May 03, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Just For Today Divine Liturgy was great today, thanks for asking. Finally I was able to receive the catechumen prayers at the liturgy today. Glory to God! Prior to today, this weekend was exhausting. Just one Ola...
May 02, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal Some Benefits of Blogging and Writing Online In part one of my six-part blogging wisdom series for The New Leaf Journal's sixth birthday, I offer my thoughts on some assorted benefits of blogging and writing online.
May 02, 2026 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal Weathered letter 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXXVIII Welcome to the 278th 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 writing sister...
May 01, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal Memories – Recording Mario Kart: Double Dash on VHS An article on Hackaday reminds me of my summer vacation 2005 project to record a perfect Mario Kart; Double Dash All Cup Tour run on VHS.
May 01, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-01-26 We welcome May with a new edition of the daily Pook-Emu Bee links (after a spotty week). It looks nice outside my window… 1. Stripe introduces Link, a digital wallet that autonomous AI agents can u...
Apr 30, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal Weathered White Brooklyn Banana Bench Back in 2021 I documented a well-painted banana bench in Brooklyn. Five years later, the bench looks a bit worse for wear.
Apr 30, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Banned Trees and Plants in New Jersey I read an April 18, 2026 report in the New York Post titled After holding its nose for decades, NJ finally bans stinky Bradford pear tree: Under a new law, the Bradford pear tree and 29 other non-n...
Apr 30, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-30-26 Work did not allow for timely Pook-Emu Bee links, but today I return with nine new links from around the web. 1 Popular WordPress redirect plugin hid dormant backdoor for years (Bill Toulas for Ble...
Apr 30, 2026 from The Public Domain Review Pyramid of the Capitalist System (1911) The working class undergirds everything in this cartoon of capitalist society.
Apr 30, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Getting Mercator'd You ever just feel like all you'll ever amount to is just a series of impulses that can only see life as a series of unreliable snapshots and not the full, fluid thing it actually is? Yeah, me neit...
Apr 30, 2026 from Toni Notes A newsletter should extend a publication, not duplicate it A newsletter earns its place when it gives a publication a narrower, more direct return surface instead of just repeating the archive in the inbox.
Apr 29, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Learning About Cassette Futurism I recently read Mike Piggott’s blog post A love letter to cassette futurism (HT Dragonfly BSD Digest). I did not recall having seen the term before, but Mr. Piggott’s definition of it being “a retr...
Apr 29, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Storms I had a bit of a rocky morning, but this afternoon is turning out better. I had to take my mom to a doctor's appointment, and while I was waiting for her to finish up in the parking lot, it started...
Apr 28, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-28-26 I failed to post daily Pook-Emu Bee links on Sunday (out) and yesterday (work). But I return to you on this fair morning of April 28, 2026, with nine links from around the world wide web. 1. Hipste...
Apr 28, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal NLJ Sixth Birthday Project Celebrating The New Leaf Journal's sixth birthday with the announcement of a new project which will have me share my internet writing wisdom throughout May 2026.
Apr 28, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Never Kill Yourself Never ever kill yourself, friend. What, you think I'm just going to rehash some stupid Xitter meme from like two years ago? Shut up, man. I've been thinking about the way the world is going. Who ev...
Apr 28, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Drunk Ramblings: The Underdog I'm at a bar right now, and this is the first time I've gotten drunk in ages. I'm sitting outside on the patio with folks shooting pool next to me, and it's a disgustingly humid Texas evening in sp...
Apr 27, 2026 from Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy Doctor Who: Big Fifth-ish, Part 9 Pin a fresh sprig of celery to your lapel, it’s time to check in with the Fifth Doctor’s audio adventures again! The Key 2 Time concept might have been a bit weak in its own right, but it did pione...
Apr 27, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Schrödinger’s Ayatollah and Umineko: When They Cry I read a cleverly-titled article by Amit Segal titled Schrödinger’s Ayatollah: Is Mojtaba Dead or Alive? The article examines the life status, or lack thereof, of Iran’s purported Supreme Leader, M...
