Very funny and apposite but I prefer to think that what Darn (and implicitly Andrew) was commenting on was that the definition of the sets here was not well-considered, as it resulted in so much duplication – some of these have appeared more than twice and it does make scrolling very boring when one has to scroll past so many repeated items again and again to get to a real new item. I haven’t checked but it *seems* like some of these have qualified to be in every single set (yawn) – somewhat validly calling into question the sets used.

(“Oh the humanity”, or to get my retaliation in first – “yes this is the worst thing I have to worry about and yes I am very sad”)

;-)

Karl Frank

Can’t they just grow up? No one wants to be an adult anymore.

Anyway, of course I hold no grudge against BoingBoing – I just wanted to let everyone know. It’s a fun-looking book, and if I were a gadgeteer myself I’d be all over some of these projects (LED birthday candles? Hell yes!), but it’s not all-ages.

#3 I bought ‘magic and showmanship’ after I read the review, its focusd on magic especially “big” magic with assistants and props but he also discusses showmanship, focusing audience attention, and the rhythum of a act with building tension to climax ending.

All stuff that had application to plotting and writing

I’d recommend it

Of course, I haven’t been a longtime graphic novel enthusiast, so if everyone already knows about this book, ignore this post.

-anin