Overheard: I am THE MAT · The New Leaf Journal
I heared man excitedly exclaim to his friend “I am The Mat!” His friend had an unexpectedly clever report for what The Mat could do with himself as a mat.| The New Leaf Journal
I heared man excitedly exclaim to his friend “I am The Mat!” His friend had an unexpectedly clever report for what The Mat could do with himself as a mat.| The New Leaf Journal
The Oklahoma City Thunder’s 2025 NBA Finals victory snapped a franchise title drought going back to the Seattle SuperSonics 1978-79 title. I look at the longest current NBA title droughts.| The New Leaf Journal
On using domain-specific Google News search RSS feeds as a way to receive updates from sites which block some feed readers or do not offer RSS/ATOM feeds.| The New Leaf Journal
A fictional dialogue about the dangers of heroism in traffic - with a stuffed armadillo making an appearance.| The New Leaf Journal
On finding and enabling the new Charging optimization toggle in GrapheneOS on my Google Pixel 6a for limiting charging to 80%.| The New Leaf Journal
I read a report questioning how much Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko spends on his hairstylist. I looked at a recent photograph and had a different question.| The New Leaf Journal
Examining an endearing extended warranty card for the iVANKY optical audio cable and the story of why I needed the cable in the first place.| The New Leaf Journal
Victor V. Gurbo, no fan of kokeshi dolls, took a photo of Nicholas A. Ferrell’s Kokeshi Doll against the backdrop of a monitor - creating a silhouette effect.| The New Leaf Journal
An in-depth examination of a scene from Persona 4 wherein Dojima gives Nanako coffee on a school night, enshrining him as a video game hero.| The New Leaf Journal
I describe a unique strategy with the fusion move Infinity to fight the Reaper in Persona 3 FES. Infinity protects my party while grinding down Reaper’s health.| The New Leaf Journal
I revisit an outline team-building strategy guide for Persona 3 FES’s The Answer epilogue that I wrote in 2011 for a friend before he started.| The New Leaf Journal
A comprehensive look at the English sources on the anecdote that Natsume Sōseki translated “I love you” as “Tsuki ga kirei desu ne.”| The New Leaf Journal
This post includes a video of Victor V. Gurbo’s original song, “Mondrian,” along with his discussing how he came to write the piece.| The New Leaf Journal
I tell the story of discovering a game of Mario Party that I left unfinished for nearly 20 years and how I finally finished it.| The New Leaf Journal
The story of that one time Lysithea, a proverbial magic glass cannon in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, turned into a physical tank.| The New Leaf Journal
I tell the story of how I rescued a fallen trash can in Gowanus, and speciously explain that a deed is only heroic if you tell everyone about it.| The New Leaf Journal
New Leaf Journal editor Nicholas A. Ferrell lists the 12 video games that left the biggest impression on him over nearly 30 years of playing games.| The New Leaf Journal
I explain Pokémon Gold & Silver’s slogan for New Bark Town - “The Town Where Winds of a New Beginning Blow” - gave me ideas for The New Leaf Journal.| The New Leaf Journal
Sign-up page for The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of The New Leaf Journal. Readers can sign up via email or RSS.| The New Leaf Journal
A humorous review of the 50 most-visited New Leaf Journal articles of 2021. Let no one say the content was not varied.| The New Leaf Journal
I list several alternative search engines to Google and Bing and discuss what one should look for in an alternative search engine.| The New Leaf Journal
A comprehensive review of the unfortunate School Days anime and the infamous “Nice Boat” meme that came out of its final episode.| The New Leaf Journal
A comprehensive study of the views of the ancient Roman historians of the life and death of Emperor Otho, who ruled Rome for three months in 69 AD.| The New Leaf Journal
A short post on a cleverly named private boat, “S-cape,” docked at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Marina and photographed from Pier 5.| The New Leaf Journal
A fictional dialogue making the case (initially, at least) that 999 is the best of all numbers. The dialogue is the 999th full article at The New Leaf Journal.| The New Leaf Journal
Welcome to The Emu Café, a special section of The New Leaf Journal dedicated to discussions about aesthetics and the life lived well.| The New Leaf Journal
I discuss in brief looking for category- and author-specific RSS and ATOM feeds on high-volume websites to keep your feed reader from being overwhelmed.| The New Leaf Journal
School Days’ “nice boat” is one of the best-known anime memes. But another question occurred to me: What happened to the full “nice boat” episode?| The New Leaf Journal
A brief guide to finding Substack RSS feeds and some other notes and thoughts about the importance of offering readers an RSS option.| The New Leaf Journal
Making the case for using a feed collection in conjunction with a read-it-later solution to supplant social media and algorithmic curators for online reading.| The New Leaf Journal
