I would say that the quote "but I’m like uh like literally like" speaks for itself. However, the problem may well be that it does not speak for itself (or anything at all). | Continue reading
Justin has noticed that the "cool" people walk around with unappetizing green drinks in clear cups. This inspires in Justin a plan to have his shake and drink it too. | Continue reading
I examine the worst NBA playoff teams in the 16-team playoff era (going back to 1983-84) by SRS. In addition, I tell some of their playoff stories. | Continue reading
A new report in Marketing Brew inspires my commentary against poorly-defined "creators" and "influencers" and against passive "content consumption." | Continue reading
One blossoming tree in Red Hook anticipated the coming of spring. | Continue reading
I collect links from around the web to share in my weekly newsletter. In this article, I show off my workflow for finding, saving, and formatting these links. | Continue reading
Tackling a disturbing contemporary New York City issue: The disturbingly shoddy state of insulated Grubhub food delivery bags. | Continue reading
I like seeing new referring sites in my Koko Analytics logs. I am not so sure about seeing sites which offer school papers for a fee, however. | Continue reading
The recent acquisition of Pokémon Go by a Saudi Arabian company inspired me to look at the complicated history of Pokémon in Saudi Arabia. | Continue reading
The Moon's reflection in Downtown Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Tabernacle aglow in red. | Continue reading
A vacant office location for Ageless Men's Health in Brooklyn Heights. Surely a pun will follow. | Continue reading
A review of the month that was in The New Leaf Journal in February 2025, including new articles on anime and emoji memories and our most-visited posts. | Continue reading
I frequented an excellent Dunkin' Donuts location in Bay Ridge in the late 2000s when I was in high school. I then learned that not all Dunkin' Donuts are the same. | Continue reading
I describe how I overcame a Pacman (Linux package manager error) by looking up a key Arch Linux news update that I had missed. | Continue reading
One internet writer responds to an internet prompt asking for tips on how to develop consistent blogging habits. | Continue reading
Adding an OpenWRT-powered wireless access point to my unnecessarily complicated home internet set-up. | Continue reading
I learned that you can use Amazon Appstore on regular Android devices in an article about how that will soon no longer be possible. | Continue reading
A two-part visual novel review. First I look at the very melancholy 40 Days and 40 Nights of Rain. Second I look at a short spinoff visual novel which taks place during the story of 40 Days and 40 Nights, A Happy Valentine. | Continue reading
When I saw an NBCU executive talk about her desire to "feed them content" -- with "them" being her "customers" -- I knew that I had to write an article. | Continue reading
Photographs of the Valentine's Day bear necessities seen in two Brooklyn neighborhoods. | Continue reading
Somehow, an anime about people playing a virtual reality video game leads into a discussion of the Soseki-tsuki ga kirei legend. | Continue reading
Himari Ishikura in the "I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class" has blonde hair. I studied the anime to get to the bottom of how her hair color is understood in-world. | Continue reading
Let's check in on how we started 2025 with one of our busiest months to date. | Continue reading
Recalling the time a friend tried to sell me on the TV show "24" by writing a long dialogue in AIM using emojis to depict protagonist Jack Bauer. | Continue reading
Handing out specific category awards for the best anime of 2024. | Continue reading
I rank what I think are the six best TV anime of 2024 along with 15 notables and honorable mentions. | Continue reading
I take a second look at the flagship Pixelfed instance more than four years after publishing a "first impressions" review. | Continue reading
Despite being elected to their second terms 20 years apart, Presidents Donald Trump and George W. Bush won 44 states in common in 2024 and 2004 respectively. I take a closer look at the top-line results. | Continue reading
We have covered rotting pumpkins. Today I cover a pumpkin in a hat standing bravely athwart the January elements, hanging on longer than any pumpkin should have to. | Continue reading
Too often, decorative pumpkins are left outdoors to rot in later months. But sometimes, as I saw in Carroll Gardens on December 19, 2024, the Pumpkin Taker does his job. | Continue reading
Toto seeks to dominate the U.S. toilet market. That will be hard when you can find free "hardly used" toilets for the taking while walking through Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. | Continue reading
A short post on enabling a new Charging optimization feature on my GrapheneOS-powered Google Pixel 6a which I suppose doubles as a PSA. | Continue reading
Justina of our Justin & Justina dialogue duo once defended Instagram because it makes her feel miserable and inadequate. Justin turns to her for her take on Instagram's new AI characters. | Continue reading
While the 2024-25 Celtics are on pace to shatter single-season three-point records, I take a moment to defend the honor and legacy of their three-point-happy predecessors, the 2002-03 Celtics. | Continue reading
I have seen several single-color Cybertrucks in the wild in Brooklyn. However, until December 20, 2024, I had never seen a company-branded Cybertruck on the road (or in this case, parked). | Continue reading
The Army football team was on the periphery of the college football playoff mix in 2024. I noted that the Army-Navy game was played after the playoff field was finalized. This led to a research project. | Continue reading
I review The New Leaf Journal's 81 most-visited articles of 2024, with a little help on the top-12 from our resident dialogue duo. | Continue reading
I took a break from working on bringing 2024 to a close to write a short article bringing December 2024, our busiest non-Hacker News month on record, to a proper conclusion. | Continue reading
Would you rather enter the NBA Playoffs with the best regular season win-loss record or the best net rating? I investigate. | Continue reading
A short original English language visual novel which teaches us that seasons are people and people have feelings. | Continue reading
The Brooklyn Heights Promenade sits atop the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and overlooks Brooklyn Bridge Park below, with a clear view over the […] | Continue reading
If we define having made it as receiving a green "Safe" checkmark from Norton Safeweb, I dare say that The New Leaf Journal has finally made it. | Continue reading
It is December 2024. That means it is time to publish some "additional" anime awards for 2023. (That is not supposed to make sense, this is a very late article.) | Continue reading
I share 54 things I learned in 2024, with links to sources for each thing I learned. End your year by learning what I learned. | Continue reading
I was about to add a carton of on-sale Silk cashew milk to my shopping basket on December 12, 2024 before I noticed that the sell-by date was November 2, 2024. | Continue reading
I read a December 7, 2024 report by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) titled Lukashenko’s Hidden Circle: The […] | Continue reading
After several years of using mpv Media Player, I only just discovered that the logo wears a Santa hat in December. This led to a brief GitHub investigation. | Continue reading
Suspected murderer Luigi Mangione allegedly confided in his landlord about his struggles with physical intimacy due to chronic back pain. I raise important questions about landlord-tenant relationships these days. | Continue reading