by CodeNinja | May 30, 2011 | Kindle, Hacks, Geek, Blog
We here at the Ninja Temple love nothing more than finding new ways to use Technology, Or Ways to use it in a different manner to that which it was intended. We also like finding legal ways of doing things for free, that would normally cost money.
So what was the first thing we did when we got our hands on one of Amazons Kindles? We decided it would be nice if we could read our favorite Blogs & News sites directly off the Kindle in weekly digests. Unfortunately Amazon charges for this service, Which is OK I guess since some of the money can go to the Bloggers who write the sites.
No we do not want to cost fellow Bloggers Money, BUT if you think about it, you can use the Kindle’s web browser to read free Blogs for Free, so If you could get it sent directly to your device for free, its only really saving you time.
So heres the procedure we followed to get Weekly Digests of our Favorite blogs sent directly to the Kindle. (NOTE: If you really enjoy someones Blog consider supporting it with some comments, or some other way to show your thanks)
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by CodeNinja | May 25, 2011 | Codes, Blog
Greetings & Salutations.
You may have noticed that there is a new look to the Three Ninjas site. If you have not noticed then I have to ask are you blind or something?
R: “What if they are blind and are using a text reader to speak your site?“
CN: “Well. I guess thats a valid reason, and I feel a bit like a douche now 🙁“
R: “Or what if they are reading it from your own RSS feed?“
CN: “OK. OK. I’m Sorry“
Hi Constant Reader. We here at the Ninja Temple take all feed back seriously, No honestly we do! And as such we had received several reposts that the old theme was a bit dark and could be tricky to read. So we have had a bit of a change.
Please be patient as we switch over to this new look, since there are bound to be technical difficulties. So we apologise in advance for any problems.
Have a look about, and leave any feedback, thoughts, opinions, etc. in the comments section of this post.
by GothNinja | May 25, 2011 | Geek, Holiday
GN: Well today is May 25th Which can mean only one thing! Towel Day.
R: What about Geek Pride?
GN: Well today is May 25th Which can mean only Two things! Towel Day, & Geek Pride Day.
R: What about sanitation?
GN: Well today is May 25th Which can mean only Three things! Towel Day, Geek Pride Day & Sanitation. Sanitation? Oi! This is not degenerating into a monty python sketch!
CN: “Hang on Guys! Didn’t you have this exact conversation last year?”
GN: R: We hate your face!
Today is May 25th which is a day of celebration for two reasons. :-
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by GothNinja | May 23, 2011 | Mythology, Misc
So the weekends over, and we have all survived. Well I assume we have all survived, there has been no news articles on the Zombie Apocalypse, no reports of missing people in their masses. So I can only assume that the End of Days (2011) aka The Rapture (V2) was a no show.
Now I should quickly explain what I am on about for those of you who may have been living in a cave for the last month and be unaware of the Rapture. Although you do raise a new question of why do you have the internet in your cave? anyway The Rapture….
Rapture
Basically some bloke called “Harold Camping” said he had calculated the secret code hidden in the bible, and was 100% the world would end on September 6, 1994. Some point shortly after then, when the world was still going strong Harold admitted he made a slight mistake and had forgot to carry the one and the correct day of the rapture was May 21st 2011. On this day Jesus would return to earth, the chosen holy people who followed the laws of Christ would ascent to heaven, and the long forgotten dead would rise forth from their unhallowed graves and the end of days would be upon us.
My biggest problem with any of these beliefs is one of simple logistics. The holy get to go to heaven. Who is holy? If you follow the laws of Christ will you be allowed in? Which branch of Christianity do you need to follow since they are all different? What about the rules, once you could not eat fish on a Friday, but that rule was revoked, but did God approve the revoking? If you have to follow every rule there ever was to be 100% valid, then I do not see anyone being saved.
Anyway Rapture came and went without anyone noticing. So was it all a miscalculation again (Not everyone can do math) Or is it as some blogs are stating that the chosen were raptured, and the rest of us just have to wait the five months till the world ends? So all we can do is watch this space.
by GothNinja | May 17, 2011 | PS3, Gaming
If you are a gamer then you are probably aware that the PlayStation Network went down on April 20th. After a few days it was revealed that the reason for the outage was due to Sony checking the system after they discovered the network had been compromised. The original belief was that PSN would be down for a few days while the vulnerability was patched. This caused two large outcries from the gaming community :-
PSN Users: “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! What will we do?”
Xbox Live Users: “HAHAHAHAHA”
Now, I am one of the lucky ones who have both. Oh before you ask, no I did not scream NOHAOOHAOOHAOOHA!
A short while later when Sony discovered the full extent of the depth of penetration their system had encountered, They decided (Rightly in my opinion) to use this downtime to do a overhaul on the security of the PSN and related systems. Leading to a much longer downtime for gamers than was originally advertised.
As of the date of publish for this post, PSN has be partially brought back online for most people, Multiplayer gaming is possible, and Sony are doing their best to get all services back online for all players. They are also compensating users for the inconvenience. There will be a list of games that you can pick three from to download, there will be free months use of PSN+, and a lot of other gifts from Sony.
Now I think this is very good of them, they did not have to give away anything to compensate users for the unavailability of what is a free resource. Yes those who pay for PSN+ or other paid for systems deserved a month or two of their subscription back. But for everyone to get a gift, that’s something they did not have to do, and I think its very decent of them.
For those of you in Europe you can read more on what you will be offered here.
