Welcome to my (N.A. Ferrell’s) “blogroll” page here at The New Leaf Journal. Below, you will see an always-growing list of websites that I recommend, along with their RSS/ATOM/JSON Feeds (if applicable). For each website I add, I will write an article, short post, or section about it. Thus, in order to learn more about the sites I am recommending, including why I am recommending them, please consult the link associated with the website of interest. If you want to add my Blogroll to your feed reader wholesale, you can see our OPML file. For more information about this Blogroll and how it came to be, please see my introductory article.
(Most Recent Update: 03-23-26.)
NLJ and Related Projects
The New Leaf Journal: You are reading The New Leaf Journal. You can view our home page and available feeds on site. I make a case for why you may be interested in following us on our About Page and in The Positive Case for Good Tech.
The Emu Café Social: I run ECS as a companion site to NLJ. It features short (or shorter-form) articles and posts and has full Fediverse and Indieweb functionality. You can see the home page and follow it by feed using RSS, ATOM, JSON, or RDF. I make a small case for why you may want to follow along on the About Page. If you use Mastodon or similar, you can follow me at @naferrell@social.emucafe.org.
The Newsletter Leaf Journal: The Newsletter Leaf Journal is the official weekly newsletter of NLJ and ECS. Each issue comes with links to new articles and posts on NLJ and ECS, 21 links (sometimes more) from around the web with comments, and other news and notes. I make a case for why you may want to follow the newsletter on our Newsletter Page. See its sign-up page, archive, and RSS feed (you can follow using RSS instead of signing up by email).
Nicholas A. Ferrell’s Pixelfed: I have a Pixelfed account on the flagship instance which I use to share hiigh quality (it is relative) versions of photographs I use in NLJ and ECS articles. You can see my account at https://pixelfed.social/nafnlj (you do not need to use Pixelfed) and you can follow me using my account’s ATOM feed. I have written several articles discussing Pixelfed generally and how I use my account (see tag).
Personal Sites
Joel Chrono: Joel Chrono is a psuedonymous blogger who shares week notes and his thoughts on many subjects of interest including, but not limited to, tech, gaming, and other hobbies. His website is available at https://joelchrono.xyz/ and it has an RSS feed. I wrote about what I enjoy about the blog on ECS in NAF Blogroll Entry: Joel Chrono. [Added March 22, 2026]
Link-Focused Blogs
The Linkfest: Clive Thompson, a science and tech reporter, collects links from around the web into a newsletter called The Linkfest. I discovered it recently and found many links to bookmark from older issues and a few new websites for my own feed collection. The newsletter is available at https://buttondown.com/clivethompson. Although it is a newsletter, it has an RSS feed. I introduced the newsletter in Touching the Gowanus Canal? on ECS. [Added April 6, 2026]
Video Games
Games Industry.biz: Games Industry.biz publishes news and commentary on the video game industry (surprise!). It informed two NLJ articles as I discussed on ECS. You can find Games Industry.biz at https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ and follow it via RSS feed (note authors also have feeds). [Added June 7, 2026]
Video Channels
Victor V. Gurbo’s YouTube Music Channel: Victor V. Gurbo is a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter. You can follow him on YouTube on the Victor V. Gurbo YouTube Channel and stay abreast of his new music videos using his YouTube channel’s RSS feed. Victor has published articles here on The New Leaf Journal (see Victor’s author profile) and I interviewed him about one of his albums and his music career in Interview With Victor V. Gurbo On Outrun the Invisible Man. [Added March 23, 2026]