From the Crater

This is something TNG fans won't want to miss. The entire cast of Star Trek:TNG is reunited for an episode of Family Guy to air on Sunday March 29th. If this preview is an example of what is to come, it should be hilarious and something not to be missed.

Yesterday Amazon released the Kindle for iPhone app to the Applications store. This free app allows iPhone/iPod touch owners to purchase/read Kindle books on their iPhone, regardless of whether they own a Kindle. (I don't own a Kindle yet). It took only a minute before I was reading one of my favorite Star Trek Next Generation novels, the much maligned A Hard Rain. The formatting was excellent although currently restricted to portrait only (doesn't seem to notice if I turn my iPhone on its side) which is fine for me, as that's the way I prefer to read ebooks anyway. My only real wish, was that it had a search feature (so I could search inside the book I was reading) - maybe on the next version.

Kudos to Amazon for opening up the Kindle store to other readers. Oh, and as for my plans to purchase a Kindle? Yep, still planning on ordering one for its readability in bright sunlight and because I don't necessarily want to read ebooks on my cell phone when I'm sitting at home.

This is very exciting news as many (including myself) did not get to see this on stage. David Tennant and the RSC cast of Hamlet are going to shoot a film version in June. Read the full story at the London Telegraph.

Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan did an interview for their upcoming production of Waiting for Godot. Read it here.

Long time PSN (Patrick Stewart Network) member Heather Smyth and her husband recently lost their home to the Australian bush fires. The PSN has created a page to accept donations for Heather and her husband. Another good place to help, is the Australian Red Cross.

My thoughts are with all the victims.

I've been an Amnesty International member for the past few years, and even raised a bit of money for them during Blogathon 2007 but this is one of the cooler ads they've done yet. Its a message for President Obama, very tongue in cheek at the beginning with the serious proposal at the very end. Narrated by Patrick Stewart, a long time Amnesty International supporter/spokesperson. Watch.

Another video for Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen fans is the Royal Shakespeare Company's Stand Up for Shakespeare campaign. Also participating are Judi Dench and David Tennant. Watch.