Handy Reading from F-Droid: Early Impressions
I had been using DecSync, a decentralized cross-device synchronization solution designed to work with Syncthing, with RSS readers on my LineageOS and Linux devices for about one year. I planned to...
View ArticleTweaking Handy Reading
In my previous post, I offered my very early impressions of a free and open source Android feed reader and read-it-later app called Handy Reading. My early impressions were very favorable because, by...
View ArticleBear Blog analytics and Romania
I took a look at my Bear Blog analytics. Unsurprisingly given my small number of posts and the fact that I tend to reserve my best content for The New Leaf Journal (I largely leave quality...
View ArticleFire Emblem Tiki overtakes Tsuki ga Kirei at the NLJ
On March 14, 2021, I published a lengthy research article titled The Mystery of Sōseki and Tsuki ga Kirei. In that post, I collected English-language sources on a certain legend that Natsume Sōseki had...
View ArticleMy Unique Phil Mickelson Article
The tagline of my main project, The New Leaf Journal, is "where the leaves are perennially virid." As I explained in a post on the inspiration for the tagline, the slogan gets at two ideas. The first...
View ArticleGhostwriter-Pandoc Issue and Fix
I use the Ghostwriter markdown editor (see my Ghostwriter review) to draft articles for The New Leaf Journal and briefs and memoranda for my day job as a legal research specialist. In both cases, I...
View ArticleBing blacklisting update
I have published two posts hear on Bear Blog about my main website project, The New Leaf Journal, having been blacklisted by Bing.De-indexed from Bing (1.17.23)Bing de-indexing update (1.18.23)The Bing...
View ArticleThunderbird Available as uBlock Origin Add-on
As of uBlock Origin version 1.49.2, you can now install the extension for Mozilla Thunderbird (see release version). The extension page on Thunderbird Add-ons states that it works with Thunderbird...
View ArticleThe end of Peekier Search
I reviewed a niche search engine (or more aptly put, Bing front-end) called Peekier in February 2022. My Peekier review turned out to be a relatively successful post (by The New Leaf Journal's...
View ArticleEarly thoughts on anime in 2023
People who follow me on my main project, The New Leaf Journal, will know that I follow the latest anime series (the ones I can tolerate, at least). I published year-in-review pieces for 2021 and 2022...
View ArticleNew Custom Bearblog Domain
I published my previous Bearblog post (it has been a while) back in the middle of the spring anime season (see post). The year is coming to an end. Despite my having written in that post that there was...
View ArticleTrying Open Library as a Reading Tracker
I am interested in alternatives to big tech software and services. It was for that reason that I switched to Linux in 2020. While I am not big on social media, I use Mastodon, Pixelfed, Minds, and...
View ArticleOpen Source Simple Mobile Tools Alternatives
Simple Mobile Tools is a suite of free and open source android apps designed to replace Google’s default apps. However, “free and open source” will likely be a thing of the past after Simple Mobile...
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