{ "sources": [ { "title": "Recent Commits to nljfeeds:main", "feedUrl": "https://github.com/nafnlj/nljfeeds/commits/main.atom", "siteUrl": "https://github.com/nafnlj/nljfeeds/commits/main", "articles": [] }, { "title": "The New Leaf Journal", "feedUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/feed", "siteUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com", "articles": [ { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21984", "author": "Nicholas A. 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Ferrell", "description": "A Carroll Gardens home works to make sure that we know how long until Christmas.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nio [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review\nSnowman with One-Eyed Frog Hat - Pure Evil?\nSnowman with Mask 〜 It's the thought that counts\nPlain Song Christmas Special - VN Review\nA Christmas Menagerie On a Lawn in Gowanus\nBrooklyn Snowman and Winter Storm Gail Sights\nReviewing Bob Dylan's \"Shadow Kingdom\" Stream\nKaori After Story - Visual Novel Review\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/snowman-christmas-countdown-clock/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-22T17:30:00.000Z", "wordCount": 1769, "title": "Snowman Christmas Countdown Clock", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/snowman-countdown-straight-nlj.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21929", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I finally review the only al|together visual novel translation in which the player takes the perspective of a pet cat (Don-kichi, to be precise).\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nFour May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81)\n\"Fradie-Cat\" - A Children's Poem By Clinton Scollard\nIs my cat deaf, or does she just not give a...?\n\"Winter Quarters\" - An 1882 Poem About a Very Warm…\nI, Too, Saw Dreams Through Air - VN Review\nMIDI sound for games on Arch-based distro\nAt Summer's End vs A Dream of Summer\nMalcontent Openclipart Cat Christmas Tree", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/my-black-cat-visual-novel-review/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-22T14:15:00.000Z", "wordCount": 3973, "title": "My Black Cat – Visual Novel Review", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot_2023-12-10_14-02-24.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21890", "author": "Nicholas A. 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Ferrell", "description": "Santa emerges from a chimney in brownstone Brooklyn: A photo story in 3 acts.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nAn Inquiry Into the Nature of Santa Claus\nMake it Christmas With a Santa Hat\nSanta Claus's Delivery Van Seen in Brooklyn\nReviewing Three Boutique Guitar Strings\nOn Barry Bonds' IBBs in 2006 and 2007\nJustin & Justina 〜 A Christmas Present Struggle\nA Christmas Menagerie On a Lawn in Gowanus\nThe Holiday Inflatable Dragon in Brooklyn\nInflatable Thanksgiving Turkey With Pilgrim Hat", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/dynamic-inflatable-chimney-santa/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-21T17:55:13.000Z", "wordCount": 1830, "title": "Dynamic Inflatable Chimney Santa", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/inflatable-santa-chimney-nlj-3.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21868", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "A dialogue on how (almost) any holiday decoration or lawn ornament can aspire to Christmas with a Santa hat.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nAn Inquiry Into the Nature of Santa Claus\nDynamic Inflatable Chimney Santa\nio [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review\nPlain Song Christmas Special - VN Review\nA Christmas Menagerie On a Lawn in Gowanus\nSanta Claus's Delivery Van Seen in Brooklyn\nJustin & Justina 〜 A Christmas Present Struggle\nReviewing Three Boutique Guitar Strings\nThe Inflatable Christmas Dragon of Gowanus", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/make-it-christmas-with-a-santa-hat/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-21T17:47:22.000Z", "wordCount": 2326, "title": "Make it Christmas With a Santa Hat", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/santa-hat-cardinal-nlj.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21859", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "A photo of S-cape, a private boat seen docked at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Marina on May 31, 2023.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Nice Boat 〜 A Look Back at the School Days Anime\nBoat playground seen from Brooklyn Bridge\nSearching for School Days' Nice Boat\nHistory of New York's Evacuation Day\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\n1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge\nGulf Stream Boat Sculpture at Brooklyn Bridge Park\nnice.boats Domain Available For Sale\nBill's Secret Garden - A Pokémon Generation 1 Urban Legend", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/a-boat-named-s-cape/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-17T17:30:00.000Z", "wordCount": 1869, "title": "A Boat Named “S-cape”", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/s-cape-nlj.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21853", "author": "Nicholas A. 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Ferrell", "description": "A short guide for immigration law followers to adding Board of Immigration Appeals precedent decisions to Zotero.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nAnalyzing BIA Decision in Matter of Salama\nMatter of Man, 12 I&N Dec. 305 (BIA 1967) - BIA Hong…\nMy heroic broken link report to U.S. DOJ\nThe Matter of Great Wall - But Not Those Walls\nNoncitizen Nationals as Immigrant Visa Petitioners\nImmigration Issues in NYPD Chinese Agent Case\nGolf and Immigration: Matter of Masters\n\"A Strange Admixture of Contentions\" - Study of a Phrase\nMy Default Apps as of December 2023", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/adding-eoir-bia-decisions-to-zotero/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-12T13:30:00.000Z", "wordCount": 2619, "title": "Adding EOIR BIA Decisions to Zotero", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/necessary-fields-for-matter-of-mrms-zotero.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21842", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I have received many spam emails at The New Leaf Journal... but none top a request for assistance from China's former Defense Minister.