The Rasmus
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A semiotician/culture-theorist. For the foreseeable future my personal feed is all about Hamlet. Use it as a resource if you're into Shakespeare. I'm going to un-pin items after I've written about them in my personal Hamlet-diary in my native Estonian...
Esimesest eestikeelsest väljaandest (1910). Riputan siia ilma igasuguse tagamõtte või põhjuseta näituseks.
December 9, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Esimesest eestikeelsest väljaandest (1910). Riputan siia ilma igasuguse tagamõtte või põhjuseta näituseks.
Here are all the Hamlet-related movies, plays, etc. that I've managed to fish out of the open sea of tor... troubles.
What's missing? Especially non-English ones... If you know of any, please leave a comment. I want to catch them all.
What's missing? Especially non-English ones... If you know of any, please leave a comment. I want to catch them all.
November 7, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Here are all the Hamlet-related movies, plays, etc. that I've managed to fish out of the open sea of tor... troubles.
What's missing? Especially non-English ones... If you know of any, please leave a comment. I want to catch them all.
What's missing? Especially non-English ones... If you know of any, please leave a comment. I want to catch them all.
Hamlet was originally supposed to be ~20yo and there are several in-text reasons for supposing so. I personally quite like the theory that he was made older because the original actor was a bit older. It's a demanding role with lots of lines and subtle inflections. Difficult for a young man to do.
November 6, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Hamlet was originally supposed to be ~20yo and there are several in-text reasons for supposing so. I personally quite like the theory that he was made older because the original actor was a bit older. It's a demanding role with lots of lines and subtle inflections. Difficult for a young man to do.
Ophelia was used by Polonius. They were falling in love and Polonius forbid her to see him. Polonius sets up a meeting between them, and Hamlet realizes that he's being overheard and spied on. Hence Ham's allusions to Polonius being a pimp and she dishonest. This is literally in the source material.
![Screenshot of Amleth's Wikipedia page, Saxo Grammaticus's section. I've highlighted the following: "Among other things, they sought to entangle him [Hamlet] with a young girl, his foster-sister (the prototype of Ophelia), but his cunning saved him."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:63c3jiahitf3ag7b7ntnw4p7/bafkreigrcpesy3tzbxvm2ibfv2o2tl4rodyi5gv3h6hlokv26u5oteozeq@jpeg)
November 6, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Ophelia was used by Polonius. They were falling in love and Polonius forbid her to see him. Polonius sets up a meeting between them, and Hamlet realizes that he's being overheard and spied on. Hence Ham's allusions to Polonius being a pimp and she dishonest. This is literally in the source material.
Of course there's a crisp 1GB scan of Shakespeare's First Folio from 1623 on the Internet Archive.
Not as good as their 2GB scans Encyclopedia Britannica but not bad.
archive.org/details/firs...
Not as good as their 2GB scans Encyclopedia Britannica but not bad.
archive.org/details/firs...
October 31, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Of course there's a crisp 1GB scan of Shakespeare's First Folio from 1623 on the Internet Archive.
Not as good as their 2GB scans Encyclopedia Britannica but not bad.
archive.org/details/firs...
Not as good as their 2GB scans Encyclopedia Britannica but not bad.
archive.org/details/firs...
I figure it'd look something like this. I'm going to re-do the AI-image myself for vol. 1 but this would be perfect for the cover of vol. 2. There could be more noise around the figure, but it's pretty good as it is. think whoever sees it would indeed get the reference - the hair floating in water.
October 30, 2024 at 5:45 PM
I figure it'd look something like this. I'm going to re-do the AI-image myself for vol. 1 but this would be perfect for the cover of vol. 2. There could be more noise around the figure, but it's pretty good as it is. think whoever sees it would indeed get the reference - the hair floating in water.
@heptassilabo.bsky.social, I hope you don't mind that I repost your comments in English - they are very good.
October 30, 2024 at 2:50 PM
@heptassilabo.bsky.social, I hope you don't mind that I repost your comments in English - they are very good.
There are probably more books written about Hamlet than there are editions of Hamlet, though. Of those I have only some 300 now.
Plus ~1250 papers mentioning Hamlet at least 7 times from JSTOR.
And 26 movies, plays, and documentaries. There's Hamlet content out there for a lifetime of enjoyment.
