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Nicholas Ferrell

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Official account for The New Leaf Journal, the perennially virid online writing magazine covering many topics. Posts by site Admin/Editor @nafnlj.
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Memories of Shiny Drowzee in Pokémon Gold

Memories of Shiny Drowzee in Pokémon Gold

thenewleafjournal.com — Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the North American release of Pokémon Gold and Silver with the story of how I caught a shiny purple Drowzee in Gold.
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Victor V. Gurbo Interview On Outrun the Invisible Man

Victor V. Gurbo Interview On Outrun the Invisible Man

thenewleafjournal.com — Brooklyn musician Victor V. Gurbo discusses his and Mark Caserta's new album, Outrun the Invisible Man, with Nicholas Ferrell of The New Leaf Journal.
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Early Rotting Carved Halloween Pumpkins in Brooklyn

Early Rotting Carved Halloween Pumpkins in Brooklyn

thenewleafjournal.com — We learn that it is unwise to put out carved Halloween pumpkins in Brooklyn more than three weeks before Halloween, especially when it is warm outside.
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Reviewing iMoon For Ubuntu Touch

Reviewing iMoon For Ubuntu Touch

thenewleafjournal.com — A full review of the iMoon App for Ubuntu Touch as used on a Google Pixel 3a XL running UT 24.04 and a Nexus 7 running UT 16.04.
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Using a Small Paper Clip as SIM Tray Tool

Using a Small Paper Clip as SIM Tray Tool

thenewleafjournal.com — I demonstrate how to use a small paper clip as a SIM tray ejection tool and compare it to an IFIXIT bit for ejecting SIM trays.
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Christmas Countdown Clock in September

Christmas Countdown Clock in September

thenewleafjournal.com — While walking in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, in September 2025, I came across an unexpected site: An inflatable snowman Christmas countdown clock.
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Trying Droidian on a Google Pixel 3a XL

Trying Droidian on a Google Pixel 3a XL

thenewleafjournal.com — I had planned to try Ubuntu Touch on a Google Pixel 3a XL. But before I installed Ubuntu Touch, I gave Droidian a try after seeing it in the UBports Installer.
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Broken Wheel on Amazon eQuad Cargo Bike

Broken Wheel on Amazon eQuad Cargo Bike

thenewleafjournal.com — I saw an Amazon eQuad cargo bike in a crosswalk and leaning in the rain in Brooklyn Heights. Upon closer inspection, I saw it had a broken front wheel.
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Jim Walden's Connecticut Plates

Jim Walden's Connecticut Plates

thenewleafjournal.com — I noticed that Jim Walden's NYC mayoral campaign car had Connecticut license plates. That fact proved to be relevant when he failed to be removed from the ballot.
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Aegis Authenticator and Linux Authenticator

Aegis Authenticator and Linux Authenticator

thenewleafjournal.com — I describe how I use Aegis Authenticator to manage TOTP on my phone and access my database on my Linux computers with Authenticator from Flathub.
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Thinkbot Visits The New Leaf Journal

Thinkbot Visits The New Leaf Journal

thenewleafjournal.com — I blocked a web crawler which identifies itself as Thinkbot several months ago. I discovered via Hacker News that I am not the only webmaster who has noticed Thinkbot.
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Finding the Best RSS/ATOM Feed

Finding the Best RSS/ATOM Feed

thenewleafjournal.com — Some websites offer cluttered or empty main RSS/ATOM feeds. However, in some cases, taxonomic feeds (e.g., category, author) may provide a better experience.
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Kazuya's Hair Color in Rent-A-Girlfriend

Kazuya's Hair Color in Rent-A-Girlfriend

thenewleafjournal.com — A flashback scene in the fourth season of the Rent-A-Girlfriend anime revealed that the brown-haired protagonist Kazuya's hair is naturally black.
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U.S. Air Force Targets Cybertrucks

U.S. Air Force Targets Cybertrucks

thenewleafjournal.com — I offer a specious take on the United States Air Force's request for Tesla Cybertrucks to use for target practice.
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My Boxed Water Is Better Story

My Boxed Water Is Better Story

thenewleafjournal.com — I read an op-ed criticizing the environmental claims of the Boxed Water is Better brand. This reminded me of when I received a free box of water near Prospect Park.
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Missing the "Liquid Death" Marketing Campaign

Missing the "Liquid Death" Marketing Campaign

thenewleafjournal.com — On the same day I noticed "Liquid Death" for the first time, I learned that the brand has been popular on social media. I investigate how I missed the hype.
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Ventoux Too: Pogačar's New TDF Climbing Record

Ventoux Too: Pogačar's New TDF Climbing Record

thenewleafjournal.com — Stage 16 of the 2025 Tour de France saw the fastest ascents of Mont Ventoux with Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard destroying Iban Mayo's 2004 climb.
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Happy Cleaners Cargo Trike in Gowanus

Happy Cleaners Cargo Trike in Gowanus

thenewleafjournal.com — Taking a look at the Happy Cleaners mini cargo trike parked by the Brooklyn laundry business's Gowanus location.
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On Online Reader Expectations

On Online Reader Expectations

thenewleafjournal.com — An article about contemporary ttravel writing trends led me to wonder whether readers prefer generic articles or simply expect them,
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Pogačar Chases Riis on Hautacam

Pogačar Chases Riis on Hautacam

thenewleafjournal.com — Comparing Tadej Pogačar's blistering attack on Hautacam in the 2025 Tour de France to Bjarnie Riis' record clim in 1996 and other top performances.
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Five Years of the Koko Analytics WordPress Plugin

Five Years of the Koko Analytics WordPress Plugin

thenewleafjournal.com — Commemorating five years of using the Koko Analytics WordPress plugin on The New Leaf Journal with updated thoughts and 60 months of stats.
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On Forcing AI Where It Does Not Belong

On Forcing AI Where It Does Not Belong

thenewleafjournal.com — Thoughts on how to avoid unwanted AI features when they are forced or shoehorned into products and services which previously did without.
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NBA Championship Droughts

NBA Championship Droughts

thenewleafjournal.com — 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.
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Catching 151 Pokémon in Google Search

Catching 151 Pokémon in Google Search

thenewleafjournal.com — In April 2025, Google and Pokémon teamed up to create a Google Search-based Pokémon-catching minigame. I talk about catching all 151 Pokémon in one sitting.
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