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nThe New Leaf Journal Newsletter\nOldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the…\nRecommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based…\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/li-shangfu-emails-the-new-leaf-journal/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-11T16:52:34.000Z", "wordCount": 2307, "title": "Li Shangfu(?) Emails The New Leaf Journal", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/new-leaf-journal-site-icon-23-ver.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21768", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "Reviewing the al|together visual novel translation that started it all and eventually made its way to Steam.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nCrimsoness - Visual Novel Review\nal|together Visual Novel Reviews and Posts\nFlood of Tears - Visual Novel Review\nFrom the Bottom of the Heart - VN Review\nMay Sky - Visual Novel Review\nA Midsummer Day's Resonance - VN Review\nio [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review\nBuilding ONScripter-Insani on EndeavourOS", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/narcissu-insani-version-vn-review/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-09T22:06:10.000Z", "wordCount": 6402, "title": "Narcissu (Insani version) VN Review", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/narcissu-title.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21763", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I join the cool kids in posting a list of my \"default apps\" for computers and mobile devices as of December 7, 2023.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nReview of /e/ - An Android Alternative For Mobile Phones\nRecommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based…\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nReviewing Keikai Launcher (Android)\nInstalling and Running Bodhi Linux on a 2007 MacBook\nFeeds and Read-It-Later for Online Reading\nInstalling Ubuntu Touch on a Google Nexus 7 (2013)\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal…\nInstalling GrapheneOS on a Google Pixel 6a", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/my-default-apps-as-of-december-2023/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-07T13:30:00.000Z", "wordCount": 3571, "title": "My Default Apps as of December 2023", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/obtainium-screenshot.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21730", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "The story of a Bonsai tree sent from Mississippi to New York City with a great number of Styrofoam peanuts.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Pine Tree Lovers of Takasago\nThe Fallen Tree in Brooklyn Heights\nThe Plum Tree Blossoms Always in the Springtime\nAn Unclear and Indistinct Idea of a Truth Tree\nA Brave Little Tree Grows in Manhattan\nWhen President Coolidge Spared a Raccoon From…\nSaw-whet? The Rockefeller Christmas Tree Owl\nEvergreen Carroll Gardens Christmas Tree\nA Rather Dry Christmas Tree in Brooklyn Heights in April", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/unpacking-a-mississippi-bonsai-tree/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-04T13:15:00.000Z", "wordCount": 2065, "title": "Unpacking a Mississippi Bonsai Tree", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/bonsaibox1-nlj.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21726", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "The Bush Clinton Playground is named for one failed presidential candidate, but that is not why the name is memorable.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nA Walk Across the Hamilton Avenue Footbridge\nBiden, Lincoln, and Counting Back From the President's Birth\nDangers of Eating Red Hook Fish and Eels\nPhotos of a pigeon eating berries\nRed Shift Visual Novel Review\nThe Over-Filled Red Truck in Red Hook, Brooklyn\nAnother Hamilton Avenue Footbridge View\nOhio Makes a BQE-Related Pitch for NYC Businesses\nThe Dead End Sign in Red Hook, Brooklyn", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/bush-clinton-playground-in-red-hook/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-03T18:00:00.000Z", "wordCount": 2138, "title": "Bush Clinton Playground in Red Hook", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/bush-clinton-nlj.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21714", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "Recapping our busiest month of 2023 both in terms of new full-length articles and visitors.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nHistory of New York's Evacuation Day\nOldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the…\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal…", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/november-2023-at-the-new-leaf-journal/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-01T02:20:20.000Z", "wordCount": 3182, "title": "November 2023 at The New Leaf Journal", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/new-leaf-journal-site-icon-23-ver.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21702", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "Justin of our Justin and Justina duo looks behind a particularly inane protest to wonder what happened to that Ronald McDonald guy.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal…\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nJustin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to…\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nThe Quince Shortage - Justin and Justina\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nCollected Justin and Justina Dialogues", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/what-happened-to-ronald-mcdonald/", "publishedOn": "2023-11-30T14:30:00.000Z", "wordCount": 2091, "title": "What Happened to Ronald McDonald?", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/new-leaf-journal-site-icon-23-ver.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21695", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "To hide items and make chatty NPCs or to make \"hidden items\" glow and one-line robot NPCs.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nRanking My Big Impression Video Games\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review\nHistory of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/on-jrpg-hidden-items-and-npcs/", "publishedOn": "2023-11-29T13:45:00.000Z", "wordCount": 2383, "title": "On JRPG Hidden Items and NPCs", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/new-leaf-journal-site-icon-23-ver.