There are seemingly endless photography apps for the iPhone—it is perhaps one of the most popular arenas for application developers. We've covered a few in Giveaway Tuesdays, but nothing comprehensive. We would be remiss to omit the two most popular frontrunners—Hipstamatic ( ...more
In a double-stuffed episode of Scam School, you'll learn how to fake ESP powers — a diabolical method to fake telepathy between you and a friend — and see a mind control trick from outer space with Scam School's first intergalactic student! The Setup To prove that you and yo ...more
Tomorrow's the 1st of April which means it's the one day of the year you can put aside the daily grind, and go at it Dwight Schrute and Jim Halpert style. Yes, there are easy apps to do your dirty work, but if you're old school and you like to do it the old fashioned way, here ...more
Learn the Burn Out card magic trick.
First of all you need a normal deck of playing cards. You need to use four kings for this trick. Remember that whenever you are performing the card trick then do not say that you are using a normal deck of paying cards, unless you are really using it. Now take out the four kin ...more
If you are a somewhat experienced card magician, and don't mind investing twenty dollars into a specialty deck, then this elaborate magic trick is for you. It is called Fadeout, while it requires some fancy moves, including a one-handed fan and one challenging sleight-of-hand ...more
Aspiring card shark? Sink your pearly whites into this easy, impressive card illusion. In this free video magic lesson from YouTube user experthowto, you'll learn how to perform the simple "twirl" color change card trick using sleight of hand. For more information, including a ...more
Improve your magician skills with this magic card trick video lesson. This magical tutorial will show you how to perform the flip over card trick. Doing the flip over card trick just takes a little sleight of hand and practice. See the reveal of this cool card trick.
Improve your magician skills with this magic card trick video lesson. This magical tutorial will show you how to perform the card through deck card trick. Doing the card thru the deck card trick just takes a little sleight of hand and practice. See the reveal of this cool card ...more
Learn a card magic trick in which you appear to make all of the cards in a deck go blank.
A tutorial for performing the Top Pop card magic trick.
A simple magic trick to make it look like you can pull the tip of your finger off. Perform a severed finger trick. Click through to watch this video on tricklife.com
Learn to perform the paper clip card magic trick.
This magic trick will show you how to make a simple, thin cardboard, egg carton vanish before the eyes. The egg carton gets stuffed down a small circular object, and disappears before your eyes, but how? The secret? Acetone. Behind that little circular barrier is a bowl of car ...more
Watch this video to learn how to find the mushroom on the dollar bill. Amaze and impress your friends with this cool and easy magic trick.
Figure out what a card is just by rubbing it. And also bending it so you can see the corner. Now that's magic.
Learn how to do a swing cut and a false swing cut for a magic trick routine. Do a false swing cut. Click through to watch this video on tricklife.com
Learn how to spread cards in a ribbon spread during a magic trick routine. Spread cards. Click through to watch this video on tricklife.com
Learn the secret behind the magic box trick. Any object you put into the box will vanish. Make a magic box. Click through to watch this video on tricklife.com
This video will teach you a levitation magic trick commonly used by magicians Criss Angel and David Blaine.
