I am the administrator and editor of two WordPress-powered websites. I post long-form articles on The New Leaf Journal, the online writing magazine where the leaves are perennially virid, and short-form posts on The Emu Café Social. I write about things I am interested in, which includes, but is not limited to: Anime, Brooklyn, Current Events, History, Linux, Open Source Software, Reading, Sports, Video Games, Visual Novels, Walking, Writing, and many other topics. I am also publishing visual novels on Itch.io (see my personal profile and group profile).
I mainly use GitHub to follow projects and repositories that interest me.
Feed: https//thenewleafjournal.com/feed/ for the full site RSS feed (or /author/naferrell/feed/ for mine). Add atom/ or json/ after /feed/ if you prefer those formats. For any twtxt users out there, you can follow the full site at /feed/twtxt/.
- On AI Disclosure Policies For Games
- Hair Color in Once Upon a Hallow’s Eve (Visual Novel)
- Once Upon a Hallow’s Eve – Visual Novel Review
- Pumpkin Arranging and Pumpkin Clean-up
- Halloween Ghosts in Brooklyn (Happy and Bibliophile)
- Oniguisama – Short Visual Novel Review
- The Eyes of October in Brooklyn
- Carroll Gardens Halloween Window Ghost and GIF
- Inflatable Jack-‘o-lanterns (Deflated and Inflated) Seen in Cobble Hill
Feed: https//social.emucafe.org/feed/ for the full site RSS feed (or /author/naferrell/feed/ for mine). Add atom/ or json/ after /feed/ if you prefer those formats. For any twtxt users out there, you can follow the full site at /feed/twtxt/.
- RSS Used in a Non-tech Quip
- Ten Predictions For the 2026 Kyushu Basho
- All 47 Japanese Prefectures Have Produced a Sanyaku Sumo Wrestler
- Revival of The Nihon Review
- Nuclear Bacon
- Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 11-03-26
- Tamawashi is an Anime Voice Actor
- Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 11-02-26
- Tamawashi (41) Becomes Oldest Sumo Wrestler to Return to Top Division
I created a "social" profile on The Emu Café Social. It has a micropost activity stream which is separate from the main part of the site. You can see it here. It has an ATOM feed if you want to add it to your reader.
- Nicholas A. Ferrell posted an update: This has been a good stretch for website comebacks. First [�]
- Nicholas A. Ferrell posted an update: This dwnupd is hitting my NLJ images hard. But I blocked it [�]
- Nicholas A. Ferrell posted an update: My new visual novel review of Once Upon a Hallow's Eve [�]
- Nicholas A. Ferrell posted an update: My next OELVN review project is a 2010 piece called Memo. It [�]
- Nicholas A. Ferrell posted an update: I just published a visual novel review with an associated [�]
- Nicholas A. Ferrell posted an update: I definitely did not publish a NLJ article with the headline [�]
- Nicholas A. Ferrell posted an update: My main email account (Posteo) seems to have stopped [�]
- Nicholas A. Ferrell posted an update: On October 2, I made a small change to [�]
- Nicholas A. Ferrell posted an update: I just published my 7th NLJ article of October. I only [�]
- Nicholas A. Ferrell posted an update: Finally about to go outside. Weather app (Breezy Weather [�]
- Nicholas A. Ferrell posted an update: I added this Activity Stream to my GitHub Readme page. Hello, [�]
- Nicholas A. Ferrell posted an update: I was making peppermint hot chocolate on the stove. Added [�]
Feed: https://buttondown.com/newsletterleafjournal/rss (note this is a newsletter, so you can also sign up by email.
- Hallow's Leftovers 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCCV
- Inbox Treat 〜 Booletter Leaf Journal CCCIV
- Newsletter Leaf Journal CCCIII 〜 Positively Ocular
- Newsletter Leaf Journal CCCII 〜 Delayed Opening
- The Katydid Next Door 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCCI
- Defending Thermopylae 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCC
Off my own site, you can also follow my most recent Hypothes.is annotations. This is available via ATOM feed.
- Sumo: 33-yr-old Churanoumi becomes 1st komusubi from Okinawa Pref. - The Mainichi
- Sumo: 33-yr-old Churanoumi becomes 1st komusubi from Okinawa Pref. - The Mainichi
- Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia Anime Casts Sumo Wrestlers Tamawashi, Tamashoho
- Catholic Church Statistics 2026 - Agenzia Fides
- Toys R Us is leaving Japan after 35 years in the country
- Kimi Crawlers
- [Note] Pokémon is Older than Tamagotchi
- [Note] Pokémon is Older than Tamagotchi
- Shame turnstile jumpers to cut down on fare evasion, MTA board member says | amNewYork
- To the Moon creator explains why he still makes games with RPG Maker. The "just right" simplicity that lets you focus on the creative sides of development - AUTOMATON WEST
- To the Moon creator explains why he still makes games with RPG Maker. The "just right" simplicity that lets you focus on the creative sides of development - AUTOMATON WEST
- Maxell brings back classic 1970s cassette tapes — 1970s ferric formula is custom-made for vintage PC data drives
Both The New Leaf Journal and The Emu Café Social support ActivityPub. I have successfully followed myself from Mastodon and Pixelfed. You can follow from:
- @ naferrell @ social.emucafe.org (my profile) (remove spaces)
- @ buttondown.com.newsletterleafjournal @ rss-parrot.net (if you want our new newsletter posts to show up in Mastodon or the like) (remove spaces)
- Hypothes.is: https://hypothes.is/users/nafnlj
- X: @naferrell & @newleafjournal
- Mastodon: @nafnlj@linuxrocks.online
- Pixelfed: @nafnlj@pixelfed.social
- Minds: @nafnlj@minds.com (can also be followed from Mastodon or the like)
- Bluesky: @naferrell.com
- NOSTR: naferrell @ thenewleafjournal.com or Pubkey (71650bd2a9dca5f39fc51b9623c37d735900c4fbfe9f8cb78256d8a99f58522c)
- Hacker News: nafnlj