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21689", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I use a Hario v60 coffee dripper (02 size) to make pour-over coffee. I have a 15 oz Hario v60 coffee […]\nPossibly related posts...\n\nPersona 4, Coffee, and Children\n\"Coffee Fruit Punch\" - A Cookbook Abomination\nRescuing a Ladybug On My Television\nAmerican Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Home Menus From 1913\nHot Coffee on Summer Walks\nTiki paralogue trick in Fire Emblem Engage\nWelcome to The Emu Café\nRecommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based…\n\"Technological Imbecile\" Retweeted by President", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/5-years-without-breaking-my-coffee-glass/", "publishedOn": "2023-11-28T13:45:00.000Z", "wordCount": 2105, "title": "5 Years Without Breaking My Coffee Glass", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/hario-glass-5-years-nlj.jpg" }, { "id": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/?p=21685", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "A study of cases in which the paths of former NBA MVPs cross throughout their careers.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nShould the Pistons have drafted Carmelo?\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nESPN States Tim Duncan was \"Born Overseas\"\n1997 Otis Thorpe trade and the 2003 NBA Draft\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review", "link": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/nba-mvps-and-mvp-teammates/", "publishedOn": "2023-11-27T19:53:04.000Z", "wordCount": 4803, "title": "NBA MVPs and MVP Teammates", "imageUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/new-leaf-journal-site-icon-23-ver.jpg" } ] }, { "title": "Leaflets | The New Leaf Journal", "feedUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/leaf/feed", "siteUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com", "articles": [] }, { "title": "Leaf Buds | The New Leaf Journal", "feedUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/leafbud/feed", "siteUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com", "articles": [] }, { "title": "Letters | The New Leaf Journal", "feedUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/letter/feed", "siteUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com", "articles": [] }, { "title": "Collections | The New Leaf Journal", "feedUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com/collection/feed", "siteUrl": "https://thenewleafjournal.com", "articles": [] }, { "title": "The Emu Café Social", "feedUrl": "https://social.emucafe.org/feed", "siteUrl": "https://social.emucafe.org", "articles": [ { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=640", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I enjoy some of the fun public domain images on Openclipart. For Christmas 2022, I shared a “cat Christmas tree” over at The New Leaf Journal. This year, I will use my new social posting site (it seems more conducive for the purpose) to share a fun Openclipart Christmas owl posted by Openclipart artist Michal […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/oca-santa-owl/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-25T16:43:03.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Merry Christmas – Openclipart Santa Owl", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=636", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "My good friend Victor V. Gurbo noted over on The New Leaf Journal that his college friend gave him the prompt for a melancholy Christmas song that would have no prospect of commercial success. I addend his post to note that the unnamed friend was a very versatile character. The person Victor refers to is […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/friend-christmas-music-school-days/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-24T18:11:26.000Z", "wordCount": 965, "title": "Friend With Music Prompts and School Days Hot Takes", "imageUrl": "https://social.emucafe.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-emucafesocial_icon-1.jpg" }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=630", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I send a weekly newsletter attached to The New Leaf Journal called The Newsletter Leaf Journal. Unsurprisingly, I focus on sharing links to my latest articles (including some from here) and news and notes about my projects. However, in the spirit of generosity and sharing external links, I pack each newsletter full of links from […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/deleting-my-around-the-web-links/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-15T04:52:57.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Deleting My Around The Web Links", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=627", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I am working on cleaning up a few anime series that I missed throughout the year in preparation for my year in review. As part of the project, I quickly went through The Dreaming Boy is a Realist (light novel titles…) on HiDive (I had neglected HiDive for a bit because there’s no unofficial Kodi […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/dreaming-boy-is-a-realist-op-ed/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-14T17:18:40.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Solid OP and ED in The Dreaming Boy is a Realist", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=622", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I came across an interesting passage by blogger Facundo Olano in his blog post about creating a personal feed reader to follow good and meaningful writing from around the web (see the source code for his interesting feed reader project). He assessed his prior usage of Twitter (now “X”) and Mastodon and realized that he […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/feeds-over-x-and-mastodon/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-13T16:48:46.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Feeds for Following Over X and Mastodon", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=618", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I came across a free ebook by Roger Carter on Smashwords about using an Android tablet as a computer (see My Tablet – My Computer). The book is short, running just over 5,000 words. While I do not personally need to use an Android (LineageOS in my case) tablet as a computer (not to mention […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/my-tablet-my-computer-review/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-13T16:22:17.