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2023-08-20T17:04:15Z	**Coolidge and Harrison in Bennington** Calvin Coolidge described seeing then-President Benjamin Harrison speak when Coolidge was in college. I decided to find the story of Harrison's 1891 orations in Bennington, Vermont.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Benjamin Harrison's Memorable July 4, 1888](https://thenewleafjournal.com/benjamin-harrisons-memorable-july-4-1888/) - [Calvin Coolidge's 1922 "Better Homes" Remarks](https://thenewleafjournal.com/calvin-coolidges-1922-better-homes-remarks/) - [Calvin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/coolidge-and-harrison-in-bennington/)
2023-08-13T17:00:00Z	**On the Death of Robbie Robertson** "The Band’s impact on the world of music has been immense, and they will live on in their work – and will always be, to me, very much alive whenever I play their records."  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Four May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81)](https://thenewleafjournal.com/around-the-web-with-four-may-issues-of-the-nursery-magazine/) - [The Life Masks of John Henri Isaac Browere](https://thenewleafjournal.com/life-masks-of-john-browere/) - [The Enigmatic L ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/on-the-death-of-robbie-robertson/)
2023-08-12T19:30:00Z	**Game FAQs Guide for Game Boy Golf (1990)** Digging up an old user-created guide for Nintendo's 1990 Golf entry for Game Boy on Game FAQs.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Oldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the 1968 and…](https://thenewleafjournal.com/oldest-golfers-to-contend-for-majors-between-the-1968-and-2021-pgas/) - [Golf and Immigration: Matter of Masters](https://thenewleafjournal.com/golf-and-immigration-matter-of-masters/) - [The Poor Little Bird - Visual Novel Review](https:// ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/game-faqs-guide-for-game-boy-golf-1990/)
2023-08-10T14:03:46Z	**Trash pick-up vehicle on Brooklyn Bridge** Memories of past Brooklyn Bridge walks -- memorialized with BlackBerry Classic photography.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [1997 Otis Thorpe trade and the 2003 NBA Draft](https://thenewleafjournal.com/1997-otis-thorpe-trade-and-the-2003-nba-draft/) - [1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge](https://thenewleafjournal.com/1883-opening-of-the-brooklyn-bridge/) - [The Heroic Fallen Trash Can Rescue in Gowanus](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-heroic-fallen- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/trash-pick-up-vehicle-on-brooklyn-bridge/)
2023-08-04T17:10:50Z	**&#8220;I could get like the keys and come back&#8221;** She said "I could get like the keys and come back."  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Should the Pistons have drafted Carmelo?](https://thenewleafjournal.com/should-the-pistons-have-drafted-carmelo/) - [The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho](https://thenewleafjournal.com/ancient-accounts-on-the-enigmatic-life-and-death-of-emperor-otho/) - [Reviewing Bob Dylan's "Shadow Kingdom" Stream](https://thenewleafjournal.com/reviewing-bob-dylan ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/i-could-get-like-the-keys-and-come-back/)
2023-08-01T13:45:00Z	**The Last Nintendo Wii Games** Was Just Dance 2020 really the last Nintendo Wii game? It depends on where you look.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The best Nintendo controllers](https://thenewleafjournal.com/leaf/the-best-nintendo-controllers/) - [History of the Mario Party Gloves](https://thenewleafjournal.com/history-of-the-mario-party-gloves/) - [Motion controls in Mario Kart Wii](https://thenewleafjournal.com/leafbud/motion-controls-in-mario-kart-wii/) - [Lateral thinking to extend game console life-cy ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-last-nintendo-wii-games/)
2023-08-01T03:50:22Z	**July 2023 at The New Leaf Journal** We recap July and I show off a new, cleaner way of showing our one- and three-month article popularity rankings.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-new-leaf-journal-celebrates-its-first-birthday/) - [Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ](https://thenewleafjournal.com/justin-and-justina-review-2022-at-the-nlj/) - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/july-2023-at-the-new-leaf-journal/)
2023-07-30T15:18:17Z	**Anime Case Against Japan&#8217;s Population Loss** Are the reports of Japan's population decline greatly exaggerated? Justin looks to 2023 anime series for the answer.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ](https://thenewleafjournal.com/justin-and-justina-review-2022-at-the-nlj/) - [Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…](https://thenewleafjournal.com/justin-justina-the-most-read-new-leaf-journal-content-of-2021/) - [Justin & Justina 〜 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/anime-case-against-japans-population-loss/)
2023-07-29T21:00:00Z	**Basquiat Forgeries Made With Alarming Ease** I say what the reports left implicit about the fact that two fraudsters created 25 convincing Basquiat forgeries with nothing more than cardboard and a few minutes of painting.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ](https://thenewleafjournal.com/justin-and-justina-review-2022-at-the-nlj/) - [History of the Mario Party Gloves](https://thenewleafjournal.com/history-of-the-mario-party-gloves/) - [EGM's 2001 Sega Ne ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/basquiat-forgeries-made-with-alarming-ease/)
2023-07-29T00:04:07Z	**DuckDuckGo in the Bing Pond** DuckDuckGo finds itself again dealing with the fallout of Bing being Bing.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The story of our Bing blacklisting](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-story-of-our-bing-blacklisting/) - [Comparing DuckDuckGo Lite and Qwant Lite](https://thenewleafjournal.com/comparing-duckduckgo-lite-and-qwant-lite/) - [Bing's and DuckDuckGo's CCP Problem](https://thenewleafjournal.com/bing-and-duckduckgos-china-problem/) - [A 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/duckduckgo-in-the-bing-pond/)
2023-07-23T18:32:45Z	**Hallmarks of Former Service Members** The professor made an induction from the fact one older student addressed him as sir.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Benjamin Harrison's Memorable July 4, 1888](https://thenewleafjournal.com/benjamin-harrisons-memorable-july-4-1888/) - [Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)](https://thenewleafjournal.com/anime-recommendations-of-the-decade-2011-20/) - [Persona 4 Golden Digital Artbook Review (Steam)](https://thenewleafjournal.com/persona-4-golden-digit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/hallmarks-of-former-service-members/)
2023-07-15T00:35:43Z	**Japanese Language Env in Steam (Linux)** A guide to configuring a Japanese language environment for running Windows games in Steam through Proton on Linux.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [On DRM-Free Games on Steam](https://thenewleafjournal.com/on-drm-free-games-on-steam/) - [On Improving the Environment For Gaming On Linux](https://thenewleafjournal.com/on-improving-the-environment-for-gaming-on-linux/) - [Digital Purchases as Indefinite Rentals](https://thenewleafjournal.com/digital-purchases-a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/japanese-language-env-in-steam-linux/)
2023-08-26T21:10:59Z	**Pumpkin Spice Makeup Removal Wipes** While I do not have strong opinions on pumpkin spice generally, I fear that pumpkin spice makeup removing wipes may be a step too far.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Justin & Justina 〜 The Pumpkin Taker](https://thenewleafjournal.com/justin-justina-the-pumpkin-taker/) - ["Pumpkin Pie" - A Children's Poem By Mary Mapes Dodge](https://thenewleafjournal.com/pumpkin-pie-a-childrens-poem-by-mary-mapes-dodge/) - [A Moldy Halloween Carved Pumpkin](https://thenewleafjou ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/pumpkin-spice-makeup-removal-wipes/)
2023-08-29T01:24:36Z	**Finding Manatsu no Kagerou** The most difficult part of my al\|together visual novel review project was finding what I needed to run Midsummer Haze...  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Midsummer Haze - Visual Novel Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/midsummer-haze-visual-novel-review/) - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-altogether-and-insani-visual-novel-translations/) - [io [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/io-chri ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/finding-manatsu-no-kagerou/)
2023-08-29T01:21:01Z	**Midsummer Haze &#8211; Visual Novel Review** My review of Midsummer Haze, a visual novel that was almost as difficult to finish as it was to find and run...  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-altogether-and-insani-visual-novel-translations/) - [io [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/io-christmas-eve-visual-novel-review/) - [Japanese Environment in PoL, Lutris, and Bottles](https://t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/midsummer-haze-visual-novel-review/)
