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Writing a blog like this is a lot of work but also costs money for hosting. I was always hoping to get some reward from donations from you if you like an article so that I could go without any advertisement on this blog. As so far only one reader made a [...]

After it took really long to get me hooked on ropes, I know love them and especially my own cut and restored rope routine. In this post I want to share my experiences and ideas on how to prepare / gimmick a rope.
First, what type of rope to use. I recommend a soft cotton rope [...]

OK, after some discussions I know settled on: “Outlook Show Manager” simple and it says what it is.
I hope you like it.
Tom

Not really, don’t  you think? I’m short before launching the first Beta of “The Outlook Show Manager”. Now I’m pondering if it’s really a good name for such a application. As I’m not a native speaker I need your Help!
So PLEASE do some brainstorming and help me with your ideas for a god name that [...]

Last week I faced the challenge to create a scissor that looks like designed by Ferrari. So I got a real nice designer scissor and decided to paint parts of it in Ferrari red.
I never used an airbrush set before and so I was surprised to hear that I don’t need an expensive compressor and [...]

When I got his new eBook from Tom Stone, my first thought was: “Tom must have gone insane to write almost a full eBook about the multiplying bottles trick.”

To me this trick never appealed in any way and so I began to read rather sceptical but also curious as I know Tom is a great [...]

It has been a while since my last post, I was just too busy with other projects, but I promise you I will continue posting. I have a lot of ideas and topics and even great new stuff to review (e.g. Levents Miser’s Dream DVD set) but limited time (and sometimes also limited energy).
If you [...]

I’m really thankful that Todd Karr with his Miracle Factory releases this series of historic magic videos as I’m much too young to have had the chance to watch these masters of the past live and there is so much to learn from them.
When I got the newsletter from Miracle Factory that announced a DVD [...]

Normal I don’t just post about something that is posted somewhere else on the web but try to create my own content. But form time to time there are gems out there. If I find such a gem I want to let you know about it like this great article
http://shwood.squarespace.com/news/2009/9/21/14-years-ago-the-day-teller-gave-me-the-secret-to-my-career.html

For me The Tamed Card is one of the best creations of Tommy Wonder. It’s a real master piece of close up magic. For all the Youngsters that do only now the underground magic stuff of Theory 11 and YouTube take a close look. This is a lesson in theatrical construction of a really great [...]