December, and with it 2022, come to a close. As is customary here at The New Leaf Journal, our last post of the month will be our month-in-review. However, our December review will be short, for I am in the process of collaborating with our fictional dialogue duo, Justin and Justina, to write a full review of the most-read articles of 2022. For that reason, our December month-in-review will be concise and to the point. We begin with our articles of the month, organized by category, and conclude with the list of our most-visited articles of the month and a few notes on what changed at The New Leaf Journal in December 2022.
Our December content, organized by topic
Below, you will find our December content neatly organized by topic. Our topic sorting here is more granular than our regular categories and tags. Leaflet posts are italicized. Bold posts represent my (N.A. Ferrell’s) six editor’s choice picks of the month.
History
- 1892 Reports on the First Year of Basketball (NAF: Dec. 6)
- 1892 Report on Women’s Baskteball Game (NAF: Dec. 7)
- Lincoln’s Telegram after first day of Battle of Nashville (NAF: Dec. 16)
- Lincoln spares Frank R. Judd in 1864-65 (NAF: Dec. 29)
Tech
- Updating 2020 Murena Teracube 2e (NAF: Dec. 11)
- FOSS Inflation Calculator for Android (NAF: Dec. 19)
- Fixing Wallabag connect issue on Nexus 7 (NAF: Dec. 28)
- Shutdown of dev Mastodon Twitter Crossposter instance (NAF: Dec. 28)
Visual novels
- Umineko When They Cry Red Truth Guide (NAF: Dec. 7)
- Adventures installing Soremata on Linux (NAF: Dec. 8)
- Until We Meet Again Visual Novel Review (NAF: Dec. 9)
- At Summer’s End vs A Dream of Summer (NAF: Dec. 11)
- At Summer’s End – Visual Novel Review (NAF: Dec. 17)
- Plain Song – Visual Novel Review (NAF: Dec. 23)
- Plain Song Christmas Special – VN Review (NAF: Dec. 23)
- io [Christmas Eve] – Visual Novel Review (NAF: Dec. 24)
- Kaori After Story – Visual Novel Review (NAF: Dec. 31)
Video games
- Steam Deck Creates New Linux Gamers (NAF: Dec. 5)
- Valve, Linux, and open source (NAF: Dec. 21)
- Android/iOS Pigeon Calculator in English (NAF: Dec. 27)
- Reviewing Buddy Simulator 1984 for the Switch (VVG: Dec. 30)
Commentary & current events
- Social media on government phones (NAF: Dec. 15)
- Wasteful talk show subsidies in New York (NAF: Dec. 16)
- Corrupt politician book advances (NAF: Dec. 17)
- On crypto investment advice from Tom Brady (NAF: Dec. 20)
Photo posts and Openclipart
- Pigeons on Pierrepont Street (NAF: Dec. 2)
- Photos of a pigeon eating berries (NAF: Dec. 13)
- Evergreen Carroll Gardens Christmas Tree (NAF: Dec. 20)
- Balancing Bear Topiary in Carroll Gardens (NAF: Dec. 21)
- Malcontent Openclipart Cat Christmas Tree (NAF: Dec. 25)
Quinces (yes, the fruit)
- The Quince Shortage – Justin and Justina (NAF: Dec. 21)
- Quince recipes from Mary Eales’s receipts (NAF: Dec. 21)
- A children’s poem about Mrs. Quince (NAF: December 24, 2022)
Site news
- 3 visual novels and 3 quinces (NAF: Dec. 24)
- Wholesale category reassessment (NAF: Dec. 28)
12 most-visited articles of December 2022
Every month, I list our 12 most-read articles of 2022. The statistics come from our local, privacy-friendly analytics solution, Koko Analytics (see my review). Below, you will find our most-visited articles of December 2022.
| # | Title | By | Published On |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mystery of Sōseki and Tsuki ga Kirei | NAF | March 14, 2021 |
| 2 | Cross-posting from Mastodon to Twitter | NAF | April 18, 2022 |
| 3 | The Pokémon Special Split in Generation 2 – Statistics and Analysis | NAF | January 18, 2022 |
| 4 | Installing Ubuntu Touch on a Google Nexus 7 (2013) | NAF | July 5, 2021 |
| 5 | A Look at ProxiTok, a TikTok Frontend | NAF | May 14, 2022 |
| 6 | Peekier Search Engine Review | NAF | February 26, 2022 |
| 7 | An Early Review of Pixelfed – Instagram Alternative | NAF | November 13, 2020 |
| 8 | Tom Cantor’s Changed Has Poor Color Scheme | NAF | August 3, 2022 |
| 9 | Review of /e/ – An Android Alternative For Mobile Phones | NAF | November 21, 2021 |
| 10 | Recommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based Devices (2021) | NAF | November 27, 2021 |
| 11 | Usagi Drop 〜 A Complicated Anime Pick | NAF | January 19, 2021 |
| 12 | The Last Stand of Constantine XI | NAF | May 30, 2020 |
I saw a copy of Tom Cantor’s Changed, a self-published religion conversion story that makes the rounds through an unsolicited direct mail campaign, sitting on…