This video gives a demonstration of magic coin balancing. Amaze your children with this trick. Do a magic coin balance. Click through to watch this video on helpfulvideo.com
Do you perform magic or stand-up comedy routines and often find yourself talking to yourself on stage? Do you envy Jeff Dunham and his elaborate selection of puppets that he can interact with onstage in order to have a conversation with himself without sounds TOO deranged? Thi ...more
Let your fingers do the walkin' and give the Yellow Pages a piece of your mind. In this tutorial, learn how to perform a very cool magic trick that will impress everybody. This video will show you how to tear those big giant phonebooks that you occasionally find on your front ...more
Hemming and stitching in Wizard101? Yep, learn how to stitch itms together and make an awesome wizard-like costume. Check this video out for a tutorial on how to stitch items on Wizard101 (11/10/09). If you're new to stitching in this game, hem your way to success by followin ...more
Get the inside scoop on Wizard101 hacks, cheats, tricks, tips, and walkthroughs! Watch this video tutorial to learn how to get into Nightside without beating streets in Wizard101. You don't have to beat all of the streets to get to Nightside in Wizard City. Description of the ...more
Get the inside scoop on Wizard101 hacks, cheats, tricks, tips, and walkthroughs! Watch this video tutorial to learn how to find the Krokotopia beetles in Wizard101. Description of the game from Wizard101: Wizard101 is an online, multiplayer, Wizard school adventure game with ...more
Get the inside scoop on Wizard101 hacks, cheats, tricks, tips, and walkthroughs! Watch this video tutorial to learn how to hack Wizard101 money with Cheat Engine (09/27/09). 1. Log in to your account 2. Go to any shop 3. Open Cheat Engine 5.5, go to Wizard101 4. Put in the am ...more
Get the inside scoop on Wizard101 hacks, cheats, tricks, tips, and walkthroughs! Watch this video tutorial to learn how to get money fast and easy in Wizard101 (09/16/09). There is no fighting here. Description of the game from Wizard101: Wizard101 is an online, multiplayer, ...more
Get the inside scoop on Wizard101 hacks, cheats, tricks, tips, and walkthroughs! Watch this video tutorial to learn how to turn into your pet in Wizard 101 (09/15/09). Description of the game from Wizard101: Wizard101 is an online, multiplayer, Wizard school adventure game w ...more
Get the inside scoop on Wizard101 hacks, cheats, tricks, tips, and walkthroughs! Watch this video tutorial to learn how to hack Wizard101 with Cheat Engine. Description of the game from Wizard101: Wizard101 is an online, multiplayer, Wizard school adventure game with collect ...more
Get the inside scoop on Wizard101 hacks, cheats, tricks, tips, and walkthroughs! Watch this video tutorial to learn how to find cheat codes in Wizard101. Codes: Frog Land Summer Dragon Check out Wizard 101 Cheats and Secrets! Description of the game from Wizard101: Wizard ...more
Wish you could fly like Superman? Now you can, with a little magic (or more appropriately, illusion). This magic trick lets you float horizontally in midair, and it's simple to perform. This video reveals the secret, which is as simple as a box and mirror. Check out the secon ...more
Quarters don't get you very far at the mall, but they are very impressive when used in magic. Grab a fake trick quarter and follow these steps and you will be on your way to impressing your friends in no time! You Will Need • Patter • Trick folding quarter • Audience • Bor ...more
This is a great glitch that makes you become invisible in Wizard 101. You can turn invisible or you can simply seem invisible by being turned into pets or mounts. Check this video out for a tutorial on how to become invisible in Wizard101 (12/13/09). The walkthrough shows how ...more
Are you a secret shopper? Well, you could be in Wizard 101. You have to earn the Secret Shopper badge to be one, and if you don't know how, you're in luck. Check this video out for a tutorial on how to get the Secret Shopper badge in Wizard101 (12/12/09). Just follow the walk ...more
Cheat Engine on Wizard101? Yes. You can easily hack Wizard101 with Cheat Engine. It's just like all of those Facebook flash games and can be hacked just the same. Check this video out for a tutorial on how to hack Wizard101 with Cheat Engine (12/06/09). Just download Cheat En ...more
Cheat Engine on Wizard101? No way! But like many online games, Cheat Engine is more than adequate and hacking the wizard-ness of this game. Check this video out for a tutorial on how to speed hack Wizard101 with Cheat Engine (10/08/09). Patience is the key to figuring this ha ...more
Sponge balls are a very cool magic effect. But you will have to master palming first. You will get very good reactions. The best part is that you can simply keep them in your pocket. Here is how to start. Palming Begin by pretending to put a ball in one hand while secretly k ...more
It's a trick that never fails to amaze. You're placed in handcuffs, but with a flick of the wrist, you're free! Kick off your career as a daring escape artist with these simple tips. You Will Need *A pair of handcuffs *A handcuff key *A bobby pin or paper clip *An assistant ...more
In this prank, the Jackass Crew will be tricked inot drinking a bit of ipecac (or willfully take it if knowing) before getting on a ride that will go up and down in a circular motion. While in the ride, the Crew will be shooting nerf guns (or any projectile in intrest) at peop ...more
We're a sucker for the cute ones. This mini-magician might not have much up his sleeve as far as slight of hand, but he's got energy. In his bedroom theatre, ToxicMagic7 gives the lowdown on card levitation. Like many tricks of flight (read: Peter Pan, UFOs, girl at Beijing O ...more
How to do the sliced banana magic trick! Fool your friends and be the life of the party with this awesome magic trick! This video will show you how to cut a banana before you even peel it! All that you will need for this cool trick is a needle and a banana. Video: . Step 1: Ge ...more
Watch this instructional video to learn how to do the hummingbird card trick. This is possibly the worst magic trick I have ever seen. It's easy to do as well as easy to figure out.
