by GothNinja | Jun 14, 2011 | Events, Wales, Media, Geek
Sunday 5th June 2011, I arrived at the campus of NEWI*1 GlynDwr University for Wales Comic Con. This was my first visit to this event since I missed out last year due to Vampiric Eye Disease causing me to be unable to leave the house during the daylight hours.
Upon arriving at the campus I immediately encountered a slight Problem. In an attempt to prevent others for making the same mistake, I tweeted “Note to self: when going to a con, check location before leaving house. #walescomiccon.” Yes, I knew it was on the Campus, but there were dozens of buildings/complexes that could be housing it. Luckily as I was pulling my car into a car-park, I spotted a couple of StormTroopers*2 standing guard at the door to the sports centre. And when a marine walked out of the building followed by an Alien with a dog collar, I KNEW where it was. (more…)
by GothNinja | Jun 10, 2011 | Illness
Greetings & Salutations Dear Readers,
If you are wondering Why I have been quiet on here the last week, Then wonder no longer. I have ManFlu. (Well that and I’ve had a busy week, which is normally when you get hit with ManFLu. Sunday was Wales Comic Con, Monday was Royal Arch Installation, Tuesday I was in Hospital for a Vampire eye Checkup, and Tonight is the Jonathan Coulton Concert)
So basically I have ManFlu which is scientifically proven to be one of the most destructive illness known to mankind, Its so bad that even Nations who use Biological Weapons have signed a treaty never to use it in a weaponised form.
So I apologise for the lack of postings. Now maybe there are a few Female readers who may be doubting the SCIENTIFIC evidence on ManFlu. Well to you I say “Good Day! You can not argue with Science IJMU”
Here’s a chart I got from the NHS website showing the deadliness of several known infections, and as you can clearly see, ManFlu is quite bad.
by GothNinja | Jun 2, 2011 | Geek
This Sunday sees the return of the “Wales Comic Con” Which is held in NEWI er Glyndwr University. (Sorry but it will always be NEWI to me, Since I spent many years there)
Once again there will be guests from film, TV, Comics, Games, Etc. There will be Q&A, Talks, Photo Opportunities, After Show party, etc.
And this year a representative of the Three Ninjas will be there wandering about, making notes, and preparing to do a write-up on the event.
So, If any of the You Constant Readers are going to be there, let us know on the comments off this post. We may organise a tweetup or something. Failing that, Look out for our Ninja-Reporter in the After-show party.
Details on the con can be found on their official page here.
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.
by CodeNinja | May 15, 2011 | Geek, Comedy
I just thought I would share this technical tip on how to make sure you do not get any speeding tickets from fized mounted speed cameras.
SQL Injection number plate
by GothNinja | May 11, 2011 | Travel
…..On roads during peak travel/commute hours.
Now I should point out that in principle I have no problem with people who want to enjoy the fresh air while getting or staying fit and healthy, or those who want to help the environment, or even those who have several mortgages and can no longer pay the exuberant petrol prices.
What I do have problems with are those people who ride push bikes, and tend to be in the middle of the lane making it harder to overtake them, especially if like me your morning commute is down country roads where its hard to overtake due to the number of blind bends. Now I would not mind if they would pull to the side to let you pass, or even stop and let the long tailback pass them. Instead they seem to delight in moving closer to the centre of the road making it even harder to pass, and laughing at all the cars such behind them, with their engines screaming at the indignity of travelling at 3 miles per hour.
I think like tractors, and industrial diggers there should be a core time when they are not allowed on public roads to prevent tailbacks, dangerous driving to try and makeup time, and road rage. I really believe they should be kept off the road during these hours for their own safety. You see, you may be smug sat slowly peddling your bike making me drive at a babies crawling speed, but I’m in a big car, and you know how much damage you and your bike will make to my car as I drive over you? NONE….
Now get off my road you bunch of weirdo hippies!!!!
Upon arriving at the campus I immediately encountered a slight Problem. In an attempt to prevent others for making the same mistake, I tweeted “Note to self: when going to a con, check location before leaving house. #walescomiccon.” Yes, I knew it was on the Campus, but there were dozens of buildings/complexes that could be housing it. Luckily as I was pulling my car into a car-park, I spotted a couple of StormTroopers*2 standing guard at the door to the sports centre. And when a marine walked out of the building followed by an Alien with a dog collar, I KNEW where it was. (more…)
