A Labourer at the Bitface » Asides http://devilgate.org/blog Warning: contains language from the outset Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:45:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Link: Screenwriting Tip Of The Day by William C. Martell – Romeo to Rambo http://devilgate.org/blog/2010/09/24/link-screenwriting-tip-of-the-day-by-william-c-martell-romeo-to-rambo/ http://devilgate.org/blog/2010/09/24/link-screenwriting-tip-of-the-day-by-william-c-martell-romeo-to-rambo/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:00:36 +0000 Martin McCallion http://devilgate.org/blog/2010/09/24/link-screenwriting-tip-of-the-day-by-william-c-martell-romeo-to-rambo/ How good scripts get turned into bad movies: Screenwriting Tip Of The Day by William C. Martell - Romeo to Rambo

]]> http://devilgate.org/blog/2010/09/24/link-screenwriting-tip-of-the-day-by-william-c-martell-romeo-to-rambo/feed/ 0 Link: How to Write a Story, by Robert Jackson Bennett http://devilgate.org/blog/2010/04/30/link-how-to-write-a-story-by-robert-jackson-bennett/ http://devilgate.org/blog/2010/04/30/link-how-to-write-a-story-by-robert-jackson-bennett/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:00:21 +0000 Martin McCallion http://devilgate.org/blog/2010/04/30/link-how-to-write-a-story-by-robert-jackson-bennett/ "The first step is waking up." Brilliant: How to Write a Story, by Robert Jackson Bennett

]]> http://devilgate.org/blog/2010/04/30/link-how-to-write-a-story-by-robert-jackson-bennett/feed/ 0 Link: "Long-standing party loyalties, even in a less tribal world, are not easily suspended" http://devilgate.org/blog/2010/04/29/link-long-standing-party-loyalties-even-in-a-less-tribal-world-are-not-easily-suspended/ http://devilgate.org/blog/2010/04/29/link-long-standing-party-loyalties-even-in-a-less-tribal-world-are-not-easily-suspended/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:45:40 +0000 Martin McCallion http://devilgate.org/blog/2010/04/29/link-long-standing-party-loyalties-even-in-a-less-tribal-world-are-not-easily-suspended/ Continue reading →]]> "… But May 2010 offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape politics for the better. It must be seized."

Fascinating list of signatories to this letter in The Guardian: "Long-standing party loyalties, even in a less tribal world, are not easily suspended

]]> http://devilgate.org/blog/2010/04/29/link-long-standing-party-loyalties-even-in-a-less-tribal-world-are-not-easily-suspended/feed/ 0 Link: An Awesome Interpretation of Avatar http://devilgate.org/blog/2010/01/05/link-an-awesome-interpretation-of-avatar/ http://devilgate.org/blog/2010/01/05/link-an-awesome-interpretation-of-avatar/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:00:07 +0000 Martin McCallion http://devilgate.org/blog/2010/01/05/link-an-awesome-interpretation-of-avatar/ Brilliant analysis of what could have been "really" happening in Avatar. Don't read if you haven't seen the film.: An Awesome Interpretation of Avatar

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]]> http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/10/17/link-a-self-referential-story/feed/ 0 A quote from Amanda Palmer: asking for money for your art is not selling out http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/10/14/a-quote-from-amanda-palmer-asking-for-money-for-your-art-is-not-selling-out/ http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/10/14/a-quote-from-amanda-palmer-asking-for-money-for-your-art-is-not-selling-out/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:28:18 +0000 Martin McCallion http://devilgate.org/blog/?p=376 Continue reading →]]> ASKING FOR MONEY FOR YOUR ART IS NOT SELLING OUT.

selling out is when you go against your own heart, ideals and authenticity to make money.

selling out is an action, a 180 from a stated position.

i don’t consider pop stars to be sell-outs.
the lady gagas, britneys and madonnas of the world are UNABASHED about why they got in this game: fame, money, über-success, chart-topping hits.

but if neil young were to suddenly hire the matrix to write him a thumpin’ dance album and then appear on saturday night live snogging bob dylan, i’d have reservations about his integrity.

From Virtual Crowdsurfing

]]> http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/10/14/a-quote-from-amanda-palmer-asking-for-money-for-your-art-is-not-selling-out/feed/ 2 Link: Do I know where hell is? Hell is in "Hello" http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/10/07/do-i-know-where-hell-is-hell-is-in-hello/ http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/10/07/do-i-know-where-hell-is-hell-is-in-hello/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:00:08 +0000 Martin McCallion http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/10/07/do-i-know-where-hell-is-hell-is-in-hello/ God save us from crazy religious nutters.

The title is taken from 'Wandrin' Star', by the way.: Do I know where hell is? Hell is in "Hello"

]]> http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/10/07/do-i-know-where-hell-is-hell-is-in-hello/feed/ 1 Link: A report on FT.com: The man who invented exercise http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/10/07/a-report-on-ft-com-the-man-who-invented-exercise/ http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/10/07/a-report-on-ft-com-the-man-who-invented-exercise/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:00:31 +0000 Martin McCallion http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/10/07/a-report-on-ft-com-the-man-who-invented-exercise/ Amazing story. Hard to believe that the benefits of aerobic exercise were unknown as recently as the 1940s.: A report on FT.com: The man who invented exercise

]]> http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/10/07/a-report-on-ft-com-the-man-who-invented-exercise/feed/ 0 I really need to post more http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/06/19/i-really-need-to-post-more/ http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/06/19/i-really-need-to-post-more/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:51:57 +0000 Martin McCallion http://devilgate.org/blog/?p=337 But these days, if I try to write a post of more than 140 characters, I get a strange, compressed feeling.  Things start to slow… down…

]]> http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/06/19/i-really-need-to-post-more/feed/ 0 Without Twitter, how will we know what’s happening? http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/03/04/without-twitter-how-will-we-know-whats-happening/ http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/03/04/without-twitter-how-will-we-know-whats-happening/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:41:14 +0000 Martin McCallion http://devilgate.org/blog/2009/03/04/without-twitter-how-will-we-know-whats-happening/ Continue reading →]]> Twitter seems to be down at the moment – or at least, it’s not accepting tweets, and I can’t log in at the website. But how do we know what’s happening without Twitter to tell us?

Edit: back to normal now. I’m @devilgate, of course.

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