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Quick Review of My Tablet – My Computer", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=614", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I read many video game magazines when I was a kid. Back in my day, E3, which typically took place in May or June, was the major video game expo and a major event in the magazines. I used to look forward to E3 coverage. Over the years, I stopped reading video game magazines and, […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/so-long-e3/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-12T17:35:55.000Z", "wordCount": 747, "title": "So long, E3", "imageUrl": "https://social.emucafe.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-emucafesocial_icon-1.jpg" }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=610", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "Yukinu over at Yukinu blog posted a simple and tasty looking 5am udon recipe. I approve with the qualification that I would opt for unsalted chicken broth (if I am adding soy sauce) and that I am not sure if I am ready for udon at 5 AM (I usually prefer hot cereal for breakfast). 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Ferrell", "description": "Blogger foreverketh.is put together a very good list of webrings and similar collections of personal websites and blogs. I recall having come across it before, but I had previously missed that I am cited as a contributor for my New Leaf Journal article on the idea of a “social” media consisting of independent personal websites. […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/foreverliketh-blogs-and-webrings/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-09T18:06:20.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Foreverliketh List of Blogrolls and Webrings", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=597", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "Blogger foreverkeith.is put together a very good list of webrings and similar collections of personal websites and blogs. I recall having come across it before, but I had previously missed that I am cited as a contributor for my New Leaf Journal article on the idea of a “social” media consisting of independent personal websites. […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/foreverlikeith-blogs-and-webrings/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-09T18:06:20.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Foreverlikeith List of Blogrolls and Webrings", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=595", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I was inspired to create an article listing my default apps by a project to collect default app posts on Hemispheric Views. I wrote my default apps article and then made a pull request to have the article included in the Hemispheric Views project. The curator merged my pull request within two hours. I am […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/joining-hemispheric-views-app-defaults/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-08T19:09:35.000Z", "wordCount": 953, "title": "Joining Hemispheric Views App Defaults", "imageUrl": "https://social.emucafe.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-emucafesocial_icon-1.jpg" }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=581", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I use YYDevelopment’s free (including of cost) and open source WordPress plugin, Show Pages ID, both here and on The New Leaf Journal. I received a dismissible banner on my plugin page asking for a WordPress review. What about an on-site review? Show Pages ID is a very simple plugin that adds a field to the WordPress admin screen […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/review-of-show-pages-id-for-wordpress/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-07T15:59:41.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Review of Show Pages ID for WordPress", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=579", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "The law office I work for uses Dropbox. I use Dropbox in a browser profile I set aside for work instead of the local app. I just noticed today that when I upload a file, a little gray box appears in the bottom right corner of the screen showing the upload progress. When the upload […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/dropbox-balloons/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-06T20:12:51.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Dropbox Balloons", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=576", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "Simple Mobile Tools is a suite of free and open source android apps designed to replace Google’s default apps. However, “free and open source” will likely be a thing of the past after Simple Mobile Tools was acquired by ZippoApps. I used a few Simple Mobile apps back when I wrote a review of F-Droid […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/simple-mobile-tolls-alternatives/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-06T17:07:37.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Simple Mobile Tools Alternatives", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=571", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I never thought about why manhole covers were round before reading this detailed history of manhole covers in New York City. That they are round “so they won’t fall into the manhole … if you insert [them] at an angle or vertically” makes sense. Maybe I never thought about it because I have never been […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/on-round-manhole-covers/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-06T15:49:54.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Why manhole covers are round", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=567", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I primarily use feeds to stay on top of interesting authors and websites. I seldom need to deal with newsletters because almost everything I follow (including a few Substack and Buttondown newsletters and the newsletter for Tablet Magazine) also have RSS feeds. But there are a few exceptions, notably some of the Real Clear network […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/opentrashmal-to-rss/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-05T17:04:04.