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    Designing Miracles by Darwin Ortiz

    Designing Miracles is the second of Darwin ortiz's books on magic theory. The first one is Strong magic, which is regarded as a modern classic in the genre. Designing Miracles is essentially about making your magical effects stronger by using good design principles. To my knowledge, this is the...
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    Did anyone else catch Jamy Ian Swiss on Craig Ferguson's show last night?

    I happened to see someone mention this on the Genii forums. I thought it was supposed to be on friday and I was pleasantly surprised to see this yesterday. Take a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXK1MV-f0Us I was very impressed with Jamy's choice of material. He didn't go for...
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    Article about Slydini by Racherbaumer

    I found this article posted on the Magic Cafe today. I thought it would be good to share this with people on the T11 forums. Enjoy!! http://www.stevensmagic.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=32
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    Martin Gardner has passed away.

    I just saw the announcement on the Genii forums. Martin Gardner, the eminent science and math writer, author, magician and skeptic has passed away. His legacy includes bestsellers such as "Mathematics, Magic and Mystery", "Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games", "Fads and Fallacies in the Name...
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    Not your usual exposure story/rant

    This thread actually has a small probability of becoming controversial, but I think the guys at T11 are a reasonable group, so here goes. Anyway, this is not a thread complaining about exposure. This is certainly not a thread aimed at starting a witch hunt, even though I will name one person in...
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    Knack Magic Tricks by Richard Kaufman

    We all (Hopefully) know Richard Kaufman as the guy who has written and published numerous classic books of magic (besides running Genii magazine). Richard Kaufman has now released his latest book of magic for the public which is titled "Knack Magic Tricks: Make it Easy" This is a book aimed...
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    Theory in Magic

    There was a thread in the product questions section titled "Should I even get Royal Road to Card Magic". Towards the end of that thread, SplitHeavens asked a question about what exactly magic theory is. The thread is at http://forums.theory11.com/showthread.php?t=17416&page=3 I gave an answer...
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    Thoughts on sleight of hand vs. gimmicks

    I'm sure most of you will say that Sleight of hand vs Gaffs is actually a false dichotomy, so let me preempt that objection :). This is more of an essay on something I realized recently about using gaffs/gimmicks effectively. Before I proceed, I want you to have a look at these videos. The...
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    Unusual Magic

    I don't know if anyone here has seen this before. Even if you have, it's really interesting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZPomds38Dc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j24fVIgyi8&feature=related It's amazing to think that Meir Yedid could just walk right up with absolutely no props on...
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    Old John Scarne Video

    An old video of John Scarne demonstrating gambling moves. Enjoy!!! http://www.spicejar.org/asiplease/archives/000479.html
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    A Newbie's Experience

    This is going to be a long post, so please bear with me. Before I get to the main story I must admit to being a total newbie. I became interested in magic in general and card magic in particular less than two months back. I saw a video on youtube showing Joshua Jay demonstrating a 10 card...
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