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Hi Scott. I really like the header. There are two main issues I see at the moment. The first is that some of the animations of the pages feel a bit slow. It feels like it's extra loading time and I have to wait for the text to slowly fade in before I can read it. I think it would still...

Yeah, this was inspired by that, but we wanted to make it increasingly less subtle ^_^ Thanks for the comments :) Joe

Hey guys. We have a small group of magicians and flourishers in York. Our meetings are always highly productive, as you can tell from this video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ0dEoYXMKo Joe

Thank you for your contribution to this thread. How would a random number generator be used? Simply trying to remember what card was at a number wouldn't help, as you'd need verification that you were right, else you'd end up learning the stack wrong. Joe

I made a free stack trainer which can be used for any stack (Has several built in including Mnemonica). The site works fine on the iphone/itouch ;)... http://huruey.webs.com/

If all you aim for in a performance is a reaction, it's bound to get boring pretty quickly. If all you do is recite tricks again and again and wait for the screams, this is all you will ever achieve. And no, the solution is not just more new tricks. If you want your performances to be more...

It doesn't work for me. Disconnects every few seconds. :S

Deck Box Change This isn't to be taken too seriously. I was just playing about... :P http://video.ak.facebook.com/cfs-ak-snc4/33353/66/1414024783154_46377.mp4 Joe (EDIT: it is real and so are the decks)

At a magic soc meeting a few months ago down the pub, I was challenged to do a top-card cover pass with 3 decks of varying stickiness... [PLEASE NOTE: I've had a hair cut since :P] http://video.ak.facebook.com/cfs-ak-sf2p/27325/674/10150106277990284_39551.mp4 Just a bit of fun :P Joe

Didn't work as well as planned. Ah well :P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pb19fomhhk Joe

Thanks guys. Before I add my website, I'm going to need a website, so I guess I'll make that my next project. I used the light red/grey colour as an alternative to white because I felt just white looked too plain. I am probably going to change the hat to be a trilby hat to make it more...

Sure, you can justify almost anything with patter, but why bother when more intuitive effects can be used to demonstrate effectively the same power? When the patter is more about justifying what is happening and less about creating the right moments and emotions, then you will end up with weaker...

I would not buy this, and here's why: Firstly, you say you came up with this today, and already you are thinking of selling it? There's no way it is tried and tested or developed far beyond mere ideas. Secondly, it doesn't sound very powerful. What is the point in all the cards becoming...

Hey guys. It has recently become apparent that I am in need of a business card, and so I have put together this design. Any feedback would be appreciated. (Just so you know, I do usually wear a hat when performing) Thanks, Joe

Thanks. I just want to point out quickly that this is not how I normally do the cover pass. The method of getting a break was an attempt at copying Mystery Mark's video (which you can find by searching youtube). My ACTUAL cover pass is the standard method that you described, however, it was...

I sadly know the method. I'd love to be able to perform this kind of effect one day, though.

This is kind of what I was saying with the underlying power or idea you want to demonstrate. I feel that the best place to start is to know what you wish to demonstrate for your audience, irrespective of the trick itself or the power. I think this is what you mean when you say "concept"...

Should mentoring be such a formal process, though? Maybe it could be actively encouraged without making it so formal? Joe

Rather than spoon-feeding answers, I feel it is often more useful to offer questions that can let people realise things for themselves. The questions I asked are the kind that I have found very useful myself when asked in the past regarding ideas of my own. Joe

I'm not trying to be harsh and unnecessarily critical, I'm trying to help. Blake says it is something he is working on, and so it is reasonable to make suggestions or indicate where further thought may be required in order to help further the effect. Creating a mediocre effect and then later...