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "[Bookmark] Email newsletters via RSS", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=560", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I started a GitHub repository for Bing ban stories when The New Leaf Journal ran into a Bing ban. While my project is no longer banned by Bing, I am still maintaining the repository. Today, I added a (now-resolved) Bing ban story from Mr. Andrew Ward regarding his portfolio and blog site.", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/bing-ban-repo-update1/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-03T01:39:08.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Bing Ban Repo Update", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=555", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "Sports Illusrated, fresh off an AI article controversy, selected Colorado Buffaloes college football coach Dion Sanders as its Sportsperson of the Year. Mr. Sanders took over as head coach at Colorado after the football team went 1-11 in 2022. Sports Illustrated noted that the team improved greatly in Coach Sanders’ first season: As for the […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/sanders-si-sportsman-of-the-year/", "publishedOn": "2023-11-30T17:42:59.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "SI Selects Dion Sanders as Sportsperson of the Year", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=551", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I received an email from the Bing Webmaster Team: We hope this message finds you well! We've noticed it's been a while since you last visited Bing Webmaster Tools, and we've genuinely missed having you around! Webmaster Tools has undergone some exciting updates and improvements recently, and we think you'll be pleased with the enhancements […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/bing-webmaster-misses-me/", "publishedOn": "2023-11-29T13:45:13.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Bing Webmaster Misses Me", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=539", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "I am using the Classic Editor here at The Emu Café Social, in large part because some of the IndieWeb plugins I am using require it instead of Gutenberg. I agree with this take by Mr. Baty in a vacuum that  the classic editor is better for writing than Gutenberg. However, I use Gutenberg over […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/wp-editors-vs-markdown/", "publishedOn": "2023-11-28T20:56:02.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "WordPress Classic Editor", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://social.emucafe.org/?p=534", "author": "Nicholas A. Ferrell", "description": "The Gothamist published an article on the push to ban street vendors from the magisterial Brooklyn Bridge. I am 100% in support of banning street vendors from the Bridge, but I will focus on another point in the report. See the following quote: But vendors said there are not many legal spots where they can […]", "link": "https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/alien-street-vendor-unauthorized-employment/", "publishedOn": "2023-11-28T17:21:56.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Alien Street Vendors and Unauthorized Employment", "imageUrl": null } ] }, { "title": "The Newsletter Leaf Journal", "feedUrl": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/rss", "siteUrl": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal", "articles": [ { "id": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/166/", "author": null, "description": "Welcome to the 166th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. Today's Christmas Eve Eve newsletter comes with six new articles, more links from our new around the web backlog, and other news and notes. \nLeaves from the week that was\nI was busy on Thursday and Friday after a brief publishing drought... \nA Boat Named \"S-cape\"\nDespite being entirely spoiled by the headline, this article strangely had one of the better debut weeks of any 2023 article. \nMake it Christmas With a Santa Hat\nJustin of our Justin and Justina dialogue duo has a theory, supported by evidence in t…", "link": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/166/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-23T19:28:28.000Z", "wordCount": 2744, "title": "Newsletter Leaf Journal CLXVI 〜 Christmas Eve Eve 〜", "imageUrl": "https://assets.buttondown.email/images/fecd29c3-803a-4631-83e6-5ef9889c3656.png" }, { "id": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/165/", "author": null, "description": "Welcome to the 165th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the evergreen newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. I have plenty of content to share with you this week from many new articles and short posts to the story of how the winds of new beginnings blew over my Around the Web backlog. Because I have plenty to share, I cut the introduction short so we can get to the sharing.\nLeaves from around the web\nI spent more of the last week working on New Leaf Journal projects than publishing them. While many of my articles are in the work in progress phase, I still managed to deliver four new articles since mailing Newsletter…", "link": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/165/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-16T17:38:29.000Z", "wordCount": 2706, "title": "Newsletter Leaf Journal CLXV 〜 Lost & not found 〜", "imageUrl": "https://image-generator.buttondown.email/api/emphasize-newsletter?subject=Newsletter%20Leaf%20Journal%20CLXV%20%E3%80%9C%20Lost%20%26%20not%20found%20%E3%80%9C&author=The%20Newsletter%20Leaf%20Journal&date=2023-12-16&img=https://buttondown-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/919fb579-e1c4-44f2-a6d6-67b7ab020810.png" }, { "id": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/164/", "author": null, "description": "Welcome to the 164th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. Our second newsletter of December 2023 brings three new articles, news from our other project, links from around the web, and other interesting notes from the week that was.\nLeaves from the week that was\nI published three new articles at The New Leaf Journal since last sending a newsletter...