tricks

As to not derail another thread here I thought I would just start a new one. I don’t see a problem with the exposing of magic tricks and methods. With the exception of intellectual property and marked gimmicks, what is the problem with exposing a method or sleight that is in the public...

Okay, I'm not a magician. I don't have any great interest but I do remember reading a book back in the late 1970s that explained a lot of tricks and how to do them. I thought it was fascinating. Where can I find such a book today? Or preferably, a website?

What magic tricks or routines you learning now? I have got my snap change at a level where I can demonstrate it. Shown it to my six year old son who was spestacularly unimpressed.

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Howdy all, I was looking to trade some card tricks. I'm not so hot at the sleight-of-hand stuff, but I do have a couple of really good self-working tricks that usually blow the audience away. Unfortunately, they're about the only tricks I can do well, and I am looking to expand my...

http://health.msn.com/menshealth/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100119940&GT1=7538#1 Some of these sound dubious at best. Like #5 - wiggle a bone in your nasal cavity to clear your sinuses. And #7 - relieve a toothache by rubbing ice on your hand. And #12 - slow your heart by blowing on your...

What would be the best in-print book on conjuring and magic tricks in general? Many thanks in advance for info.

This is my list of the best card tricks in the world. If you know others that deserve to be up here, tell me! Premonition (Eddie Joseph) Spectator thinks of a card and names it. A deck is removed from the magicians pocket and they are counted on the table face up. 51 cards are counted, and...

I used to own a black and white surprise set. I don't know what happened to it. It could be anywhere. Anyhow, I really want to get another set, but was wondering if there are different brands of it, and which are the better brands. Thanks,

Kitten is babysitting three youngsters. She brought over Andrew Maynes DVD "Wizard School". Now she has three magicians performing really bad magic for her (and they entertain their parents too!). The ages are 3-7. I remember getting one of those cheesy magic trick kits as a child. I made...

So a guy claims that Ki is real.. Nothing new here. But he does make a claim about a demonstration that he participated in. How would you explain that one elderly man could push over over 60 black belt, well coordinated students, lined up in a row, with one hand? And here is my initial...

10 Stupid Tricks of Skeptics! (http://www.discord.org/~lippard/stupid-skeptic-tricks.txt) {snip} _________________ When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is no longer our friend. --------------------------------------------------------- edited to comply with forum copyright rules. If anyone...

I always wanted to keep track of what I considered potentially underhanded tactics- by all sides- in an election. In other words- not discussions on the issues, but attempts to paint the opponent in a negative light. Here is that chance. Inviting people to participate in this, list incidents...

according to this, anyway. http://www.opensource.org/halloween/halloween10.html Microsoft is funding SCO to attack Linux. It is not content to just take on Linux in the market place, it has to resort to underhand tactics. A virtual monopoly is not enough. It is to control everything. Take...

So we all know about, and have our own opinions on, the intelligence data referred to by President Bush and members of Congress and the Senate to support the war in Iraq. Bush is not the only one who bought it and believed it. Many Democrats did, too. Some of whom are running for President...

So we all know about, and have our own opinions on, the intelligence data referred to by President Bush and members of Congress and the Senate to support the war in Iraq. Bush is not the only one who bought it and believed it. Many Democrats did, too. Some of whom are running for President...

Because the properties of space differ from the properties here on Earth, what interesting magic effects can you think of that could be done in space? Also, which tricks that can be done on Earth, could absolutely not be done in space?

Are all magic tricks easy to figure out?? I can't say I've met one yet that is too challenging to figure out. That's not to say I have the dexterity, skill, acting, presence to do any, I don't, except for the canned ones and the easy ones, but just that most all tricks I've seen seemed really...

What are some peoples' favorite magic tricks? One of my all time favorites is The Metamorphasis (or its variants).

Microsoft is being sued by Burst.com over its use of instant-on streaming technology which Burst patented. This technology appears to be in Windows Media Player 9 and the latest versions of RealPlayer and QuickTime. From the article Stupid Microsoft Tricks by Robert X. Cringely . . . Burst...