Making the case for RSS feeds and feed readers as the best alternative to big tech news consumption services like Facebook newsfeeds.| The New Leaf Journal
A satirical article by The Babylon Bee about Elon Musk’s Twitter saga inspires a piece on Twitter, content curation, and (of course) RSS/Atom feeds.| The New Leaf Journal
I look at the evolving slogans of the colorful towns and cities of Pokémon’s Kanto and evaluate how well they fit in generations I-IV and VII.| The New Leaf Journal
Inspired by a Nintendo Life survey, I offer my own opinions on the best controllers for Nintendo consoles, separating joystick-free entries from the rest.| The New Leaf Journal
A short piece on my decision to order a GB Operator from Epilogue to play Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Pocket games on my PC.| The New Leaf Journal
Despite the fact that I disconnected my TCL Roku TV from the internet, I get the feeling that it is still watching me. Or is it a stuffed tardigrade?| The New Leaf Journal
The story of and guide to how I used a sticky note to hold an optical audio cable in place after the optical audio door on my Yamaha soundbar broke.| The New Leaf Journal
A comprehensive study on how the Pokémon special split that occurred between generations 1 and 2 affected the original 151 Pokémon.| The New Leaf Journal
Remembering the time I inadvertently made Akihiko spam Megidolaon against me in one of the decisive battles of Persona 3 FES’s Answer epilogue.| The New Leaf Journal
New Leaf Journal editors N.A. Ferrell and Victor V. Gurbo record a Pokémon battle and post it to LBRY/Odysee.| The New Leaf Journal
My review of Pokémon: Pathways to Adventure, a 1999 novelization of Pokémon Red and Blue that doubled as a strategy guide.| The New Leaf Journal
A full review of Midsummer Haze, the official 2006 English translation of a short Japanese doujin freeware visual novel called Manatsu no Kagerou.| The New Leaf Journal
I introduce a project to turn a new play-through of Pokémon Red into a serialized novel and quasi-strategy guide with helpful tips and strategies.| The New Leaf Journal
A look back at the aesthetic wonder of Pokémon Red and Blue and a look forward to how modern Pokémon games can recapture the spirit of the original.| The New Leaf Journal
The story of my wholly unnecessary quest to catch a wild level 15 Dragonair in the Pokémon Yellow Safari Zone after having already caught Dratini.| The New Leaf Journal
Back in 1999, a classmate of mine told me a unique version of the well-known Bill’s Secret Garden legend from Pokémon Red and Blue. I revisit the tale here.| The New Leaf Journal
I set out to catch a Caterpie in Viridian Forest in Pokémon Red. I eventually found and caught one — but only on my 118th Forest encounter.| The New Leaf Journal
The New Leaf Journal is a proponent of RSS and Atom feeds. This page contains our site’s main feed, as well as author, category, and topic options.| The New Leaf Journal
In order to run Midsummer Haze, the official English translation of a 2004 freeware Japanese visual novel, I had to find the original Manatsu no Kagerou.| The New Leaf Journal
The New Leaf Journal’s short introduction to and history of RSS and related feed specifications such as Atom feeds and JSON feeds.| The New Leaf Journal
I describe playing Pokémon Red on a Linux-powered computer and the Ganbatte emulator using the official Nintendo Switch Online SNES controller.| The New Leaf Journal
Examining the original Adobe Flash version of Gogatsu no Sora, a freeware Japanese visual novel localized as May Sky, and running it with Ruffle.| The New Leaf Journal
20 years after the American release of Pokémon Gold and Silver, I revisit New Bark Town, “The Town Where Winds of a New Beginning Blow.”| The New Leaf Journal
Photos of the 2021 Cow Parade in Manhattan along with my account of the 15 mile walk that I took from and back to Brooklyn to see them.| The New Leaf Journal
A humorous dialogue about a strange scrap statute in Gowanus, Brooklyn, which makes reference to the 2021 New York City Cow Parade.| The New Leaf Journal
I investigate the origin of a retired New York City Cow Parade statute seen in a front yard in Manhattan in May 2024.| The New Leaf Journal
I look back on the 2004 NBA Finals wherein the Detroit Pistons upset the Los Angeles Lakers and examine whether the Lakers should have been favored.| The New Leaf Journal
I discuss different methods and systems for organizing a collection of RSS and ATOM feeds in a feed reader to make it easier to follow interesting writing.| The New Leaf Journal
I review Koko Analytics, a small privacy-friendly WordPress plugin, after using it at The New Leaf Journal for 18 months.| The New Leaf Journal
Applying Calvin Coolidge’s 1922 remarks on the home to a concept of a “digital home” in today’s world.| The New Leaf Journal
I reply to an interesting article on maximizing signals to noise in RSS feed collections, which was a response to my article on organizing feeds. I focus here on purpose.| The New Leaf Journal
I describe the process I went through to replace a lemon of a motherboard, complete my computer build, and install Manjaro Linux.| The New Leaf Journal
Victor V. Gurbo shares two recordings of his original melancholy holiday song, Christmas & You, along with a discussion on how he came to write its lyrics.| The New Leaf Journal