2023-08-30T20:45:42Z	**The New Leaf Journal Twtxt Feed** Twtxt is a free and open source project which touts itself as “a decentralized, minimalist microblogging service for hackers.” See the […]  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [An Introduction to RSS and Other Feed Formats](https://thenewleafjournal.com/an-introduction-to-rss-and-other-feed-formats/) - [Feeds and Read-It-Later for Online Reading](https://thenewleafjournal.com/feeds-and-read-it-later-for-online-reading/) - [RSS as a Facebook Alternative](https://thenewleafjou ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-new-leaf-journal-twtxt-feed/)
2023-09-01T03:41:40Z	**August 2023 at The New Leaf Journal** I have some notable site news to share and a good (albeit small) collection of articles from August 2023.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-altogether-and-insani-visual-novel-translations/) - [The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-new-leaf-journal-celebrates-its-first-birthday/) - [Flood of Tears - Visual Novel Review](https://t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/august-2023-at-the-new-leaf-journal/)
2023-09-01T19:56:33Z	**A Midsummer Day&#8217;s Resonance &#8211; VN Review** I take a look at one of the best visual novels of the al\|together set, featuring a terrific protagonist in Kasumi Kurasawa, broken phones, holograms, and growing up.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Midsummer Haze - Visual Novel Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/midsummer-haze-visual-novel-review/) - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-altogether-and-insani-visual-novel-translations/) -  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/a-midsummer-days-resonance-vn-review/)
2023-09-02T16:32:02Z	**Two Visual Novel Midsummer Kasumis** On noting the identical first names of the protagonists of two Midsummer visual novels I reviewed back to back (without knowing the names in advance).  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Midsummer Haze - Visual Novel Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/midsummer-haze-visual-novel-review/) - [A Midsummer Day's Resonance - VN Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/a-midsummer-days-resonance-vn-review/) - [New Leaf Spring Content, New and Old](https://thenewleafjournal ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/two-visual-novel-midsummer-kasumis/)
2023-09-04T21:37:12Z	**Surviving Megidolaon Spam in Persona 3** Remembering the time I inadvertently triggered the wrath of a video game character in Persona 3 FES and was forced to hang on for dear virtual life.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Persona 4 Golden Digital Artbook Review (Steam)](https://thenewleafjournal.com/persona-4-golden-digital-artbook-review-steam/) - [Review of the Original Persona 4 Artbook](https://thenewleafjournal.com/review-of-the-original-persona-4-artbook/) - [Justin and Justina review 2022 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/surviving-megidolaon-spam-in-persona-3/)
2023-09-06T17:42:09Z	**Local Avatars and Redirecting Gravatars** On how to host avatars locally on WordPress AND redirect Gravatar requests locally for users without local avatars.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho](https://thenewleafjournal.com/ancient-accounts-on-the-enigmatic-life-and-death-of-emperor-otho/) - [Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)](https://thenewleafjournal.com/anime-recommendations-of-the-decade-2011-20/) - [ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review](ht ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/local-avatars-and-redirecting-gravatars/)
2023-09-10T20:19:19Z	**Middle school restroom smoking** These days people are worried about vaping in schools. But the controversy reminded me of a strange traditional smoking story from my middle school days (with a high school sequel).  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Persona 4 Golden Digital Artbook Review (Steam)](https://thenewleafjournal.com/persona-4-golden-digital-artbook-review-steam/) - [The Aborted Nintendo-Minnesota Lottery Scheme](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-aborted-nintendo-minnesota-lottery-scheme/) - [Dia ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/middle-school-restroom-smoking/)
2023-09-14T14:52:12Z	**Caching troubles** It appears that something with my caching configuration choked earlier today and served a compressed file for download to visitors in […]  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The BunnyPress Chronicles: Story and Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-bunnypress-chronicles-story-and-review/) - [WP Super Cache Preload and Lazy Loading](https://thenewleafjournal.com/wp-super-cache-preload-and-lazy-loading/) - [The Mysterious Pinterest Tracker](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-mysterious-pinterest-track ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/caching-troubles/)
2023-09-15T11:17:00Z	**The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses hair dye** I was curious whether we would learn about the brown hair of the girl in The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses. Instead, we learn about the brown hair of the boy who likes her.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses Ep1 Animation](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-girl-i-like-forgot-her-glasses-ep1-animation/) - [Tokyo High Schools Change Hair Color Dress Code Policies](https://thenewleafjournal.com/tokyo-high-schools-ch ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-girl-i-like-forgot-her-glasses-hair-dye/)
2023-09-16T21:35:45Z	**Broken Optical Audio Cable Door &#8220;Fix&#8221;** How I used a sticky note to hold an optical audio cable in place in my Yamaha soundbar after the optical audio cable door broke.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Replacing soundbar and re-configuring universal remote for…](https://thenewleafjournal.com/replacing-soundbar-and-re-configuring-universal-remote/) - [An Optical Audio Cable Packaging Story](https://thenewleafjournal.com/an-optical-audio-cable-packaging-story/) - [Optical audio cable story ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/broken-optical-audio-cable-door-fix/)
2023-09-17T19:38:33Z	**On Barry Bonds&#8217; IBBs in 2006 and 2007** Wherein I try to understand how the post-superhuman Barry Bonds in 2006 and 2007 was walked almost as much as the record-breaking Bonds of 2001-2003 (not 2004... of course).  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho](https://thenewleafjournal.com/ancient-accounts-on-the-enigmatic-life-and-death-of-emperor-otho/) - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-altogether-and- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/on-barry-bonds-ibbs-in-2006-and-2007/)
2023-09-17T20:02:13Z	**Grace Coolidge on Intentional Walks** Former First Lady Grace Coolidge was a big baseball fan. She was not, however, a fan of intentional bases on balls.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Calvin Coolidge's 1922 "Better Homes" Remarks](https://thenewleafjournal.com/calvin-coolidges-1922-better-homes-remarks/) - [On Barry Bonds' IBBs in 2006 and 2007](https://thenewleafjournal.com/on-barry-bonds-ibbs-in-2006-and-2007/) - [When President Coolidge Spared a Raccoon From Thanksgiving…](https://thenewleafjo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/grace-coolidge-on-intentional-walks/)
2023-09-20T18:16:05Z	**Race-Ball: 19th Century Sport Review** Reviewing an obscure 19th century sport, as described in an 1882 issue of Harper's Young People.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [1892 Reports on First Year of Basketball](https://thenewleafjournal.com/1892-reports-on-first-year-of-basketball/) - [1892 Report on Women's Basketball Game](https://thenewleafjournal.com/1892-report-on-womens-basketball-game/) - [The Japanese Citizenship Requirement for Sumo Stablemasters](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-japanese- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/race-ball-19th-century-sport-review/)
2023-09-22T19:19:51Z	**Thirsty Goose in Brooklyn Bridge Park: Part 2** A goose continues drinking from a puddle in Brooklyn Bridge Park and comes away satisfied... part two...  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Thirsty Goose in Brooklyn Bridge Park: Part 1](https://thenewleafjournal.com/thirsty-goose-in-brooklyn-bridge-park-part-1/) - [Observing a Family of Geese in Brooklyn Bridge Park (and…](https://thenewleafjournal.com/observing-a-family-of-geese-in-brooklyn-bridge-park-and-being-watched/) - [Family of Geese in ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/thirsty-goose-in-brooklyn-bridge-park-part-2/)
2023-09-22T19:18:25Z	**Thirsty Goose in Brooklyn Bridge Park: Part 1** A goose drinks from a puddle in Brooklyn Bridge Park... part one...  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Thirsty Goose in Brooklyn Bridge Park: Part 2](https://thenewleafjournal.com/thirsty-goose-in-brooklyn-bridge-park-part-2/) - [Observing a Family of Geese in Brooklyn Bridge Park (and…](https://thenewleafjournal.com/observing-a-family-of-geese-in-brooklyn-bridge-park-and-being-watched/) - [Family of Geese in Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn](https://then ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/thirsty-goose-in-brooklyn-bridge-park-part-1/)
2023-09-27T02:26:58Z	**A Dream of Summer &#8211; Visual Novel Review** I review an al\|together-translated visual novel with unusually high production values and a main character with braids.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-altogether-and-insani-visual-novel-translations/) - [I, Too, Saw Dreams Through Air - VN Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/itsdta-visual-novel-review/) - [At Summer's End vs A Dream of Summer](https://thenew ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/a-dream-of-summer-visual-novel-review/)
