2008

Aug

When will I snap?

Maybe I’ve been a bit too easy on people on Decknique. There are two hands full of people I am...

Other interesting reasons the server...

Jonathan Bayme approached me about paying for Decknique’s hosting maybe 2 weeks ago or so. But...

Temp digs in Seattle

Currently moving...

A lot of time being spent right now on getting a permanent move to the USA. Not a small deal,...

Jul

I'm back

To be brief, had an absolutely blasting time. I just got back… lots to catch up with. Hope...

Going travelling

For the rest of this month, I will be going all over Europe. In no particular order: England...

Swing Tricks - CollegeHumor video

Finally got around to doing this…

Jun

WUSHU MASTERS CHINA I so wish I could do this…

Escalator Spin Fail Video - Why you can't be...

Girl Spins On Escalator - CollegeHumor video

Human Movement on Vimeo When somebody does this for a cardistry video I will be very happy.

Well that might have been the longest I’ve gone without making a post to this blog since it...

Turns out that gibberish is actually a ZIP file. The contents appear to be pretty much useless, and...

For the first time, I can see something on that 173la.cn...

Spam bots(?) put down even more but...

So these spam bots have continued to harass the Decknique server with no negative effect on the...

Current 3-6-3 Timed Team Relay World Record ~13.19 (via WrldSprtStackingAssn)

May

Contact Juggling

Brief update

Been quiet, eh? I’ve been travelling about Japan for over a week now. Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima,...

The Cardistry Collaboration Contest 2008 plaques have...

Surfing in Hawaii - Learned how to surf today… had a...

Samoan Chief Performer Caught a great free show at the resort I’m staying at. Unfortunately I...

Aloha, and Happy May Day!

Apr

I want to redesign this blog again… Thing I feel about going on vacataion… it builds you...

Looks like they liked my design so much they copied it, lol

David Blaine’s Split Spade Lions are now selling...

Goodbye trademark green wall, you will be missed.

People want to buy my used decks?

I thought the first guy was joking, but then he wasn’t the only one. Are you guys serious?...

Thrown away 36 decks and just started… I’m...

David Blaine's Split Spades Lions released

Any cardists in Japan?

I’ll probably be in Japan for a good chunk of May.

Anybody really good at C++?

This game I’m working on is already fairly large… but to help speed things up and also...

TED | Talks | Raspyni Brothers: Welcome to...

ReduX Sequence - Despite the fact it’s still using the X-Cut in here (and milking it quite...

ReduX Sequence (Vanilla Edit)

Up to 22 teams/51 participants already that have registered....

It wouldn’t be my kind of game if it didn’t have...

Here’s a little perspective..

Booya… uneven surfaces. It mostly works.

Mar

Superhandz Warz... not just against...

De’vo loves to go on about how the wars were important for identifying the art as being...

I’m working on collision detection with uneven...

Playing games... is research!

I’m getting a bunch of demos in the Xbox 360 Marketplace… under the pretense of research...

Really happy I got 3D models AND animation in the game now....

iTricks.TV Pick Of The Day: ONE Love

This is rendered in Maya, not my game. But still pretty good, I think!

I just filmed about 5 minutes of me walking & running around, crouching, and throwing nothing,...

I got 3D model loading in the game! Next beast is getting...

Obviously those 2D shapes won’t cut it in the game....

A little update… of course it’s not the same as...

I’ve been very pre-occupied the last few days and will...

10-Yr.-Old Piano Prodigy

Randy Jackson Presents America's Best...

Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew has a name that might make you think...

Still getting back into it

While in airports over the last 2 weeks I had a lot of time to do nothing but either read or mess...

Need to make a friends/link list

Save for whatever/whoever I talk about in a given post, there’s no good way to see a list of...

theory11 just released the Bicycle Centurions.

Also updated the profile pages to look cooler and list your...

Finished up a few new things last night… You can now...

Feb

How do you organize your decks?

