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Link: How to Write a Story, by Robert Jackson Bennett

Martin McCallion — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:00:21 +0000

"The first step is waking up." Brilliant: How to Write a Story, by Robert Jackson Bennett

Link: "Long-standing party loyalties, even in a less tribal world, are not easily suspended"

Martin McCallion — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:45:40 +0000

"… 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

Link: An Awesome Interpretation of Avatar

Martin McCallion — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:00:07 +0000

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

Link: A Self-Referential Story

Martin McCallion — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:00:29 +0000

"Sentient sentences": an astonishing piece of work.: A Self-Referential Story

A quote from Amanda Palmer: asking for money for your art is not selling out

Martin McCallion — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:28:18 +0000

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

Link: Do I know where hell is? Hell is in "Hello"

Martin McCallion — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:00:08 +0000

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"

Link: A report on FT.com: The man who invented exercise

Martin McCallion — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:00:31 +0000

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

I really need to post more

Martin McCallion — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:51:57 +0000

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…

Without Twitter, how will we know what’s happening?

Martin McCallion — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:41:14 +0000

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.

Watermelon Sculpture

Martin McCallion — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:41:51 +0000

Watermelon Sculpture

Originally uploaded by devilgate.

My son’s first sculpture. Clearly Halloween can’t come soon enough (though watermelon is a lot easier to carve than pumpkin)