2023-09-29T00:24:31Z	**Ranking My Big Impression Video Games** Ranking the 12 video games that left the biggest impression on me over nearly 30 years of owning and playing games.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ](https://thenewleafjournal.com/justin-and-justina-review-2022-at-the-nlj/) - [New Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader](https://thenewleafjournal.com/new-leaf-journal-third-birthday-reader/) - [The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-be ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/ranking-my-big-impression-video-games/)
2023-09-30T00:31:01Z	**Town Slogans Pokémon&#8217;s Kanto** A colorful journey (puns intended) through the slogans of the towns of Pokémon's Kanto Region before and after a certain time skip.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Winds of New Beginnings: Pokémon Gold & Silver](https://thenewleafjournal.com/winds-of-new-beginnings-pokemon-gold-silver/) - [Imagination in Pokémon Red and Blue](https://thenewleafjournal.com/imagination-in-pokemon-red-and-blue/) - [The Pokémon Special Split in Generation 2 - Statistics and…](https://thenew ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/town-slogans-pokemons-kanto/)
2023-10-01T02:36:17Z	**September 2023 at The New Leaf Journal** We review our September articles and most-visited posts before looking ahead to October. Things are well-organized this month.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-new-leaf-journal-celebrates-its-first-birthday/) - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-altogether-and-insani-visual-novel-translations/) - [The Newsletter Leaf  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/september-2023-at-the-new-leaf-journal/)
2023-10-01T19:21:04Z	**Hair Color in A Dream of Summer** You are not dreaming. My detailed study of hair color (natural and unnatural) in A Dream of Summer is now live.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [A Dream of Summer - Visual Novel Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/a-dream-of-summer-visual-novel-review/) - [Tokyo High Schools Change Hair Color Dress Code Policies](https://thenewleafjournal.com/tokyo-high-schools-change-hair-color-dress-code-policies/) - [Brown hair and dress codes in Ippon Again!](https://thenewleafjou ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/hair-color-in-a-dream-of-summer/)
2023-10-05T11:30:00Z	**Dragonair Safari in Pokémon Yellow** Why did I spend hours trying to catch a level 15 Dragonair in the Pokémon Yellow Safari Zone? Some questions are hard to answer.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The Pokémon Special Split in Generation 2 - Statistics and…](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-pokemon-special-split-in-generation-2-statistics-and-analysis/) - [Nintendo Power's 1999 Yoshi in Pokémon April Fools Prank](https://thenewleafjournal.com/nintendo-powers-1999-yoshi-in-pokemon-april-fools-prank/ ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/dragonair-safari-in-pokemon-yellow/)
2023-10-06T16:56:55Z	**ActivityPub for WordPress and The NLJ** You can now follow The New Leaf Journal directly from Mastodon and other ActivityPub-based accounts thanks to ActivityPub for WordPress.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho](https://thenewleafjournal.com/ancient-accounts-on-the-enigmatic-life-and-death-of-emperor-otho/) - [ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/ace-academy-visual-novel-review/) - [Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/activitypub-for-wordpress-and-the-nlj/)
2023-10-06T18:45:00Z	**Productivity to Secure Downtime** Thoughts on interesting thoughts about thinking of being productive as a way of securing your downtime.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [An Essay on Productivity, Production, and Productive Leisure](https://thenewleafjournal.com/an-essay-on-productivity-production-and-productive-leisure/) - [Productivity Window Shopping and Backlogs](https://thenewleafjournal.com/productivity-window-shopping-and-backlogs/) - [The Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal]( ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/productivity-to-secure-downtime/)
2023-10-08T21:38:28Z	**Citizenship Rules for Running for President of Egypt** Examining how the Egyptian constitution handles citizenship and dual nationality in the context of eligibility to run for President.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The Japanese Citizenship Requirement for Sumo Stablemasters](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-japanese-citizenship-requirement-for-sumo-stablemasters/) - [Interesting Case on Japan's Dual Citizenship Ban](https://thenewleafjournal.com/interesting-case-on-japans-dua ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/citizenship-rules-for-running-for-president-of-egypt/)
2023-10-09T18:54:46Z	**Christopher Columbidae in Brooklyn** A pigeon's visit to a Brooklyn statue of Christopher Columbus inspires a piece on the history of the depiction of the brave explorer.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge](https://thenewleafjournal.com/1883-opening-of-the-brooklyn-bridge/) - [Town Slogans in Pokémon's Kanto](https://thenewleafjournal.com/town-slogans-pokemons-kanto/) - [The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-new-leaf-jo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/christopher-columbidae-in-brooklyn/)
2023-10-10T21:08:36Z	**Against &#8220;Experts Say&#8221; Headlines** Wherein I use a particularly questionable "experts say" headline on a piece trying to justify Hamas' behavior to question the "experts say" headlines.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ](https://thenewleafjournal.com/justin-and-justina-review-2022-at-the-nlj/) - [Ambiguous Killer Hallucinogenic Weed Headline](https://thenewleafjournal.com/ambiguous-killer-hallucinogenic-weed-headline/) - [Justin & Justina: The Most-Read  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/against-experts-say-headlines/)
2023-10-14T23:32:57Z	**On Russia&#8217;s and China&#8217;s Self-Awareness** The statements of the Russian and Chinese governments on the Israel-Hamas War would be ironic if they were not entirely expected.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho](https://thenewleafjournal.com/ancient-accounts-on-the-enigmatic-life-and-death-of-emperor-otho/) - [Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)](https://thenewleafjournal.com/anime-recommendations-of-the-decade-2011-20/) - [ACE Academy - V ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/on-russias-and-chinas-self-awareness/)
2023-10-20T02:53:30Z	**Analyzing BIA Decision in Matter of Salama** I study a 1966 Board of Immigration Appeals precedent decision wherein the BIA held a Jewish man from Egypt would face persecution on account of his religion.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Citizenship Rules for Running for President of Egypt](https://thenewleafjournal.com/citizenship-rules-for-running-for-president-of-egypt/) - [Matter of Man, 12 I&N Dec. 305 (BIA 1967) - BIA Hong Kong…](https://thenewleafjournal.com/buried-1967-bia-precedent-on ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/analyzing-bia-decision-in-matter-of-salama/)
2023-11-05T16:39:32Z	**October 2023 at The New Leaf Journal** We ended up only publishing nine articles in October 2023 due to some unexpected events, but our month-in-review structure is very aesthetic.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-new-leaf-journal-celebrates-its-first-birthday/) - [The Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-newsletter-leaf-journal-at-100/) - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Tran ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/october-2023-at-the-new-leaf-journal/)
2023-11-05T17:04:05Z	**Planning and Angel Next Door Season 2** I would say that the announcement of a second season of The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten was a surprise... but I expected it when I wrote my review of what is now season one.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho](https://thenewleafjournal.com/ancient-accounts-on-the-enigmatic-life-and-death-of-emperor-otho/) - [The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-angel-next-door-s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/planning-and-angel-next-door-season-2/)
2023-11-06T16:17:41Z	**Upgrading Pixel 3a XL from LineageOS 19 to 20** On upgrading my Google Pixel 3a XL from LineageOS 19 to LineageOS 20.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Installing GrapheneOS on a Google Pixel 6a](https://thenewleafjournal.com/installing-grapheneos-on-a-google-pixel-6a/) - [From Murena Teracube 2e to Pixel 3a XL with LineageOS](https://thenewleafjournal.com/from-murena-teracube-2e-to-pixel-3a-xl-with-lineageos/) - [Installing LineageOS on a 2013 Nexus 7 (Wi-Fi)](https://thenewleafjournal.com ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/upgrading-pixel-3a-xl-from-lineageos-19-to-20/)