\nBush Clinton Playground in Red Hook\nThe best-named playground in New York City. \nUnpacking a Mississippi Bonsai Tree\nAll the Styrofoam peanuts you could ever want. \nMy Default Apps as of December 2023\nInspired by others, I created a list of my de…", "link": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/164/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-09T18:23:10.000Z", "wordCount": 2508, "title": "Newsletter Leaf Journal CLXIV 〜 Newslettero 64 〜", "imageUrl": "https://image-generator.buttondown.email/api/emphasize-subject?subject=Newsletter%20Leaf%20Journal%20CLXIV%20%E3%80%9C%20Newslettero%2064%20%E3%80%9C&author=The%20Newsletter%20Leaf%20Journal&date=2023-12-09&img=https://buttondown-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/919fb579-e1c4-44f2-a6d6-67b7ab020810.png" }, { "id": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/163/", "author": null, "description": "Welcome to the 163rd edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, N.A. Ferrell. Below, I have our six newest articles (one of our more varied collections), 21 links from around the web, links from our own archive, and brief news and notes from the week that was.\nSpeaking of the week that was...\nLeaves from the week that was\nI published six new articles since mailing the Newsletter 162.\n1783 NY Evacuation Day Song\nA short follow-up to my history of Evacuation Day.\nNBA MVPs and MVP Teammates\nFun stats and notes on NBA MVPs who played with other NBA MVPs.\n5 Years Without Breaking My Coffee Glass\nNo…", "link": "https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/163/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-02T22:28:24.000Z", "wordCount": 2171, "title": "Newsletter Leaf Journal CLXIII 〜 McNewsletter 〜", "imageUrl": "https://buttondown-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/919fb579-e1c4-44f2-a6d6-67b7ab020810.png" } ] }, { "title": "Hacker News - Newest: \"thenewleafjournal\"", "feedUrl": "https://hnrss.org/newest?q=thenewleafjournal", "siteUrl": "https://news.ycombinator.com/newest", "articles": [] }, { "title": "Emu Café Memos", "feedUrl": "https://memos.emucafe.org/u/2/rss.xml", "siteUrl": "https://memos.emucafe.org", "articles": [ { "id": "https://memos.emucafe.org/m/42", "author": null, "description": "Restarting Pipewire:\n\nsystemctl --user restart pipewire pipewire-pulse\nsystemctl --user daemon-reload\nSource: https://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?326248-Just-upgraded-pipewire-and-want-to-reload-it-without-rebooting&s=58ca81ba2d4b8adaf9adedf8214b6d9f&p=1848593#post1848593\n\n#Pipewire #Linux #Troubleshooting", "link": "https://memos.emucafe.org/m/42", "publishedOn": "2023-12-23T01:35:15.000Z", "wordCount": 21, "title": "Restarting Pipewire:", "imageUrl": "https://www.usememos.com/logo.png" }, { "id": "https://memos.emucafe.org/m/41", "author": null, "description": "Hostinger guide to WP Cron. Considering looking into changing my set-up after a minor issue with missed jobs for ActivityPub on Emu Cafe Social:\nhttps://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/how-to-setup-and-manage-a-wordpress-cron-job\nSee also WordPress Codex guide:\nhttps://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/hooking-wp-cron-into-the-system-task-scheduler/\n#WordPress #Cron #Linux", "link": "https://memos.emucafe.org/m/41", "publishedOn": "2023-12-14T18:26:17.000Z", "wordCount": 21, "title": "Hostinger guide to WP Cron. 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I do not have an immediate use-case for Micropub at the moment so I wil...", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://memos.emucafe.org/m/38", "author": null, "description": "While installing EndeavourOS on a mini PC yesterday, I ran into an error at 13% complete which forced install to fail. The issue was likely tied to a failure to download updates (computer did not have onboard wi-fi, so I was using a cheap Panda Wireless dongle which only supports 2.4 connections). When I tried to go through the installer again, automatic disk partitioning was not available. Solution: Rebooted and went back into live environment and installed offline (no issue since I wanted KDE Plasma). 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However, “free and open source” will likely be a thing of the past after Simple Mobile Tools was acquired by ZippoApps. I used a few Simple Mobile apps back when I wrote a review of F-Droid apps in 2021, but I was fortunately not using any at the time of the ZippoApps news. One of the main contributors to Simple Mobile Tools who was not involved in the decision to sell the suite to an adware company forked the project. The fork looks like a good option for people who want to keep using the Simple Mobile Tools suite. Since I was not using any of the apps, I thought I would note what I use instead. Before continuing, do note that my phone runs LineageOS and I do not use any closed s…", "link": "https://newleafannex.emucafe.org/foss-simple-mobile-tools-alternatives/", "publishedOn": "2023-12-06T17:17:27.616Z", "wordCount": 1169, "title": "Open Source Simple Mobile Tools Alternatives", "imageUrl": "https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10726/10726-h/images/fig_23sm.png" }, { "id": "https://newleafannex.emucafe.org/trying-open-library-as-a-reading-tracker/", "author": null, "description": "I am interested in alternatives to big tech software and services. It was for that reason that I switched to Linux in 2020. While I am not big on social media, I use Mastodon, Pixelfed, Minds, and NOSTR to help promote my writing on my self-hosted WordPress projects. I have had an interest in open source alternatives to Goodreads. There are a few interesting ActivityPub powered projects, but they are not quite what I am looking for. At the moment, I am trying Open Library. You can see my fresh profile and current reading.\nI like it thus far. Once you know where everything is, it is easy to navigate and organize books. I also like LibraryThing (not open source), but that is more geared toward collection management than reading tracking. My top request for Open Library is RSS/ATOM support. I maintain a static site with all of my feeds (including this site) and would like to be able to drop an Open Library feed in there without having to be creative. Libreture (for storing and managing DRM-free ebooks) and Inventaire (for cataloguing and trading physical ebooks) both produce feeds for user profiles. Alas, that seems to still be a missing feature for Open Library and LibraryThing. I could see others being disappointed with Open Library's relative lack of social functionality, but I think that may be more of a feature than a bug.", "link": "https://newleafannex.emucafe.org/trying-open-library-as-a-reading-tracker/", "publishedOn": "2023-11-29T02:55:21.718Z", "wordCount": 644, "title": "Trying Open Library as a Reading Tracker", "imageUrl": "https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10726/10726-h/images/fig_23sm.png" }, { "id": "https://newleafannex.emucafe.org/new-custom-bearblog-domain/", "author": null, "description": "I published my previous Bearblog post (it has been a while) back in the middle of the spring anime season (see post). The year is coming to an end. 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\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/make-it-christmas-with-a-santa-hat/
