScripter-EN and KiriKiri visual novels that use MIDI files for sound. I thought I had resolved my difficulties on Linux, but I had an issue where sound would work running the games under WINE but not when running the native Linux versions of ONScripter-EN games (note the KiriKiri games have no Linux version). Back into the Arch Wiki I went... I eventually resolved the issue with a proper Fluidsynth configuration and loading three kernel modules. This is the long saga (note I did this on EndeavourOS, but the issues should be generally applicable for those of you interested in the issue on Linux). https://thenewleafjournal.com/midi-sound-for-games-on-arch-based-distro/ (Note all of these steps are in the Arch Wiki. To the extent this is a "guide" -- consider it one only in that I highlight an issue and point people to where I found the solution.) #visualnovels #visualnovel #midi #fluidsynth #arch #archwiki #linux #endeavouros

Welcome to the 126th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of The New Leaf Journal. We mailed the […] Possibly related posts (relevancy may vary...): 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 New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday 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 Twitter The Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII  ( 9 min )

If you write regularly about U.S. immigration law and border security, you will likely need to type "ICE" more often than "ice" -- but even the best border reporter may occasionally need to put something on ice. In such cases, a convenient shortcut can become an invitation to a typo. Thanks to my subscribing to several Washington Times RSS feeds, I caught one such typo before it was corrected. https://thenewleafjournal.com/keyboard-shortcut-typos-ice-vs-ice/ #newspaper #typo #macro #shortcut #ice #immigrationlaw