2023-11-07T13:49:36Z	**Carroll Gardens Halloween Snake Skeleton** A Carroll Gardens household puts a Halloween snake skeleton decoration to good use on their front lawn.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [A Walk Across the Hamilton Avenue Footbridge](https://thenewleafjournal.com/a-walk-across-the-hamilton-avenue-footbridge/) - [Flying 12-Foot Witch in Carroll Gardens](https://thenewleafjournal.com/flying-12-foot-witch-in-carroll-gardens/) - [Justin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to…](https://thenewleafjourna ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/carroll-gardens-halloween-snake-skeleton/)
2023-11-08T17:53:46Z	**Brooklyn Heights Halloween Scarecrow** A friendly Halloween ghost scarecrow seen in Brooklyn Heights, New York.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Economical Halloween Scarecrows](https://thenewleafjournal.com/economical-halloween-scarecrows/) - [Halloween Cooking and Decorating Tips From 1913](https://thenewleafjournal.com/halloween-cooking-and-decorating-tips-from-1913/) - [The Trick-Or-Treating Halloween Daycare Ghost](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-trick-or-treating-halloween-daycare-ghost/) - ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/brooklyn-heights-halloween-scarecrow/)
2023-11-11T21:59:05Z	**&#8220;I Voted&#8221; Sticker Appears in Pocket** I was surprised that no one gave me an "I Voted!" sticker when I voted in November 2023... then I checked my pocket.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [1897 Magazine Offer - Pocket Kodak and Kodak No. 4…](https://thenewleafjournal.com/1897-magazine-offer-pocket-kodak-and-kodak-no-4-bulls-eye-cameras/) - [One Man, One Vote, Two "I Voted!" Stickers](https://thenewleafjournal.com/one-man-one-vote-two-i-voted-stickers/) - [You Can't Fix Stupid - King Baby](h ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/i-voted-sticker-appears-in-pocket/)
2023-11-14T17:52:20Z	**On Coach Jimbo Fisher&#8217;s Buyout** Texas A&M's decision to pay Coach Jimbo Fisher $76.8 million to not coach the school's football team raises questions about its priorities as an institution.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [College Football Coach Salaries and Buyouts and…](https://thenewleafjournal.com/college-football-coach-salaries-and-buyouts-and-colleges-as-institutions/) - [Should the Pistons have drafted Carmelo?](https://thenewleafjournal.com/should-the-pistons-have-drafted-carmelo/) - [The J ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/on-coach-jimbo-fishers-buyout/)
2023-11-15T13:45:00Z	**Hair Color in The Apothecary Diaries Anime** Examining unusual hair colors in the main characters of Ming China-inspired The Apothecary Diaries.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Hair Color in A Dream of Summer](https://thenewleafjournal.com/hair-color-in-a-dream-of-summer/) - [Tokyo High Schools Change Hair Color Dress Code Policies](https://thenewleafjournal.com/tokyo-high-schools-change-hair-color-dress-code-policies/) - [Brown hair and dress codes in Ippon Again!](https://thenewleafjournal ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/hair-color-in-the-apothecary-diaries-anime/)
2023-11-15T13:50:00Z	**Hair Color in Raven of the Inner Palace** Examining the significance of Liu Shouxe's naturally silver hair in the Raven of the Inner Palace anime series.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-best-of-anime-in-2022-year-in-review/) - [Hair Color in The Apothecary Diaries Anime](https://thenewleafjournal.com/hair-color-in-the-apothecary-diaries-anime/) - [Additional Best of 2022 in Anime Awards](https://thenewleafjournal.com/l ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/hair-color-in-raven-of-the-inner-palace/)
2023-11-17T15:53:26Z	**October 25 Thanksgiving in Grenada** Examining Greanda's annual October 25 Thanksgiving, which commemorates the beginning of the 1983 American-led intervention to restore order in the small Caribbean nation.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [History of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines](https://thenewleafjournal.com/history-of-thanksgiving-proclamations-in-the-philippines/) - [Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation](https://thenewleafjournal.com/washingtons-1789-thanksgiving-proclamat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/october-25-thanksgiving-in-grenada/)
2023-11-21T15:42:25Z	**Searching for the &#8220;Libertarian Moment&#8221;** A humorous and ultimately borderless search for the long sought-after "libertarian moment."  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [New Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader](https://thenewleafjournal.com/new-leaf-journal-third-birthday-reader/) - [Proposals for Fact-Checking Reform](https://thenewleafjournal.com/proposals-for-fact-checking-reform/) - [Social webs of personal websites](https://thenewleafjournal.com/social-webs-of-personal-websites/) - [Wal ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/searching-for-the-libertarian-moment/)
2023-11-21T15:53:06Z	**Inflatable Thanksgiving Turkey With Pilgrim Hat** It would not be Thanksgiving without an Brooklyn inflatable decoration article.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [History of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines](https://thenewleafjournal.com/history-of-thanksgiving-proclamations-in-the-philippines/) - [October 25 Thanksgiving in Grenada](https://thenewleafjournal.com/october-25-thanksgiving-in-grenada/) - [Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation](https://thenewleafjournal.co ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/inflatable-thanksgiving-turkey-with-pilgrim-hat/)
2023-11-25T16:49:07Z	**History of New York&#8217;s Evacuation Day** A detailed history of New York City's Evacuation Day, a former holiday that landed on November 25 and was second only to Independence Day in NYC's patriotic pantheon.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-altogether-and-insani-visual-novel-translations/) - [The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-new-leaf-journal-celebrates-its ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/history-of-new-yorks-evacuation-day/)
2023-11-25T22:01:11Z	**1783 NY Evacuation Day Song** "The toast is, "Freedom's favorite son, Health, peace, and joy to Washington!"  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [History of New York's Evacuation Day](https://thenewleafjournal.com/history-of-new-yorks-evacuation-day/) - [Plain Song - Visual Novel Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/plain-song-visual-novel-review/) - [Plain Song Christmas Special - VN Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/plain-song-christmas-special-vn-review/) - [Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ](ht ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/1783-ny-evacuation-day-song/)
2023-11-27T19:53:04Z	**NBA MVPs and MVP Teammates** A study of cases in which the paths of former NBA MVPs cross throughout their careers.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Should the Pistons have drafted Carmelo?](https://thenewleafjournal.com/should-the-pistons-have-drafted-carmelo/) - [The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho](https://thenewleafjournal.com/ancient-accounts-on-the-enigmatic-life-and-death-of-emperor-otho/) - [ESPN States Tim Duncan was "Born Overseas"](https://thenewleafjournal.com/espn-states-tim-duncan-was- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/nba-mvps-and-mvp-teammates/)
2023-11-28T13:45:00Z	**5 Years Without Breaking My Coffee Glass** I use a Hario v60 coffee dripper (02 size) to make pour-over coffee. I have a 15 oz Hario v60 coffee […]  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Persona 4, Coffee, and Children](https://thenewleafjournal.com/persona-4-coffee-and-children/) - ["Coffee Fruit Punch" - A Cookbook Abomination](https://thenewleafjournal.com/coffee-fruit-punch-a-cookbook-abomination/) - [Rescuing a Ladybug On My Television](https://thenewleafjournal.com/rescuing-a-ladybug-on-my-tele ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/5-years-without-breaking-my-coffee-glass/)
2023-11-29T13:45:00Z	**On JRPG Hidden Items and NPCs** To hide items and make chatty NPCs or to make "hidden items" glow and one-line robot NPCs.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho](https://thenewleafjournal.com/ancient-accounts-on-the-enigmatic-life-and-death-of-emperor-otho/) - [Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)](https://thenewleafjournal.com/anime-recommendations-of-the-decade-2011-20/) - [Ranking My Big Impression Video Games](https://thenewleafjournal.com/ranking-my-bi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/on-jrpg-hidden-items-and-npcs/)
2023-11-30T14:30:00Z	**What Happened to Ronald McDonald?** Justin of our Justin and Justina duo looks behind a particularly inane protest to wonder what happened to that Ronald McDonald guy.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ](https://thenewleafjournal.com/justin-and-justina-review-2022-at-the-nlj/) - [Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal…](https://thenewleafjournal.com/justin-justina-the-most-read-new-leaf-journal-content-of-2021/) - [The Enigmatic Life and Death of Empero ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/what-happened-to-ronald-mcdonald/)
2023-12-01T02:20:20Z	**November 2023 at The New Leaf Journal** Recapping our busiest month of 2023 both in terms of new full-length articles and visitors.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-new-leaf-journal-celebrates-its-first-birthday/) - [Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ](https://thenewleafjournal.com/justin-and-justina-review-2022-at-the-nlj/) - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewleafjourna ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/november-2023-at-the-new-leaf-journal/)
