Teller

Is It ‘Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic’? Health, Confidence And Teaching Tricks

by podblack on April 29, 2010

Okay, colour-changing-card-me confused about the combination of a new paper and a much older report on the benefits of magic tricks for children! Questioning something that even I find rather palatable upon first reading isn’t unusual, particularly if it involves education claims. I guess I like to question even my own fervent hope that an [...]

{ 3 comments }

Little Kitten – Teller And The Red Ball

by podblack on November 23, 2008

Las Vegas Weekly with ‘A man, a ball, a hoop, a bench (and an alleged thread)… TELLER!’ It is impossible that this story be about anything other than a 3 ½-minute trick in the Penn & Teller show. It is a very beautiful trick that can’t be fully conveyed with words because it looks so [...]

{ 3 comments }

Little Kitten – Scratchy Tag… Scrtich Scritch…

by podblack on November 7, 2008

Now, apparently this ‘Musings and Rants – The Goddess of the Gaps blog reads me! But I’m not in their blogroll… I’ll add them to mine, however. I do like their url name: http://www.blackcatthursday.com The Ground Rules are apparently: 1. Link to the person who tagged you. (done) 2. Post the rules on your blog. [...]

{ 1 comment }

& Teller 2

by podblack on September 18, 2008

Teller has a sequel out to his original zombie movie – you can find it on Crackle, here! Oh – and Teller will speak (and perform) on the science and wonder of magic at the 2008 Idea Festival in Louisville, KY on Friday, September 26! Click for tickets and info here.

{ 0 comments }

Another ‘One’ Bites The Dust – The Finale Of ‘The One’

by podblack on August 10, 2008

Channel 7 — a thought: If you’re going to pre-record all three psychics responding to the claim that they ‘won the show’, don’t you think that perhaps one of them could have said something in their original predictions? “Daddo — it’s kind of pointless us writing in sooper-sekrit envelopes about who really is the winner. [...]

{ 7 comments }

Magicians Randi, Teller and Mac King Co-Author Science Paper On Magic

by podblack on August 6, 2008

Attention and awareness in stage magic: turning tricks into research – co-authored by Teller, Mac King and James Randi. Just as vision scientists study visual art and illusions to elucidate the workings of the visual system, so too can cognitive scientists study cognitive illusions to elucidate the underpinnings of cognition. Magic shows are a manifestation [...]

{ 0 comments }

Part Two Of Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie Fried Chicke… The One Vision!

by podblack on July 26, 2008

A select group of people on the planet that have psychic and telekinetic abilities. A race against time and talent. Harsh critics, dangerous challenges and potentially the entertainment spectacular of the year that will make you gasp and wonder… Oh. My mistake. That’s a summary of the new film about psychics called ‘Push’, that got [...]

{ 0 comments }

Part One Of Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie Fried Chicke… The One Vision!

by podblack on July 23, 2008

Welcome again to the blogging of Channel 7′s The One — previous odes to joy are found here! Oh, enthusiasts of the genre, as the intro to this third episode of the show says: you should be prepared for the impossible! Yes, unlikelihoods such as the master of the mostly-forgotten rock show Countdown from the [...]

{ 4 comments }

← Previous Entries