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\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Christmas #ChristmasDecorations #Penguin #Tux #TerracottaSoldier #Brownstones #BrownstoneBrooklyn #TheNewLeafJournal #NewLeafJournal #Pixel3aXL", "link": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/644640615770151186", "publishedOn": "2023-12-24T20:51:39.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "The ultimate test of my theory that a Santa hat can make just about anything Christmas. Not Tux (surely that penguin is Tux), but the gentleman just behind Tux.\n\nSanta hat dialogue:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/make-it-christmas-with-a-santa-hat/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Christmas #ChristmasDecorations #Penguin #Tux #TerracottaSoldier #Brownstones #BrownstoneBrooklyn #TheNewLeafJournal #NewLeafJournal #Pixel3aXL", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/644596641601324556", "author": null, "description": "Cardinals are somewhat Christmas-y for a variety of reasons, but I still ordinarily associate them with warmer months (from my New York perspective). However, if you put a Santa hat on a cardinal -- it is clearly and beyond doubt Christmas-y.
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\nDialogue discussion:
\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/make-it-christmas-with-a-santa-hat/
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\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Cardinal #Bird #ChristmasDecorations #LawnOrnament #SantaHat #Christmas #Pixel3aXL #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal", "link": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/644596641601324556", "publishedOn": "2023-12-24T17:56:55.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Cardinals are somewhat Christmas-y for a variety of reasons, but I still ordinarily associate them with warmer months (from my New York perspective). However, if you put a Santa hat on a cardinal -- it is clearly and beyond doubt Christmas-y.\n\nDialogue discussion:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/make-it-christmas-with-a-santa-hat/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Cardinal #Bird #ChristmasDecorations #LawnOrnament #SantaHat #Christmas #Pixel3aXL #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/644260926462331416", "author": null, "description": "Just about anything can become a Christmas decoration with a Santa hat: Part 1, \"The Flamingo\"\n\nDialogue:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/make-it-christmas-with-a-santa-hat/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Flamingo #Angel #Christmas #ChristmasDecorations #SantaHat #Brownstone #BrownstoneBrooklyn #PIxel3aXL #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal", "link": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/644260926462331416", "publishedOn": "2023-12-23T19:42:54.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Just about anything can become a Christmas decoration with a Santa hat: Part 1, \"The Flamingo\"\n\nDialogue:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/make-it-christmas-with-a-santa-hat/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Flamingo #Angel #Christmas #ChristmasDecorations #SantaHat #Brownstone #BrownstoneBrooklyn #PIxel3aXL #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/644239376505423654", "author": null, "description": "It is easy to remember that Christmas is on December 25. But what if you forget what day it is now? One home in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, worked to make sure that everyone knows how long until Christmas. (Note that the clock works -- but the red LED does not show in my photo).
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\nArticle with additional photo:
\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/snowman-christmas-countdown-clock/
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\n#NYC #Brooklyn #CarrollGardens #Christmas #Snowman #ChristmasDecorations #Clock #Countdown #Reef #Pixel3aXL #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal", "link": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/644239376505423654", "publishedOn": "2023-12-23T18:17:16.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "It is easy to remember that Christmas is on December 25. But what if you forget what day it is now? One home in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, worked to make sure that everyone knows how long until Christmas. (Note that the clock works -- but the red LED does not show in my photo).\n\nArticle with additional photo:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/snowman-christmas-countdown-clock/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #CarrollGardens #Christmas #Snowman #ChristmasDecorations #Clock #Countdown #Reef #Pixel3aXL #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/643848118943907802", "author": null, "description": "An inflatable Santa emerging from (or going into, depending on perspective) an inflatable chimney in three acts. Seen (if I recall correctly) in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.
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\nArticle:
\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/dynamic-inflatable-chimney-santa/
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\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Christmas #ChristmasDecorations #SantaClaus #Inflatables #Brownstones #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal", "link": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/643848118943907802", "publishedOn": "2023-12-22T16:22:33.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "An inflatable Santa emerging from (or going into, depending on perspective) an inflatable chimney in three acts. Seen (if I recall correctly) in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.\n\nArticle:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/dynamic-inflatable-chimney-santa/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BoerumHill #Christmas #ChristmasDecorations #SantaClaus #Inflatables #Brownstones #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/643517454040879425", "author": null, "description": "Seen at the Marina in Brooklyn Park... and I see what they did there... S-cape.