2023-12-03T18:00:00Z	**Bush Clinton Playground in Red Hook** The Bush Clinton Playground is named for one failed presidential candidate, but that is not why the name is memorable.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [A Walk Across the Hamilton Avenue Footbridge](https://thenewleafjournal.com/a-walk-across-the-hamilton-avenue-footbridge/) - [Biden, Lincoln, and Counting Back From the President's Birth](https://thenewleafjournal.com/biden-lincoln-and-counting-back-from-the-presidents-birth/) - [Dangers of Eating Red Hook Fish a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/bush-clinton-playground-in-red-hook/)
2023-12-04T13:15:00Z	**Unpacking a Mississippi Bonsai Tree** The story of a Bonsai tree sent from Mississippi to New York City with a great number of Styrofoam peanuts.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The Pine Tree Lovers of Takasago](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-pine-tree-lovers-of-takasago/) - [The Fallen Tree in Brooklyn Heights](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-fallen-tree-in-brooklyn-heights/) - [The Plum Tree Blossoms Always in the Springtime](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-plum-tree-blossoms-always-in-the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/unpacking-a-mississippi-bonsai-tree/)
2023-12-07T13:30:00Z	**My Default Apps as of December 2023** I join the cool kids in posting a list of my "default apps" for computers and mobile devices as of December 7, 2023.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Review of /e/ - An Android Alternative For Mobile Phones](https://thenewleafjournal.com/review-of-e-an-android-alternative-for-mobile-phones/) - [Recommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based…](https://thenewleafjournal.com/recommended-f-droid-foss-apps-for-android-based-devices-2021/) - [Justin and Justina revie ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/my-default-apps-as-of-december-2023/)
2023-12-09T22:06:10Z	**Narcissu (Insani version) VN Review** Reviewing the al\|together visual novel translation that started it all and eventually made its way to Steam.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-altogether-and-insani-visual-novel-translations/) - [Crimsoness - Visual Novel Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/crimsoness-visual-novel-review/) - [Flood of Tears - Visual Novel Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/flood-of-tears- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/narcissu-insani-version-vn-review/)
2023-12-11T16:52:34Z	**Li Shangfu(?) Emails The New Leaf Journal** I have received many spam emails at The New Leaf Journal... but none top a request for assistance from China's former Defense Minister.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-new-leaf-journal-celebrates-its-first-birthday/) - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-altogether-and-insani-visual-novel-translations/) - [The News ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/li-shangfu-emails-the-new-leaf-journal/)
2023-12-12T13:30:00Z	**Adding EOIR BIA Decisions to Zotero** A short guide for immigration law followers to adding Board of Immigration Appeals precedent decisions to Zotero.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Analyzing BIA Decision in Matter of Salama](https://thenewleafjournal.com/analyzing-bia-decision-in-matter-of-salama/) - [Matter of Man, 12 I&N Dec. 305 (BIA 1967) - BIA Hong…](https://thenewleafjournal.com/buried-1967-bia-precedent-on-hong-kong/) - [My heroic broken link report to U.S. DOJ](https://thenewleafjournal. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/adding-eoir-bia-decisions-to-zotero/)
2023-12-13T17:49:13Z	**On Internal and External Linking** I concur with an argument in favor of external linking while taking a different perspective to argue in favor of humane internal linking.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho](https://thenewleafjournal.com/ancient-accounts-on-the-enigmatic-life-and-death-of-emperor-otho/) - [1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge](https://thenewleafjournal.com/1883-opening-of-the-brooklyn-bridge/) - [Should the Pistons have drafted Carmelo?](https ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/on-internal-and-external-linking/)
2023-12-17T17:30:00Z	**A Boat Named &#8220;S-cape&#8221;** A photo of S-cape, a private boat seen docked at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Marina on May 31, 2023.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The Nice Boat 〜 A Look Back at the School Days Anime](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-nice-boat-a-look-back-at-the-school-days-anime/) - [Boat playground seen from Brooklyn Bridge](https://thenewleafjournal.com/boat-playground-seen-from-brooklyn-bridge/) - [Searching for School Days' Nice Boat](https://thenewleafjournal.com/searching-for-school-days ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/a-boat-named-s-cape/)
2023-12-21T17:47:22Z	**Make it Christmas With a Santa Hat** Certain decorations are associated with secular Christmas displays. These include, but are not limited to, depictions of Santa Claus, reindeer (especially […]  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [An Inquiry Into the Nature of Santa Claus](https://thenewleafjournal.com/an-inquiry-into-the-nature-of-santa-claus/) - [io [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/io-christmas-eve-visual-novel-review/) - [Plain Song Christmas Special - VN Review]( ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/make-it-christmas-with-a-santa-hat/)
2023-12-21T17:55:13Z	**Dynamic Inflatable Chimney Santa** Santa emerges from a chimney in brownstone Brooklyn: A photo story in 3 acts.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [An Inquiry Into the Nature of Santa Claus](https://thenewleafjournal.com/an-inquiry-into-the-nature-of-santa-claus/) - [Make it Christmas With a Santa Hat](https://thenewleafjournal.com/make-it-christmas-with-a-santa-hat/) - [Santa Claus's Delivery Van Seen in Brooklyn](https://thenewleafjournal.com/santa-clauss-delivery-van-seen-in-brooklyn/) - [Reviewing Th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/dynamic-inflatable-chimney-santa/)
2023-12-22T14:00:00Z	**Moonshine &#8211; Visual Novel Review** Reviewing one of the more unique and polished al\|together visual novel translation projects, Moonshine.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-altogether-and-insani-visual-novel-translations/) - [May Sky - Visual Novel Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/may-sky-visual-novel-review/) - [Narcissu (Insani version) VN Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/narcissu-insani-version-vn-re ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/moonshine-visual-novel-review/)
2023-12-22T14:15:00Z	**My Black Cat &#8211; Visual Novel Review** I finally review the only al\|together visual novel translation in which the player takes the perspective of a pet cat (Don-kichi, to be precise).  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-altogether-and-insani-visual-novel-translations/) - [Four May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81)](https://thenewleafjournal.com/around-the-web-with-four-may-issues-of-the-nursery-magazine/) ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/my-black-cat-visual-novel-review/)
2023-12-22T17:30:00Z	**Snowman Christmas Countdown Clock** A Carroll Gardens home works to make sure that we know how long until Christmas.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [io [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/io-christmas-eve-visual-novel-review/) - [Snowman with One-Eyed Frog Hat - Pure Evil?](https://thenewleafjournal.com/suggestion-that-snowman-is-evil/) - [Snowman with Mask 〜 It's the thought that counts](https://thenewleafjournal.com/snowman-with-mask/) - [Plain Song Christmas Specia ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/snowman-christmas-countdown-clock/)
2023-12-24T17:45:19Z	**Victor V. Gurbo&#8217;s &#8220;Christmas &#038; You&#8221;** Victor V. Gurbo shares two recordings of his original holiday song, Christmas & You.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho](https://thenewleafjournal.com/ancient-accounts-on-the-enigmatic-life-and-death-of-emperor-otho/) - [Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)](https://thenewleafjournal.com/anime-recommendations-of-the-decade-2011-20/) - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](http ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/victor-v-gurbos-christmas-you/)
2023-12-24T22:28:05Z	**Gowanus Green Car With Christmas Presents** Once clad in a witch's hat for Halloween, an endearing green car in Gowanus is now bearing Christmas presents.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The Wicked Car of the Gowanus - Car with Hat](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-wicked-car-of-the-gowanus-car-with-hat/) - [Rudolph the Red-Nosed Car with Antlers](https://thenewleafjournal.com/rudolph-the-red-nosed-car-with-antlers/) - [io [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/ ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/gowanus-green-car-with-christmas-presents/)