Plus ~1250 papers mentioning Hamlet at least 7 times from JSTOR.
And 26 movies, plays, and documentaries. There's Hamlet content out there for a lifetime of enjoyment.
October 28, 2024 at 6:08 PM
There are probably more books written about Hamlet than there are editions of Hamlet, though. Of those I have only some 300 now.
Plus ~1250 papers mentioning Hamlet at least 7 times from JSTOR.
And 26 movies, plays, and documentaries. There's Hamlet content out there for a lifetime of enjoyment.
Plus ~1250 papers mentioning Hamlet at least 7 times from JSTOR.
And 26 movies, plays, and documentaries. There's Hamlet content out there for a lifetime of enjoyment.
I have downloaded some 600+ different editions of Hamlet from the 20th century alone, and still working on the 19th century. There were 6 different versions published in both 1878 and 1880, for example. I could read a different version every week for the rest of my life, if I so wished.
October 28, 2024 at 5:57 PM
I have downloaded some 600+ different editions of Hamlet from the 20th century alone, and still working on the 19th century. There were 6 different versions published in both 1878 and 1880, for example. I could read a different version every week for the rest of my life, if I so wished.
I'll report my progress here.
The first version I read was from 1901, without a title page and editor's name.
I read it in parallel with an Estonian translation from 2014.
Going forward, I'm going to read them in parallel until I no longer need to.
It was fun recognizing so many famous lines...
The first version I read was from 1901, without a title page and editor's name.
I read it in parallel with an Estonian translation from 2014.
Going forward, I'm going to read them in parallel until I no longer need to.
It was fun recognizing so many famous lines...
October 24, 2024 at 8:52 PM
I'll report my progress here.
The first version I read was from 1901, without a title page and editor's name.
I read it in parallel with an Estonian translation from 2014.
Going forward, I'm going to read them in parallel until I no longer need to.
It was fun recognizing so many famous lines...
The first version I read was from 1901, without a title page and editor's name.
I read it in parallel with an Estonian translation from 2014.
Going forward, I'm going to read them in parallel until I no longer need to.
It was fun recognizing so many famous lines...
Modernizing that scene:
Ham. You know him?
Hor. Nah.
Ham. Good. He's a landlord. Always sucking up to the king. He's rich but cheugy.
Ham. You know him?
Hor. Nah.
Ham. Good. He's a landlord. Always sucking up to the king. He's rich but cheugy.
![A scene from Shakespeare's Hamlet:
Ham. [To Osric:] I humbly thank you, sir. [To Horatio:] Dost know this water-fly?
Hor. No, my good lord.
Ham. Thy state is more gracious, for 'tis a vice to know him. He hath much land, and fertile: let a beast be lord of beasts, and his crib shall stand at the king's mess: 'tis a chough, but, as I say, spacious in the possession of dirt.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:63c3jiahitf3ag7b7ntnw4p7/bafkreia7tbstm5ca7n3ytsitwna3jyv6qfn4wjeeyghxvyynkln5igelr4@jpeg)
October 24, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Modernizing that scene:
Ham. You know him?
Hor. Nah.
Ham. Good. He's a landlord. Always sucking up to the king. He's rich but cheugy.
Ham. You know him?
Hor. Nah.
Ham. Good. He's a landlord. Always sucking up to the king. He's rich but cheugy.
Shortly after your post reminded me of "cheugy" I came across "chough" in the final act of Shakespeare's Hamlet, and even the meaning is analogous - it describes a wealthy young man, a vapid member of the royal court, who wears overly fancy clothes.
October 24, 2024 at 8:40 AM
Shortly after your post reminded me of "cheugy" I came across "chough" in the final act of Shakespeare's Hamlet, and even the meaning is analogous - it describes a wealthy young man, a vapid member of the royal court, who wears overly fancy clothes.
I read like 12 science fiction history books this summer, they're kinda mixed up in my mind, making it difficult to pinpoint where exactly I got this impression from.
But of course there's a short article about it: www.jstor.org/stable/48614...
But of course there's a short article about it: www.jstor.org/stable/48614...
October 13, 2024 at 10:09 AM
I read like 12 science fiction history books this summer, they're kinda mixed up in my mind, making it difficult to pinpoint where exactly I got this impression from.
But of course there's a short article about it: www.jstor.org/stable/48614...