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\nArticle with context about the area:
\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/a-boat-named-s-cape/
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\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BrooklynBridgePark #Marina #Yacht #Pun #Boat #pixel3axl #newleafjournal #thenewleafjournal", "link": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/643517454040879425", "publishedOn": "2023-12-21T18:28:37.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Seen at the Marina in Brooklyn Park... and I see what they did there... S-cape.\n\nArticle with context about the area:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/a-boat-named-s-cape/\n\n#NYC #Brooklyn #BrooklynBridgePark #Marina #Yacht #Pun #Boat #pixel3axl #newleafjournal #thenewleafjournal", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/638086270948333344", "author": null, "description": "I came across a certain Bush Clinton Playground in Red Hook, Brooklyn (NYC) a few years ago and was amused by the name. When I walked by last week, I decided to take a photo and turn it into an article. Despite the fact that the name invokes our 41st, 42nd, and 43rd Presidents, those with a cursory knowledge of New York City history will know that the \"Clinton\" here is DeWitt Clinton, who served as Mayor of NYC, Governor of NY (following his father George on Governor) and was the Federalist nominee for President in 1812 (he lost fairly narrowly to James Madison). What about Bush? I was not sure who Bush Street was named after, and I learned that New York City is also not quite sure.
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\nArticle:
\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/bush-clinton-playground-in-red-hook/
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\n#nyc #brooklyn #redhook #playground #sign #nycparks #bush #clinton #pixel3axl #thenewleafjournal #newleafjournal", "link": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/638086270948333344", "publishedOn": "2023-12-06T18:47:02.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "I came across a certain Bush Clinton Playground in Red Hook, Brooklyn (NYC) a few years ago and was amused by the name. When I walked by last week, I decided to take a photo and turn it into an article. Despite the fact that the name invokes our 41st, 42nd, and 43rd Presidents, those with a cursory knowledge of New York City history will know that the \"Clinton\" here is DeWitt Clinton, who served as Mayor of NYC, Governor of NY (following his father George on Governor) and was the Federalist nominee for President in 1812 (he lost fairly narrowly to James Madison). What about Bush? I was not sure who Bush Street was named after, and I learned that New York City is also not quite sure.\n\nArticle:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/bush-clinton-playground-in-red-hook/\n\n#nyc #brooklyn #redhook #playground #sign #nycparks #bush #clinton #pixel3axl #thenewleafjournal #newleafjournal", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/637685051408643150", "author": null, "description": "A friend sent me a bonsai. The bonsai was packaged and shipped from a nursery in Mississippi. Despite being a small bonsai, it came in a big box. What accounted for the box size? Well... (Note these were not all the Styrofoam peanuts.)
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\nArticle with the full story and photographs of the healthy bonsai:
\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/unpacking-a-mississippi-bonsai-tree/
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\n#recyclingbin #trashbin #Styrofoam #StyrofoamPeanuts #Packaging #Unboxing #Bonsai #BonsaiTree #Leaf #newleafjournal #thenewleafjournal", "link": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/637685051408643150", "publishedOn": "2023-12-05T16:12:43.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "A friend sent me a bonsai. The bonsai was packaged and shipped from a nursery in Mississippi. Despite being a small bonsai, it came in a big box. What accounted for the box size? Well... (Note these were not all the Styrofoam peanuts.)\n\nArticle with the full story and photographs of the healthy bonsai:\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/unpacking-a-mississippi-bonsai-tree/\n\n#recyclingbin #trashbin #Styrofoam #StyrofoamPeanuts #Packaging #Unboxing #Bonsai #BonsaiTree #Leaf #newleafjournal #thenewleafjournal", "imageUrl": null }, { "id": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/635129201670710614", "author": null, "description": "Not to brag, but Amazon is telling me that it has been more than 5 years since I last broke my Hario v60 coffee glass. Not a big deal. As I said, I don't like to brag.
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\nStory Link: https://thenewleafjournal.com/5-years-without-breaking-my-coffee-glass/
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\n#coffee #coffeeglass #glass #hario #hariov60 #amazon #newleafjournal #thenewleafjournal", "link": "https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/635129201670710614", "publishedOn": "2023-11-28T14:56:41.000Z", "wordCount": null, "title": "Not to brag, but Amazon is telling me that it has been more than 5 years since I last broke my Hario v60 coffee glass. Not a big deal. As I said, I don't like to brag.\n\nStory Link: https://thenewleafjournal.com/5-years-without-breaking-my-coffee-glass/\n\n#coffee #coffeeglass #glass #hario #hariov60 #amazon #newleafjournal #thenewleafjournal", "imageUrl": null } ] }, { "title": "N.A. 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