2023-12-27T16:38:18Z	**On Review Scoring Systems** Inspired by a series of recent blog posts, I offer a proposed set of best practices for media review scoring systems.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Should the Pistons have drafted Carmelo?](https://thenewleafjournal.com/should-the-pistons-have-drafted-carmelo/) - [The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho](https://thenewleafjournal.com/ancient-accounts-on-the-enigmatic-life-and-death-of-emperor-otho/) - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewlea ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/on-review-scoring-systems/)
2023-12-28T12:37:00Z	**The Dangers in My Heart S1 Anime Review** With season 2 of The Dangers in My Heart just around the corner, I review season 1 of the middle school romance with an antisocial boy and a popular model.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Heights in “The Dangers in My Heart” Anime](https://thenewleafjournal.com/leaf/heights-in-the-dangers-of-my-heart-anime/) - [Height differences in anime romances](https://thenewleafjournal.com/height-differences-in-anime-romances/) - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-dangers-in-my-heart-s1-review/)
2023-12-29T22:02:22Z	**Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki S1 Anime Review** A full and complete review of the first season of Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki, which aired in 2021.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)](https://thenewleafjournal.com/anime-recommendations-of-the-decade-2011-20/) - [The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-angel-next-door-spoils-me-rotten-anime-review/) - [The Best Anime Series of 2021](https://thene ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/bottom-tier-character-tomozaki-anime-s1-review/)
2024-01-01T03:20:17Z	**December 2023 at The New Leaf Journal** What better way to spend New Year's weekend than to catch up on The New Leaf Journal's fresh December 2023 content?  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-new-leaf-journal-celebrates-its-first-birthday/) - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-altogether-and-insani-visual-novel-translations/) - [io [Christmas Eve] - Visual Novel ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/december-2023-at-the-new-leaf-journal/)
2024-01-01T05:54:19Z	**New Leaf Journal Year-In-Review: 2023** Justin and Justina review the 54 most-visited articles at The New Leaf Journal in 2023.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-new-leaf-journal-celebrates-its-first-birthday/) - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-altogether-and-insani-visual-novel-translations/) - [The Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100](https://thenewleafjournal. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/new-leaf-journal-year-in-review-2023/)
2024-01-05T14:05:00Z	**Cycling Doping Fallacies** Addressing an interesting argument that because Lance Armstrong was the best stage racing cyclist in a largely doped field, he would have been the best clean cyclist in a clean field.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Most-Visited NLJ Articles of 1H 2023](https://thenewleafjournal.com/most-visited-nlj-articles-of-1h-2023/) - [The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-best-of-anime-in-2022-year-in-review/) - [Golf and Immigration: Matter of Masters](h ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/cycling-doping-fallacies/)
2024-01-05T18:09:00Z	**Correcting the Yoshi-Dragonite Record** I celebrated April Fools in 2021 with an article about a 1999 April Fools video game magazine joke I read as […]  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Expert Gamer's 1999 Yoshi in Pokémon April Fools Prank](https://thenewleafjournal.com/expert-gamer-1999-yoshi-in-pokemon-april-fools-prank/) - [Recording a Test New Leaf Journal Pokémon Sword and…](https://thenewleafjournal.com/recording-a-test-new-leaf-journal-pokemon-sword-and-shield-battle/) - [Dragonair Safari  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/correcting-the-yoshi-dragonite-record/)
2024-01-06T18:15:17Z	**2023 Anime Year in Review** N.A. Ferrell ranks the top six anime series that concluded in 2023, lists honorable mentions, and gives several category-specific awards.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-altogether-and-insani-visual-novel-translations/) - [New Leaf Journal Year-In-Review: 2023](https://thenewleafjournal.com/new-leaf-journal-year-in-review-2023/) - [Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ](https://thenewleafj ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/2023-anime-year-in-review/)
2024-01-08T19:06:50Z	**On Reports of Instagram in Classrooms** This will come as a shock to all of our readers, but I (N.A. Ferrell) do not approve of requiring Instagram usage for school assignments.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The dangers of adapting school to tech](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-dangers-of-adapting-school-to-tech/) - [The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho](https://thenewleafjournal.com/ancient-accounts-on-the-enigmatic-life-and-death-of-emperor-otho/) - [Anime Case Against Japan's Popu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/on-reports-of-instagram-in-classrooms/)
2024-01-12T20:26:25Z	**Carroll Gardens Library Renovations** A short report on reports about the temporary closure of the Carroll Gardens Library with original photographs.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [A Walk Across the Hamilton Avenue Footbridge](https://thenewleafjournal.com/a-walk-across-the-hamilton-avenue-footbridge/) - [Justin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to…](https://thenewleafjournal.com/justin-justina-4th-of-july-grill-sacrifices-to-the-spirits-of-the-founders/) - [A Trip Across Brooklyn's Summit  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/carroll-gardens-library-renovations/)
2024-01-14T17:08:15Z	**Shopping on AI (Sp)Amazon** Justin comes across FOPEAS's "I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy. My purpose is to provide helpful and respectful information to users-Brown" on Amazon and asks Justina for her take on the product.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho](https://thenewleafjournal.com/ancient-accounts-on-the-enigmatic-life-and-death-of-emperor-otho/) - [Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)](https://thenewleafjou ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/shopping-on-ai-spamazon/)
2024-01-18T21:21:20Z	**Provocative Out-Of-Context Headlines** While I am very much in the pro-video game ownership side of things, I had to call foul on a headline taking a seemingly anti-ownership quote by a Ubisoft executive out of its original context.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [History of the Mario Party Gloves](https://thenewleafjournal.com/history-of-the-mario-party-gloves/) - [Searching for the "Libertarian Moment"](https://thenewleafjournal.com/searching-for-the-libertarian-moment/) - [Leaving the Phrase "R ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/provocative-out-of-context-headlines/)
2024-01-19T14:45:00Z	**Reviewing YOGA Image Optimizer** I review YOGA Image Optimizer, a free and open source GUI image optimization tool, from the context of someone using it to reduce the size of small images for a minimal WordPress blog.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho](https://thenewleafjournal.com/ancient-accounts-on-the-enigmatic-life-and-death-of-emperor-otho/) - [Flood of Tears - Visual Novel Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/flood-of-tears-visual-novel-review/) - [2023 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/reviewing-yoga-image-optimizer/)
2024-01-20T18:15:00Z	**My Logitech Washable Wired Keyboard K310** I review my Logitech Washable K310 keyboard as it approaches its 11th birthday on my computer desk.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Replacing soundbar and re-configuring universal…](https://thenewleafjournal.com/replacing-soundbar-and-re-configuring-universal-remote/) - [The Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-newsletter-leaf-journal-lxix-the-moved-leaf-journal/) - [The 9.9.99 Computer Bug That Wa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/my-logitech-washable-wired-keyboard-k310/)
2024-01-23T18:27:49Z	**&#8220;Survive and Advance&#8221; Visual Novel Choices** I apply the term "survive and advance" from March Madness to describe a common visual novel choice structure where multiple choices have at least one game over option.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Flood of Tears - Visual Novel Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/flood-of-tears-visual-novel-review/) - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-altogether-and-insani-visual-novel-translati ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/survive-and-advance-visual-novel-choices/)
2024-01-24T13:45:00Z	**al&#124;together Visual Novel Rank Intro** Back in December 2020, I came up with the idea to review nearly all of the 31 doujin Japanese visual novels […]  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal…](https://thenewleafjournal.com/justin-justina-the-most-read-new-leaf-journal-content-of-2021/) - [Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ](https://thenewleafjournal.com/justin-and-justina-review-2022-at-the-nlj/) - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/altogether-visual-novel-rank-intro/)
