Method is the soul of business.

What is it with synchronicity? This topic of method is like buying a new car and, next thing you know, there’s suddenly one just like it on every corner. I’m winding down, leafing through a book of one of my favorite writers, and this leaps off the page: Method is the soul of business. –OLD […]

More on sufficiently advanced technology.

This is in addition to the post a couple days ago. I’m a big RFID fan. When Texas Instruments first made their RFID evaluation kits available years ago, I was worse than any of the geeks standing (in the wrong line) to see Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of George Lucas the Sith. Except, […]

A load of crap.

Another quote to warm the soul: “One of the things you never hear when people tell you about card magic — or any kind of magic — or read in any book, is that all generalizations are a load of crap. Each person must do his magic differently. Each person’s fingers are differently shaped and […]

Two Close.

As many of you are probably aware, Michael and Lisa Close have been out on the road on a lecture tour. The next leg begins April 11th and they’ve decided to make it global. (Well, at least write about it globally.) From their new blog: Lisa and I are heading out on the road for […]

Two freebies to occupy your time.

Back in February, I was happy to mention Richard Osterlind’s new web log. It’s a place for him to add value to the products you may have purchased from him, but he’s also provided some interesting thoughts you might want to take a look at. If you haven’t yet visited his blog recently, you missed […]

Some sufficiently advanced technology.

You know how much I love quotations. So, here’s one that kicked off my first web site in 1994: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. –Arthur C. Clarke, “Profiles of The Future”, 1961 (Clarke’s third law) With that in mind, take a look at this: http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000340038537/ That helps put Mr. Clarke’s quote front […]