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Why do you only have three of the aces? Why do you bother putting them on top of the deck? Why should the two red aces appear on the table? Is the top of the deck the most impressive place for them to come from? Why should the jokers get the Ace of Spades? Is there any personal connection or...

It's an interesting idea, but I'd definitely be concerned about the quality of the mentoring. Regardless of whether staff moderate who can mentor, it is incredibly difficult to judge somebodies level without ever having met them in person, purely by their posts, where largely, such judgements...

A friend of mine showed me Mystery Mark's cover pass video (the guy who is masterful at video editing but a bit of a fraud when it comes to most of his sleight of hand videos). Before I noticed it was a Mystery Mark video, I was trying to work out how he was doing it, and this video was my...

Argh... I'm not sure why mine is taking so long to process >_> Will it still count if it isn't processed on time? Joe EDIT: It finished just as I posted :P

This video is full of win. Thumbs up... hehe. Joe

The furry truth behind CONRTOL... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqAEfZXiq3M Joe

Hey guys. I'm just interested to know what the range is like here when it comes to frequency of performing. Please submit the option that you feel currently best resembles how often you perform, and if you are hoping to change this soon, feel free to share what your aims are and how you...

Chuck Norris says "Pick me!" Joe

Not including my own effects (which I probably have a considerable bias toward)... Wow by Masuda Triumph (Either Dai Vernon's, Kostya Kimlat's Culligula or Sid Lorraine's Sloppy Shuffle) The Muscle Pass as a levitation Tripple Coincidence by Juan Tamariz Galaxy by Paul Harris Joe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95SQ8c6QcdM Joe

I think there are too many unnecessary moves at the moment, but I like the principle despite the fact that the angles would make it pretty difficult in most "working" situations. Try pretending to do it for real (i.e. take out all of the sleights and just pretend the two cards swapped at the...

It's in several of Hugard's books under different names, but in Royal Road, I believe it is called "Rapid Transit". With a small amount of thought it can be modified to be in the hands. Joe

You can also find it in Joshua Jay's "Magic: The Complete Course", credited and included with permission, of course. It's not very workable in most situations, but it makes a nice little effect for random impromptu performances for a small audience when there happens to be a paper-clip lying...

It does depend on the occasion, but lecture notes are rarely just handed out, but cost a small fee. Usually, lectures last anywhere between half an hour to a couple of hours. All of the lectures I have attended have been with magic societies that I have been a member of, so the fee for the...

I start by viewing the 3-5 cards in order a few times, then set it to random until I am completely happy, then move onto the next 3-5, do the same, when I am happy with those, I then randomly go through all those I have already done, thus ensuring I can recall any card or position at will. It...

Haha! Spotted one of my mates about a minute in. xD (Ioannis) So gutted that I couldn't go this year :(. Joe

You can change the range so that you are only looking at a very small number of cards at a time. The strategy I have been using for myself is to memorize 3-5 cards at a time, which is really easy, then practice everything I have learnt so far, then learn the next 3-5 and so on. This has proven...

Cheers, guys. Glad to know it'll be of use :) Davidicon, it took me a few hours to get the main bits working, but then I ended up doing an all-nighter, some of which I spent tweaking and implementing a few extra features. :P Fezzik, as SimonOHart said, it pretty much just quizzes you on...

:o Burn him! The (top-card) cover-pass is my favourite, for sure. So smooth, invisible and incredibly versatile. Joe

Hey guys, This evening, for a bit of fun and also to help me learn the Mnemonica stack, I built a web-based memorized stack trainer which you are all welcome to make use of, too. Find it here: http://huruey.webs.com If you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know. I already have...