2024-01-25T13:45:00Z	**al&#124;together Visual Novel Ranking (31-21)** The first of three legs of my al\|together visual novel ranking covers novels 31-21 on my list.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-altogether-and-insani-visual-novel-translations/) - [Red Shift Visual Novel Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/red-shift-visual-novel-review/) - [Flood of Tears - Visual Novel Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/flood-of-tears-visu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/altogether-visual-novel-ranking-31-21/)
2024-01-26T14:00:00Z	**On Google Chrome&#8217;s New AI Features** I offer my opinion on whether Google's promoting new AI tools with Chrome for drafting forum posts and reviews will contribute to making the internet a better place.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Query for Bing on blacklisting and ChatGPT](https://thenewleafjournal.com/query-for-bing-on-blacklisting-and-chatgpt/) - [Amazon Black Hat Seller Scenario](https://thenewleafjournal.com/amazon-black-hat-seller-scenario/) - [The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its Firs ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/on-google-chromes-new-ai-features/)
2024-01-27T22:46:22Z	**al&#124;together Visual Novel Ranking (20-11)** The second part of my al\|together visual novel ranking covers the ten translations I have ranked 20-11.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-altogether-and-insani-visual-novel-translations/) - [Red Shift Visual Novel Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/red-shift-visual-novel-review/) - [Flood of Tears - Visual Novel Review](https://thenewleafjournal.com/flood-of-t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/altogether-visual-novel-ranking-20-11/)
2024-01-29T20:41:02Z	**Missing Temu Ads Through Good Internet Usage** I recently learned about some shopping app called Temu. I contemplated my obliviousness and determined that I owe my lack of knowledge to good internet usage.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [An In-Depth Look at Norton Safe Search](https://thenewleafjournal.com/norton-safe-search-review/) - [A 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…](https://thenewleafjournal.com/a-2021-list-of-alternative-search-engines-and-search-resources/) - [Co ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/missing-temu-ads-through-good-internet-usage/)
2024-01-30T12:45:00Z	**al&#124;together Visual Novel Ranking (10-1)** I rank the top 10 visual novel translations to emerge from the 31 pieces translated for the 2005, 2006, and 2008 al\|together festivals.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [al\|together Visual Novel Rank Intro](https://thenewleafjournal.com/altogether-visual-novel-rank-intro/) - [al\|together Visual Novel Ranking (20-11)](https://thenewleafjournal.com/altogether-visual-novel-ranking-20-11/) - [al\|together Visual Novel Ranking (31-21)](https://thenewleafj ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/altogether-visual-novel-ranking-10-1/)
2024-02-01T04:44:30Z	**January 2024 at The New Leaf Journal** January was highlighted by a surprise newsletter share and Hacker News page 1 appearance early in the month, but we also published 17 new articles on many interesting topics.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-new-leaf-journal-celebrates-its-first-birthday/) - [The Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-newsletter-leaf-journal-at-100/) - [The al\|toge ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/january-2024-at-the-new-leaf-journal/)
2024-02-01T14:15:00Z	**Organizing RSS and ATOM Feed Sources** Sharing my system for organizing my personal RSS/ATOM feed collection and discussing other systems seen around the web.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Feeds and Read-It-Later for Online Reading](https://thenewleafjournal.com/feeds-and-read-it-later-for-online-reading/) - [An Introduction to RSS and Other Feed Formats](https://thenewleafjournal.com/an-introduction-to-rss-and-other-feed-formats/) - [Against Twitter as a Content Curator](https://thenewleafjourn ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/organizing-rss-and-atom-feed-sources/)
2024-02-02T13:30:00Z	**Changing Hair Color in &#8220;A Sign of Affection&#8221;** Examining overwhelming circumstantial evidence of Yuki Itose's use of hair dye in the first two episodes of the A Sign of Affection anime adaptation.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [Hair Color in Japanese Anime, Manga, and Games](https://thenewleafjournal.com/collection/hair-color-in-japanese-anime-manga-and-games/) - [Understanding Hair Color in the Kimi ni Todoke Anime Series](https://thenewleafjournal.com/understanding-hair-color- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/changing-hair-color-in-a-sign-of-affection/)
2024-02-03T21:09:19Z	**Comparing my al&#124;together VN rank to VNDB** I compare my al\|together visual novel rankings with the Visual Novel Database average user scores for all 31 pieces.  ##### Possibly related posts...  - [The al\|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-altogether-and-insani-visual-novel-translations/) - [al\|together Visual Novel Ranking (10-1)](https://thenewleafjournal.com/altogether-visual-novel-ranking-10-1/) - [al\|together Visual Novel Ranking (20-11)](ht ... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/comparing-my-altogether-vn-rank-to-vndb/)
2024-02-05T13:05:00Z	**Itsuomi&#8217;s Hair Color in A Sign of Affection** I am watching an ongoing shoujo romance anime called A Sign of Affection. After I watched the fourth episode, I published […] ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/itsuomis-hair-color-in-a-sign-of-affection/)
2024-02-07T20:22:27Z	**Free H2O Seen in Brooklyn** You can find many free things left outside in Brooklyn, New York. This includes free furniture, free books, and, apparently, free gallons of Poland Spring water. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/free-h2o-seen-in-brooklyn/)
2024-02-08T13:30:00Z	**Outline Guide to Persona 3 FES The Answer** I share an old outline party composition guide that I wrote for Persona 3 FES's The Answer epilogue back in 2011 or 2012. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/outline-guide-to-persona-3-fes-the-answer/)
2024-02-13T21:09:47Z	**Sources On Ai Ai Gasa (Love Umbrella)** I consult original English sources to get to the bottom of the meaning and history of Japan's ai ai gasa ("love umbrella"). ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/sources-on-ai-ai-gasa-love-umbrella/)
2024-02-14T19:09:46Z	**EDDA Café &#8211; Visual Novel Review** A full review of EDDA Café, a short, very aesthetic, freeware original English-language visual novel by an Indonesian studio focusing on overcoming regrets related to a tragedy that occurred on a certain Valentine's Day. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/edda-cafe-visual-novel-review/)
2024-02-17T20:13:50Z	**Persona 3 FES Reaper Strategy (Infinity)** I recall a creative strategy I used to take down a difficult enemy called the Reaper in Persona 3 FES. Instead of the common approach (using Thunder Reign), I made use of a special move called Infinity. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/persona-3-fes-reaper-strategy-infinity/)
2024-02-19T12:00:00Z	**Presidents Who Went By Middle Names** Four Presidents -- Hiram ULYSSES Grant, Stephen GROVER Cleveland, Thomas WOODROW Wilson, and John CALVIN Coolidge -- effectively used their middle names as first names. In this article, I examine each of these interesting presidential name cases. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/presidents-who-went-by-middle-names/)
2024-02-20T13:00:00Z	**A Sign of Affection Ep 7 Hair Color Notes** Episodes 2 and 5 of A Sign of Affection indirectly established that main characters Yuki Itose and Itsuomi Nagi dye their hair. Episode 7 brought further notes about their hair color and one on Itsuomi's friend, Shin Iryū. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/a-sign-of-affection-ep-7-hair-color-notes/)
2024-02-22T19:45:18Z	**WordPress.com One-Page Feed Aggregator Site** On creating a single-page feed aggregator site for The New Leaf Journal and related projects using WordPress.com's free plan. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/wordpress-com-one-page-feed-aggregator-site/)
2024-02-23T18:53:42Z	**Tomozaki Anime and Big Tech Social Media** Examining the promotion of "Pinstagram" as a tool for social climbing in school in season two of Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki-kun. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/tomozaki-anime-and-big-tech-social-media/)
2024-02-27T14:27:00Z	**Introducing Pokémon Red Novel Project** I introduce my Pokémon Prismatic Adventures project, wherein I will play through Pokémon Red, turn my play-through into a novel/strategy guide, and serialize the novel here at The New Leaf Journal. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/introducing-pokemon-red-novel-project/)
2024-03-01T01:09:44Z	**True Remembrance (Insani) &#8211; Visual Novel Review** I review Insani's 2008 local treanslation of Satomi Shiba's excellent doujin freeware visual novel, True Remembrance. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/true-remembrance-insani-visual-novel-review/)
2024-03-01T17:08:44Z	**February 2024 at The New Leaf Journal** Reviewing the month that was in new articles at The New Leaf Journal in February 2024 and the triumph of anime hair color in our monthly ranking. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/february-2024-at-the-new-leaf-journal/)
