http://www.gamestate.org/2008/12/gamespot-shakespeare-booked-on-ds/ I wasn’t going to report on this story, but I suppose I should.  Harper Collins has signed a deal to bring classic e-books to the Nintendo DS, and naturally that includes our pal Shakespeare, the king of public domain. I just can’t imagine anybody caring.  Does having the text on a Nintendo make a kid more likely to read it?  I don’t think so. 

http://www.twnpnews.com/messages2/21088.shtml Often as a conversation starter I’ve told people, “I can speak equally well on Shakespeare, computers, and pro wrestling.  Pick one.”  Usually merits some strange looks.  But it’s true. So I get a kick out of the fact that “Triple H”, one of today’s most popular professional wrestlers (who also happens to be married to the daughter of Vince McMahon, the guy who owns most of pro wrestling) is in talks to star in the Thor movie, which is to be directed by Shakespeare demigod Kenneth Brannagh. That oughtta make for some fun posts. 🙂

It’s that time of year again (actually, it’s very late for that time of year).  Anybody giving good Shakespeare gifts for the holidays? Personally I’m a little overwhelmed.  I’ve got a One Page Book sitting in the tube, waiting to be put up.  And I’m in the middle of both Will and Nothing Like The with no end in sight, and that’s not even counting the random couple I picked up on vacation a few months ago. I was hoping that Ian McKellens’s King Lear would be out on DVD for the holidays, but I haven’t seen it. I should find something Shakespearean for the kids.  But last year Santa gave them a Shakespeare book and it’s a little old for them, I don’t want to push it.

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/12/12/switch-hidden-inside.html Or in this case, a Batman-style bust of Shakespeare with fliptop head and secret switch.  I actually blogged about this product years ago, like 2005, but the store I linked to at the time seems to no longer have the product.

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/hamlet-dvd.html Personally I’m not really into this one, as not being a big Dr. Who fan translates to me not really caring much about this Tennant fellow.  But others seem to be falling all over themselves, so  I thought I’d send this petition some link love. Keeping in mind, of course, that in the history of things online, no online petition has ever made a difference to anything anywhere…ever. 🙂