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Written by N.A. Ferrell on 2025-01-08 at 17:26

In 2019, I dusted off my trusty old copy of the original Mario Party for Nintendo 64 for a planned round of fun with my friends. I was surprised when I was confronted with Toad asking me if I wanted to resume a gain -- a game I had apparently left finished nearly two decades earlier. There was only one thing to do...

https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-two-decade-mario-party-finally-ends/

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Written by N.A. Ferrell on 2025-01-05 at 18:30

Three years to the day, I bid a fond farewell to the BlackBerry 10 operating system, which served me well on my BlackBerry Classic for a good 4-5 years (I forget exactly when I switched from the BlackBerry Bold to Classic).

https://thenewleafjournal.com/farewell-to-blackberry-10/

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Written by N.A. Ferrell on 2024-12-13 at 16:26

I saw a Tesla Cybertruck parked at Brooklyn Bridge Park. That same week, I read a post criticizing the design of the Cybertruck and offering many unfavorable comparisons. While my sentiments about the Cybertruck's design are not too far out of step with those of the post, I had my own comparison in mind. When I see a Cybertruck, I think of the first car racing game I owned: Virtua Racing Deluxe for the Sega 32X.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/musing-about-tesla-cybertruck-at-brooklyn-bridge-park/

[#]NYC #Brooklyn #BrooklynBridgePark #Tesla #Cybertruck #Photography #VideoGames #RetroGames #Sega32X

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Written by N.A. Ferrell on 2024-12-11 at 18:31

This is my personal Mastodon account, which I use primarily for sharing my writing. If you enjoy my writing, you can also follow my websites directly thanks to the WordPress ActivityPub extension.

@newleafjournal

(This is the profile for my main project, The New Leaf Journal. The vast majority of articles are by me.)

@naferrell

(This is my profile on The Emu Café Social, a short-form writing website that I run.)

@social.emucafe.org.patrons.naferrell.activity

(Thanks to RSS Parrot, you can also follow my social Activity Stream on The Emu Café Social.)

@buttondown.com.newsletterleafjournal

(Also thanks to RSS Parrot, we have an account for my weekly @buttondown -hosted newsletter, The Newsletter Leaf Journal. New issues come every Saturday.)

I also have accounts on X, Minds, Bluesky, and Nostr. But of greater interest is my Pixelfed account at @nafnlj@pixelfed.social , where I share photos I take that I use in my articles.

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Written by N.A. Ferrell on 2024-10-30 at 16:22

Just over two weeks ago, I returned close to the scene of my 2020 heroism and reflected on my great deed -- with more photos included.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/trash-can-hero-returns-to-scene-of-heroism/

[#]Gowanus #NYC #Brooklyn #Photography #TrashCan

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Written by N.A. Ferrell on 2024-10-30 at 16:21

Four years to the day, I wrote an article about rescuing a fallen trash can in Gowanus. The article includes photo evidence. In writing the article, I asked myself what the most important part of heroism is. My answer: Telling everyone about my being a hero.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-heroic-fallen-trash-can-rescue-in-gowanus/

[#]Gowanus #NYC #Brooklyn #Photography #Anecdote #TrashCan

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Written by N.A. Ferrell on 2024-08-28 at 14:01

A half-specious and half-serious short post on good news about Linux's growing desktop marketshare.

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/linux-desktop-market-share-4-45-percent/

[#]Linux

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Written by N.A. Ferrell on 2024-08-23 at 22:02

Pigeon building a nest in Forest Hills, Queens: A three-part photo story. As I explain in the article, I initially stopped to take a photograph of the pigeon because it was a pretty pigeon. Little did I know what it was up to when I readied my phone camera.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/pigeon-nest-building-in-forest-hills/

[#]NYC #Queens #Photography #Birds #Pigeons

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Written by N.A. Ferrell on 2024-08-20 at 16:24

I am recording a Pokémon Red review for a written article project. I decided to try to catch every available Pokémon (exempting the Safari Zone, probably, since I'd like to be done before 2027). That meant catching a Caterpie in Viridian Forest. Caterpie is supposed to appear in 5% of encounters. Why then did it take me more than 100 encounters to find one?

https://thenewleafjournal.com/searching-for-caterpie-in-viridian-forest/

[#]Pokémon #PokémonRed #GameBoy #RetroGaming

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Written by N.A. Ferrell on 2024-08-17 at 14:01

Wrapping my my recent string of classic (or replica classic) Nintendo controller on Linux posts, I discuss a snag I hit and overcame. I was playing Pokémon Red on Lutris. I configured my NES 2 controller in RetroArch. I could not figure out how to map it in Lutris. Instead, I figured out how to copy the config from RetroArch to Lutris' Libretro core directory. Perhaps hacky, but it worked in a pinch. (If you have a better solution, do tell.)

https://thenewleafjournal.com/copying-retroarch-controller-config-to-lutris/

[#]Lutris #RetroArch #Linux

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