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Tom

In my last post about how to make the last tear of newflash easier I described a method to fix the packet that was not perfekt. I had both ende glued below the packet whit the result that during one restauration I was left with to pices of the strip in each hand with the [...]

If you own News Flash from Axel Hecklau, you too may have problems with the last tear of the newspaper with the handling Axel shows on his DVD. He also shows an alternative handling which is much easier, but has the drawback that you have to re-sort the paper layers before you can do the [...]

Just imagine you were able to produce a burning business card anytime, anywhere, blow it out and hand it over to someone. See a video and review here.

Some weeks ago I received the very read worthy Muse Letter from Jeff McBride. (If you have not subscribed to it yet, I recommend to do it here.)
In the mail aforesaid there was a link to, in my view, one of the best articles written about rehearsal and creation of your own routines.
Check it out  [...]

As already mentioned what I don’t want is to create a second SAP  with The Outlook Show Manager
We will start very, very small and add all the nice features that are really needed. I have a quite clear picture of what I need, but this should not be a tool just for me. [...]

Under the tag review you will find more reviews of magic tricks, DVDs and books. As already stated in the heading, I will be really honest with you, but please be aware of that they are also very subjective.
If you want to have your product reviewed by me, please send me an email at mail@escamoteur.de.
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To be honest, the classic effect of the torn and restored newspaper did not really appeal to me for a long time. Somehow it looked too common and in a way trivial to me. This started to chance while watching the DVD from Paul Potassy who has a very entertaining newspaper routine with a nice [...]

I don’t know how you feel about it, but for most performers the office stuff is extremely annoying.
I tried several software before to organize my bookings and keep track of dates but I was not really satisfied.
The last Time I used Business Contact manager for Outlook, but this is a tool aimed at much larger [...]

My name is Tom Bennett. I’m a professional magician, inventor and developer. I want this blog to talk about my work and share some of my experiences with it. These are the main topics for now:

Magic

Outlook Show Manager – my approach to develop my own CRM-Tool trimmed to the needs of performing artist.

I’m German, [...]