Students have been passing notes in class for decades, so what's the big deal about sending a quick text message? Everybody does it, even your teacher was surely guilty of covertly communicating with his or her peers back when they were in high school. Don't Miss: How to Bypa ...more
If you're in the market for a new smartphone and want nothing but the best of the best, now's the time to act. Some of the greatest phones money can buy are being released as we speak, while others are still in their prime and will continue to be for most of 2024. Whether you ...more
With the recent release of both Watchmen and X-Men Origins, convincing a drunken buddy at the bar that you've got slightly super human lifting abilities isn't completely out of the question. Brian Brushwood delights in exploiting the gullible bar flies with his magic show, Sc ...more
Decorating your Instagram Stories with different types of markups is a good way to engage your audience in what you are doing. You can customize the brightness and adjust the coloring of your markup and text right though the Stories feature. All you have to do is find the pho ...more
For those of you that prefer a soft-baked cookie that is fluffy in the middle, using cake flour instead of regular all-purpose (AP) flour is your secret baking weapon. "But I don't have cake flour," you protest. Fear not: if your kitchen is sans cake flour, you can easily whip ...more
The Zippo ain't no common Bic. This lighter is windproof, waterproof, electrocution proof... the list goes on! In the 1950's a fisherman found a Zippo in the belly of a fish. It worked on the first try! In other words, this flame won't go out. That's what makes this magic tri ...more
Smoking fingers is a basic magic trick, but it still gets a wow up-close, especially if your audience is barside and slightly inebriated. The "brown stuff" is the red phosphorus and glass powder. The friction from rubbing fingertips produces smoke, but no flame. Amp this tri ...more
Before your calls flood our command center, I'd like to clarify: anti-gravity is not real. It is a trick. There was some confusion as to whether the HowTo master and creator GreeenPro made this video defying gravity. Au contraire. He gets it. Have no fear. The ring does not ...more
Congratulations to Brian Brushwood and Scam School for winning the 2008 WonderHowTo Magic Award! We're huge fans of the Scam School and with the votes, clearly you are too. Scam School and the Superhero Trick are the brainchild of spiky-haired magician Brian Brushwood. Brian ...more
At the end of June, Unity 2017.1, the newest version of the popular 3D development engine, went live. And with that release, it brought out some very cool new features like Timeline and Cinemachine, to name a few. Now, for those of us that develop with Unity and follow the bet ...more
Many new, emerging technologies are coming to our faces. Some are already here, and it's hard to tell what's what. We've taken a deep dive into the three main types (virtual, augmented, and mixed reality), but if you need a quick primer, this infographic will do the trick. Th ...more
Caramel is delicious, but it can be a tricky flavor to incorporate into baking. Traditionally, caramel is a liquid, and that doesn't always suit dessert preparation since adding extra liquid to baked goods can ruin them. So how do you get that buttery, toffee-like flavor? Ent ...more
Ralph Waldo Emerson once observed that "the seed of science" was "wonder," and taking a look at this nine-layer liquid tower from Steve Spangler's Sick Science! channel, one can't help but do just that — wonder. How is this possible? Is this magic or what? While it's not exac ...more
Bored of using your bottle of dishwashing soap for just washing dishes? You're in luck. Not surprisingly, the soapy liquid commonly used for removing stubborn food build-up from your eating utensils can also be used as a general cleaner for washing windows, removing clothing ...more
Other than holding together bundles of pens or creating a miniature catapult for a science project, rubber bands have many other surprisingly practical uses in the kitchen, office, for DIY home projects and more. Want to give your cutting board more traction? Place rubber ban ...more
Here Brian Brushwood deconstructs the 'Skewer through the Tongue' trick. Magic or not...we're still totally grossed out. Stage show magic is notoriously secretive. But that's not the case with Brian Brushwood of Universal Studios and Revision3 fame. The prop to this illusio ...more
In today's world of texts, twitters and status updates, could we have evolved past paper based exchange? Face-to-face hasn't been phased out yet. According to a Time Magazine report, business cards are experiencing a second coming. In our research of biz card history, we unt ...more