2024-03-01T18:02:30Z	**Shin Iryū&#8217;s Hair Color in A Sign of Affection** Having looked at the changing hair color of the two protagonists of A Sign of Affection, Yuki and Itsuomi, I examine the hair color of Itsuomi's high school friends, Shin Iryū and Ema Nakasono. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/shin-iryus-hair-color-in-a-sign-of-affection/)
2024-03-02T19:45:00Z	**Fallen One Way Sign in DUMBO** A short report on a fallen ONE WAY sign on the Columbia Heights hill from Brooklyn Heights to DUMBO. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/fallen-one-way-sign-in-dumbo/)
2024-03-04T19:56:33Z	**High School  Newspaper Microsoft Publisher Memories** Microsoft's impending discontinuation of Publisher made me recall my experiences using it as the student editor of my high school paper in the late 2000s. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/high-school-newspaper-microsoft-publisher-memories/)
2024-03-05T16:31:07Z	**History of My Anime Hair Color Project** I commemorate the unexpected dominance of my first two articles about hair color in A Sign of Affection in our February article ranking with a history of my anime/manga/game hair color project. Let's start in 2012... ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/history-of-my-anime-hair-color-project/)
2024-03-06T15:47:38Z	**Revisiting My Ideal E-Ink QWERTY Phone** The commencement of crowd-funding for The Minimal Phone, an e-ink phone with a QWERTY keyboard, prompts me to revisit my similar ideal phone concept. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/revisiting-my-ideal-e-ink-qwerty-phone/)
2024-03-11T20:44:54Z	**Humane Content in World of Language Models** An interesting essay on proving one's humanity on the internet inspires me to take a slightly different look at what it means to create humane writing and media online. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/humane-content-in-world-of-language-models/)
2024-03-12T17:09:42Z	**Itsuomi Nagi&#8217;s Hair Color Experiments** Itsuomi Nagi reveals the reason behind his unusual silver hair color in episode 10 of A Sign of Affection. We learn it is not Itsuomi's call, but the "experiment" of his hair stylist friend. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/itsuomi-nagis-hair-color-experiments/)
2024-03-13T18:43:45Z	**Donut Fender in Greenpoint, Brooklyn** I took a rare (and long walk) to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and checked out the Newtwon Creek Nature Walk. I submit for your enjoyment a photograph of a large orange "DONUT FENDER." ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/donut-fender-in-greenpoint-brooklyn/)
2024-03-14T12:28:00Z	**Boku no Shokora &#8211; Visual Novel Review** I celebrate White Day with Boku no Shokora, an unofficial English translation of an over-the-top doujin visual novel that comes with an entire "White Day Scenario" ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/boku-no-shokora-visual-novel-review/)
2024-03-21T12:40:00Z	**On Twitter&#8217;s (Now X&#8217;s) Re-Branding** I question whether Elon Musk can re-brand X into a platform for reading articles when it still carries Twitter's distinct brand and legacy. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/on-twitters-now-xs-re-branding/)
2024-03-21T12:45:00Z	**Bad New York City Branding on Social Media** I question New York City Mayor Eric Adams' describing his city as "the Port-Au-Prince of America" from a political branding perspective. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/bad-new-york-city-branding-on-social-media/)
2024-03-22T12:00:00Z	**Power Macintosh G3 in Nana Anime** An unusually detailed computer in episode 11 of Nana, an anime which aired in 2006-2007, set me off on a journey to identify the vintage computer in question. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/power-macintosh-g3-in-nana-anime/)
2024-03-27T18:09:59Z	**Evaluating Purpose in Organizing Feeds** I published an essay about different methods for organizing a collection of RSS/ATOM/JSON feed sources on February 1, 2024. Yukinu, who […] ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/evaluating-purpose-in-organizing-feeds/)
2024-03-28T12:36:00Z	**Against Buying Games From Smart TV Stores** Although I do not use my "smart" TV's operating system and thus cannot buy things from its store, I confidently recommend against buying smart TV games from a smart TV store. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/against-buying-games-from-smart-tv-stores/)
2024-03-28T18:38:19Z	**A Sign of Affection &#8211; Anime Review** The winter 2024 adaptation of A Sign of Affection gave me five articles about anime hair color. Having written so much about it already, I decided to write a full review of the eseason itself, separate from its great hair color topics. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/a-sign-of-affection-anime-review/)
2024-03-29T12:46:00Z	**Snack Recommendation: Carr&#8217;s Whole Wheat Crackers** I go to the grocery store a couple of days a week. The general purpose grocery stores I go to (as […] ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/snack-recommendation-carrs-whole-wheat-crackers/)
2024-04-01T12:00:00Z	**NYC Board of Elections Pigeon Mailer** I received a mailing from the NYC Board of Elections about the April 2, 2024 Presidential Primary. I already knew when the primary was but I came away impressed with a pigeon on the mailer. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/nyc-board-of-elections-pigeon-mailer/)
2024-04-03T17:45:10Z	**March 2024 at The New Leaf Journal** Reviewing the month that was at The New Leaf Journal in March 2024 as we bring the first quarter of the year to a close. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/march-2024-at-the-new-leaf-journal/)
2024-04-04T17:09:57Z	**Palworld Article Feed Reader Filter Evasion** I filtered all headlines and descriptions containing the word "Palworld" from appearing in my RSS and ATOM feed items. I did not know until April 1, 2024, that I also needed to filter "Pal World." ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/palworld-article-feed-reader-filter-evasion/)
2024-04-06T01:40:11Z	**Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki &#8211; S2 Review** A comprehenshive spoiler-lite review of the second season of the Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki anime. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/bottom-tier-character-tomozaki-s2-review/)
2024-04-07T11:00:00Z	**Google Search and Independent Websites** I use Retro Dodo's complaints about a dramatic and unexplained decrease in its Google traffic to caution webmasters against relying solely on Google Search to deliver visitors. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/google-search-and-independent-websites/)
2024-04-10T17:35:52Z	**Defining Maria Sakamaki Syndrome** I use the case of an unnaturally intelligent 6-year old visual novel character to describe a specific character-writing flaw in fiction. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/defining-maria-sakamaki-syndrome/)
2024-04-11T12:29:00Z	**La&#8217;s Silver Hair in True Remembrance** La, the 17-year old co-protagonist of the excellent visual novel True Remembrance, has silver hair. The rest of the cast have seemingly natural and expected hair colors. I study La's unexpected silver mane. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/las-silver-hair-in-true-remembrance/)
2024-04-12T17:30:53Z	**The Eclipse Seen From Brooklyn Heights** Crescent shadows, beams of light, and the Sun seen over my shoulder: A collection of solar eclipse photos from a sidewalk in Brooklyn Heights. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-eclipse-seen-from-brooklyn-heights/)
2024-04-15T12:10:00Z	**Noguchi Museum Sculpture Garden Magnolias** I walked to the Noguchi Museum in Long Island City, Queens, with a friend on March 16, 2024. By ‘walked,’ I […] ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/noguchi-museum-sculpture-garden-magnolias/)
2024-04-19T13:00:00Z	**Breaking My Hario v60 Coffee Glass** I wrote a post in November 2023 about having gone more than five years without breaking my Hario coffee glass. All good things must come to an end. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/breaking-my-hario-v60-coffee-glass/)
2024-04-19T17:39:07Z	**&#8220;The Boy I Like?&#8221; (Visual Novel Review)** I review The Boy I LIke? -- the English localization of what is effectively a freeware doujin meme visual novel ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-boy-i-like-visual-novel-review/)
2024-04-26T11:32:00Z	**On Charging for Google Translate Translations** I question charging for a manga streaming service that uses unmodified Google Translate "translations." But par for the course, I question it for lack of wisdom more than for lack of morality. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/on-charging-for-google-translate-translations/)
2024-04-28T16:18:00Z	**The Dangers in My Heart S2 Anime Review** While the first season of The Dangers in My Heart missed my 2023 top-six list, the second season proved to be the first genuine anime of the year candidate for 2024. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-dangers-in-my-heart-s2-anime-review/)
2024-05-01T18:47:16Z	**Cherry Blossom Car and Petals in Brooklyn** Cars with cherry blossoms and actual cherry blossoms seen in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, in April 2024. ⌘ [Read more](https://thenewleafjournal.com/cherry-blossom-car-and-petals-in-brooklyn/)