Jul 28, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal O2A2 2026 Visual Novel Review Project (Part 1/2) Reviewing 11 very short visual novels that were submitted to the Itch.io O2A2 2026 - Only One of Any Asset Visual Novel Jam.
Jul 28, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Tiring One nice thing about being depressed is that it almost feels like I have the luxury to tell God, "No, Lord, turn your back on me. I don't need any favors." Because I'm just so tired and incapable o...
Jul 27, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Black Chasm I think the worst kind of writer is not just one who doesn't read, but one who doesn't go out of their way to read good writing. There are many people with blogs or publications who use writing as ...
Jul 26, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Evaluating My Nagoya Basho Predictions On July 11, I made my pre-Nagoya Basho predictions for the fourth grand sumo tournament of 2026. To be precise, I picked eight wrestlers to hit double digit wins. Now that the Nagoya Basho has been...
Jul 26, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal Reviewing Limerence, an al|together-Inspired Visual Novel I review a new indie visual novel that was inspired in part by the al|together 2008 localization of The Letter, which the author stumbled upon thanks to an article in The New Leaf Journal.
Jul 25, 2026 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal ONewSletter Mail Novel 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCXC Leafy Intro Welcome to the 290th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal (“NLJ”) and its short-form wr...
Jul 25, 2026 from The Emu Café Social On Tactics to Hit the Hacker News Front Page I read a post by Herbert Lui titled 5 tactics for hitting the Hacker News front page. I had six New Leaf Journal articles make Hacker News page one between April 2021 and January 2024, and can say ...
Jul 25, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Amplifier This post is a submission to this month's Bear Blog Carnival, and the theme is "An album that got you through a hard time." I don't use the Bear platform, but you can't get me to not write about so...
Jul 24, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Tadej Pogacar Shatters Pantani’s 1995 Alpe d’Huez Record by 1:15 I haven’t watched the Tour de France since 2016, mainly due to the fact I dropped cable and would need to subscribe to a streaming service that may or may not work with my all-Linux set-up. But I s...
Jul 24, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Grains I spent most of yesterday asleep, but my body can't keep me from the page for long. No, I'm back here again today, and I have nothing on my mind really—but I still have to write because, well, you ...
Jul 24, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Re: The Palantir Manifesto I can't believe I'm this late on reading the Palantir Manifesto, which is a summary of some book Alex Karp published last year. I wasn't going to read that book anyway, and it probably would've mad...
Jul 23, 2026 from Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy The BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures: From an Eightfold Reunion To a Retcon War Now that I’ve put the New Adventures (bar for the Benny-led ones), Missing Adventures, and the Doctor-featuring Decalogs to bed and put the Virgin Books era of official Doctor Who fiction behind me...
Jul 22, 2026 from Improve Something Today A summertime check-in: Comfort-Stretch-Panic & Disability Pride Month A simple method for checking in; a reading & a game for Disability Pride Month; plus some recent updates across the site.
Jul 22, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Were AI Blog Post Images Ever Cool? I read an interesting blog post by Panagiotis Vryonis titled AI-generated blog post images are not cool any more. My first thought was “they were never cool.” But I read on to see his perspective. ...
Jul 22, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Light Phone Continues to Fail QWERTY Test I have read some articles about the Light Phone and other “minimalist” phones. As someone who wrote not one but two articles on my “ideal” phone concept (creative concept photography included), I a...
Jul 22, 2026 from riz#000000me Starting Over Something shifted; now my computer should be a tool. I'm trying The Artist's Way.
Jul 22, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Fallibly Lost Many things in life can seem cruel or indifferent, but that's just because we can't always recognize the greater things that lie ahead. Today I read about the life of Saint Markella, martyr of Chio...
Jul 21, 2026 from Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy Doctor Who Comics: The Eighth Doctor (Part 2) Last time we checked in on the Doctor Who Magazine comics continuity, we took in the first half or so of the Eighth Doctor’s tenure in the comics. This was an era of long, ambitious story arcs whic...
Jul 21, 2026 from Noahie's Blog American Girl I woke up this morning pissed. I can't tell you exactly why, but the vitriol is flowing through my veins strongly today. Coupled with fatigue and what I think is another onset of a depressive episo...
Jul 20, 2026 from Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy Doctor Who: Sounds of the Eighth Legacy, Part 5 The story so far: after Doctor Who‘s 2005 return was a storming success, BBC Radio 7 (and its successor station BBC 4 Extra) decided they want to get in on that sweet TARDIS action, and struck a de...
