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The Emu Café Social
Mar 20, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 03-20-26

Another day means more daily Pook-Emu Bee links. Note that the Pook-Emu Bee will take tomorrow off for The Newsletter Leaf Journal (which features even more links), but should return on Sunday. If ...

Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy
Mar 20, 2026 from Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy

Doctor Who: Big Finish, Bigger Scarf – The Fourth Doctor Audios, Part 1

The Companion Chronicles concept, which has a companion actor mostly narrating a story audiobook style with another actor in a “second voice” role to add aspects of audio drama to the production, w...

The Emu Café Social
Mar 20, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Jeff Green’s Career-High 43 on 03-18-13

Brian Windhorst for ESPN wrote 27 straight wins: The most dominant stretch of LeBron James’ career, revisiting the 27-game winning streak of the 2012-13 Miami Heat. I followed the NBA closely that ...

The Emu Café Social
Mar 20, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

MSN Dial-Up Internet in 2026

I read Dave Luna’s interesting hacker story Hacking the Compaq iPAQ IA-2 Internet Appliance. I learned many things from reading. But one fact which jumped out to me was a note about Microsoft’s MSN...

The New Leaf Journal
Mar 20, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

Happy Cleaners Cargo Trike in the Rain

A Happy Cleaners cargo tricycle sighting just off the Third Street Bridge in Gowanus, Brooklyn, turns into a short essay on recent developments around the Gowanus Canal.

Ploum.net
Mar 20, 2026 from Ploum.net

The Social Smolnet

The Social Smolnet It might have been an email thread. Or a lobste.rs comment. It was a discussion about yet another attempt at a new decentralized social protocol. And we reached the conclusion th...

Noahie's Blog
Mar 20, 2026 from Noahie's Blog

Interactive Entertainment

Sometimes in between writing these entries, a certain set of thoughts will come about. I'll think through the ideas and say to myself, "That would make a good Cogito entry," but then I'll end up si...

The Emu Café Social
Mar 19, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Carroll Street Bridge Proposals

The Carroll Street Bridge is the second bridge crossing Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal, situated between the Union Street and Third Street Bridges. It is the most interesting of the Gowanus Canal Bridges...

The Emu Café Social
Mar 19, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 03-19-26

Another day means more daily Pook-Emu Bee links. If you enjoy the (almost) daily links and commentary, you can also follow via feed. 1. Opera GX Web Browser Released For Linux (Michael Larabel for ...

BEEW
Mar 19, 2026 from BEEW

Sprezzatura

Sprezzatura. Say it out loud. Spreh-za-TOO-rah. Let it sit in your mouth for a second. Sounds like something you'd want to eat, or drink, or steal. By the time you get to that last syllable your ha...

The Public Domain Review
Mar 19, 2026 from The Public Domain Review

Fear and Fragility: The Glass Delusion and Its History

In early modern Europe, around the time when lenses began to bring the world (and heavens) into newfound focus, patients started appearing in medical records with a particular ailment: a firm belie...

riz#000000me
Mar 19, 2026 from riz#000000me

vbr files in apple music

ancient errors in itunes

The Emu Café Social
Mar 19, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Re; Underwhelming HN Comments

Joel Chrono recently published a good blog post titled Setting up phones is a nightmare that is certainly worth reading (it made me happy that I was able to find affordable older Google Pixels on E...

Toni Notes
Mar 19, 2026 from Toni Notes

What analytics are actually for on a tiny blog

Tiny-blog analytics are too small and noisy to judge the work. Their real job is to help you read discovery, archive movement, and which themes have earned reinforcement.

The New Leaf Journal
Mar 18, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

Jackie Harris’ Fruitmobile Seen at Houston Hobby

I came across the Fruitmobile, a world-famous art car, while wandering around Houston Hobby Airport. My photographs led to an artistic research project.

The Emu Café Social
Mar 18, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Re; Search Engine Shortcuts in Firefox

James at James’ Coffee Blog published a good post in 2024 titled Search engine shortcuts in Firefox, which regular New Leaf Journal readers will know is a topic near and dear to my heart. James dem...

The Emu Café Social
Mar 18, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 03-18-26

I continue my perfect daily Pook-Emu Bee links stretch. If you enjoy the (almost) daily links and commentary, you can also follow via feed. 1. Japanese onsen egg maker from 100-yen store Daiso need...

Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy
Mar 18, 2026 from Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy

Doctor Who: The Virgin Decalogs

So, here we are, having covered the last of the New Adventures and the final Missing Adventures. There’s one last bit of content for me to get through before we’re done covering the Doctor Who fict...

The Emu Café Social
Mar 18, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Image Thumbnails in Nemo File Manager (EndeavourOS)

I had been using XFCE as my desktop on EndeavourOS. I switched to Cinnamon after having some issues with XFCE (I believe tied to Nvidia drivers). Since I switched my desktop environment, I then had...

The New Leaf Journal
Mar 18, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

Sharing a Stuffed Bird Rescue Story

I have shared stories of my own "heroism." Today, I share the story of my friend's heroism.

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