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July 13, 2025
13
Jul 2025

Five Years of the Koko Analytics WordPress Plugin

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Commemorating five years of using Koko Analytics for The New Leaf Journal.

July 12, 2025
12
Jul 2025

Full Text RSS Mishap

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I accidentally reset the settings for our SEO plugin, The SEO Framework. As a result, I inadvertently turned our full text feeds into excerpts before I noticed the error.

July 10, 2025
10
Jul 2025

On Forcing AI Where It Does Not Belong

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Thoughts on how to avoid unwanted AI features when they are forced or shoehorned into products and services which previously did without.

July 7, 2025
7
Jul 2025

On Online Reader Expectations

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A report on generic travel list articles led me to consider whether online readers prefer generic articles or have come to expect them due to how they interact with the internet.

July 6, 2025
6
Jul 2025

NBA Championship Droughts

Nicholas A. Ferrell

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s 2025 NBA Finals triumph ended a franchise championship drought going back to the Seattle SuperSonics’ victory in the 1979 Finals. I look at the longest current NBA championship droughts and related statistics.

June 23, 2025
23
Jun 2025

Putting Together Ikea’s DVÄRGTALL Figures

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I document putting together three DVÄRGTALL figures from Ikea. What is DVÄRGTALL? Surely you can tell from the descriptive product name.

June 20, 2025
20
Jun 2025

Domain-Specifc Google News RSS Feeds

Nicholas A. Ferrell

On using domain-specific Google News search RSS feeds as a way to receive updates from sites which block some feed readers or do not offer RSS/ATOM feeds.

June 14, 2025
14
Jun 2025

(Syndicated) Newsletter Leaf Journal 234

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A syndicated copy of Newsletter Leaf Journal 234. This issue comes with 27 links from around the web and news and notes about The New Leaf Journal.

June 6, 2025
6
Jun 2025

Why No New Articles?

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A short personal update explaining why June 2025 has begun without new New Leaf Journal articles.

May 30, 2025
30
May 2025

Failing to Try Airport Illy Coffee Vending Machine

Nicholas A. Ferrell

On missing out on the opportunity to try Illy vending machine coffee at an airport (but not to write an article).

May 30, 2025
30
May 2025

Learning About William P. Hobby at Houston Hobby Airport

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Documenting a display about William P. Hobby, the former governor of Texas and a famous journalist, seen at Houston Hobby Airport.

May 29, 2025
29
May 2025

The Bad Joke of NYC Ranked Choice Voting

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A NYC Votes mailer about ranked choice voting in the 2025 city primaries reminded me of a certain maxim about bad jokes.

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