Old magician who likes old cars, and old whisky
In a linux terminal on the awm ec2 VM, enter the following commands:
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop
sudo mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &
mysql -uroot
use mysql;
update user set authentication_string=PASSWORD("mynewpassword") where User='root';
flush privileges;
quit
The four aces are fairly inserted into the fanned deck, in different locations. The fan is closed and the deck is cut, then shuffled twice. At the completion of the second shuffle, all four aces are on the top of the deck.
Continúa leyendo "Fan control"Efecto:
Se muestran cuatro ases sobre la baraja. Se colocan boca abajo y se insertan (dejándolos sobresalir) en la parte frontal, en diferentes lugares. Se coloca boca arriba para mostrar los ases, y luego boca abajo para insertarlos en la baraja. A continuación, se corta y se baraja una vez. Los cuatro ases vuelven a colocarse sobre la baraja. Una alternativa es simular un reparto central.
Continúa leyendo "Bluff Shift, bluff center"Some of the most magical effects are effects that have an element of luck involved. While such effects are often impossible to repeat, they are also impossible for the audience to figure out. They are effects that build reputations.
Continúa leyendo "Using Luck…."If you want to learn to use a memorized deck stack such as the Aronson stack then you can use my Faro shuffle simulator as a training aid.
Continúa leyendo "Memorize deck tool"Trabajé para Intel Corporation desde junio de 1994 hasta junio de 1998 (aprox.). Finalmente, recuperé la cordura y dejé la empresa. Cuando empecé a trabajar allí, trabajaba en la División de Sistemas de Supercomputación (SSD) y publiqué esta página, que fue guardada el 9 de enero de 1997 por Internet Archive:
https://web.archive.org/web/19970109235501/http://ssd.intel.com/
This is not a tutorial on the double lift, there are a lot of sources for that already. Instead this is a look at how lay people turn over a card compared to how magicians turn over a card.
Continúa leyendo "Double Lift"This is what I do for a practice routine.
Continúa leyendo "Practice Routine"This is an alternative to the previous post, but basically the same effect.
Continúa leyendo "U.S. Playing Card Co. Prediction V2."This is a prediction effect using a feature of some Bicycle Brand playing card decks. The decks that I purchase have two ways of showing a “prediction”. One of the advertising cards shows the King of Spades and the box show the Ten of Hearts. What follows is one way I use this as a prediction.