But of course there's a short article about it: www.jstor.org/stable/48614...
I got a distinct from some Rabkin and Scholes piece that the invaders in Invasion of the Bodysnatchers were strongly influenced by Stapledon's gaseous Martians in "Last and First Men", but I could be mistaken.
He is definitely mentioned in dialogue in the 1978 movie, even the literary nerds note it
He is definitely mentioned in dialogue in the 1978 movie, even the literary nerds note it
October 13, 2024 at 8:51 AM
I got a distinct from some Rabkin and Scholes piece that the invaders in Invasion of the Bodysnatchers were strongly influenced by Stapledon's gaseous Martians in "Last and First Men", but I could be mistaken.
He is definitely mentioned in dialogue in the 1978 movie, even the literary nerds note it
He is definitely mentioned in dialogue in the 1978 movie, even the literary nerds note it
The image was this. My first impression was that it's the Scrubs lawyer on the left and Christopher Lloyd on the right, but idk. There are so many characters in that movie. It's a whole planned trilogy stuffed into ~2 hours.
October 12, 2024 at 10:57 PM
The image was this. My first impression was that it's the Scrubs lawyer on the left and Christopher Lloyd on the right, but idk. There are so many characters in that movie. It's a whole planned trilogy stuffed into ~2 hours.
I don't have that issue in Estonian.
September 21, 2024 at 11:46 AM
I don't have that issue in Estonian.
Possibly the best movie I've watched this year.
September 19, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Possibly the best movie I've watched this year.
You can make any Linux look like this by installing the XFCE desktop environment and a github package named Chicago95.
I've had it on a small laptop. It's neat. Changed back to vanilla Mint only because XFCE doesn't come with Win+arrow automatic window tiling.
I've had it on a small laptop. It's neat. Changed back to vanilla Mint only because XFCE doesn't come with Win+arrow automatic window tiling.
August 11, 2024 at 9:22 AM
You can make any Linux look like this by installing the XFCE desktop environment and a github package named Chicago95.
I've had it on a small laptop. It's neat. Changed back to vanilla Mint only because XFCE doesn't come with Win+arrow automatic window tiling.
I've had it on a small laptop. It's neat. Changed back to vanilla Mint only because XFCE doesn't come with Win+arrow automatic window tiling.
Robert Heinlein missed by 4 years, huh?
(From: Scholes & Rabkin 1977. Science Fiction: History, Science, Vision., p. 53)
(From: Scholes & Rabkin 1977. Science Fiction: History, Science, Vision., p. 53)
July 20, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Robert Heinlein missed by 4 years, huh?
(From: Scholes & Rabkin 1977. Science Fiction: History, Science, Vision., p. 53)
(From: Scholes & Rabkin 1977. Science Fiction: History, Science, Vision., p. 53)
As a person who downloads a lot of stuff, the best and brightest idea I've probably ever had was turning the failed download icon background red to make it more visible.
userChrome.css (Firefox) code:
.downloadIconRetry > .button-box > .button-icon{ background-color:red; border-radius: 100% }
userChrome.css (Firefox) code:
.downloadIconRetry > .button-box > .button-icon{ background-color:red; border-radius: 100% }
July 15, 2024 at 1:49 PM
As a person who downloads a lot of stuff, the best and brightest idea I've probably ever had was turning the failed download icon background red to make it more visible.
userChrome.css (Firefox) code:
.downloadIconRetry > .button-box > .button-icon{ background-color:red; border-radius: 100% }
userChrome.css (Firefox) code:
.downloadIconRetry > .button-box > .button-icon{ background-color:red; border-radius: 100% }
Removed unused right-click menu context items from Firefox with userChrome.css, just as God intended.
July 14, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Removed unused right-click menu context items from Firefox with userChrome.css, just as God intended.
Here's my solution for direct sunlight. Not ideal but better than nothing.
July 14, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Here's my solution for direct sunlight. Not ideal but better than nothing.
Dragged a good track to my "favorites" folder and noticed that the cover image really fits with the file right next to it.
July 13, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Dragged a good track to my "favorites" folder and noticed that the cover image really fits with the file right next to it.
Yeah, this is AI slop from Facebook or Instagram.
July 8, 2024 at 7:55 AM
Yeah, this is AI slop from Facebook or Instagram.