I asked this question a while ago on the theory11 forums, and I got a few answers. But I’m...

Centurions, clear pics are posted

You may have noticed the “Go Asunder” pic a couple posts down on here… well now...

Updated theory11 submission form, now you can actually tell...

Will be back home in a couple days.

Back home, heading out again

I’ve been home less than 24 hours and I’m already taking off again for a few days. Will...

Crazy Legs McGoo

Internet Explorer makes CardistRZ look...

Just the comments section. Somebody finally sent me a screenshot of what it looks like, and...

First full day in Whistler. It’s amazing out here....

Woah, cool update!

Heading West

Going to Whistler, BC (snowboarding!) Going to ??? (optional) Coming back Will have Internet...

Musical Crystal Glasses Like Never Before

Magic Skateboard - Gnarly skateboarding video. Could do this in cardistry too. I hope the move at...

theory11 : t11_909

I was number #5

Parkour Soccer I don’t care how often the ball is real. It’s still awesome, and the...

Vortexcitement VorteX Sequence (of course) but now with BAD ASS editing. (Download...

Full version of one of the songs from one of the recent test renders. NOTE: I did not make this...

Stuff going on?

Just wanted to point out that although I haven’t really posted heavily on the blog recently (I...

Degree Commercial: Stunt City — From last year’s Super Bowl. But man, wouldn’t be...

Jan

Cardistry Evolving

Sometimes I take things for granted. I started cardistry (with charlier cuts, basic fans) in January...

Second FX render. Now with real footage!

First FX render on my new workstation.

Let's get it started

So most of the first day spent with my workhorse was browsing websites, sending some e-mail, and...

Forgot my cards

So I somehow forgot to bring my cards with me but had several requests for some tricks! (magic or...

DragonForce - Through the Fire and Flames If you think it was hard on Guitar Hero… they show...

You might remember the Cardistry New Year video, filmed on...

Coolest playing card ad ever? It’s Daniel...

A video I made for laymen back in Fall 2006. So don’t expect new moves or anything like that,...

Stop coming back, Aviators!

So I’m unpacking and re-organizing all the stuff I’ve collected over the years and...

There’s finally been a step of progress in this idea I brought up a long time ago. Don’t...

Well I got on the plane, and when I got off I was still at the same airport. Damn, if I took the bus...

Style/Ego Wars (...part 1?)

I thought this had died, but apparently it just went dormant. It is absolutely unfortunate. It...

Well the fog didn’t let up so I’m not going home today. Ah well. I get to play more...

Chillin' at the airport

So my plane was supposed to leave an hour ago, but there are massive delays due to blanket fog....

I just finished moving all the original Member Videos and Tutorials to the appropriate Show Your...

2 years old, been through a lot, and this really needs to be...

Days after vacation are productive

Starting even while I was in the airport waiting for my flight back to Canada, a bunch of new stuff...

Show Your Stuff... 2.1?

I made another update to Decknique’s Show Your Stuff forum. Remember how videos are...

Cardistry New Year Video Bit of a rush job, but I think you’ll get the idea.

2007

Dec

Shadow Puppets to “Wonderful World”

Ownership, "Trade Secrets," etc.

It seems in the world of cardistry, on several occasions, people claim that moves somebody else...

card catching concept (via Andrei) You might remember this guy from the original Decknique teaser...

Search The CardistRZ Blog

Thanks to Jacob DeHart, The Cardistrz Blog finally has some search so it’ll be easier to find...

Bicycle Halloween Cards Are Bad

How often do you expect to pick up a deck of opaque Bicycle cards, new out of the box, and have them...

Back on first pack of Guardians

So I gave ‘em some time and it looks like the impact of the climate change has subsided, and...

Decknique "Show Your Stuff" Forum...

I think this feature’s pretty neat and just so easy to work with. You’ll notice if you...

Daniel Madison reacts to Cardistry FAQ +...

“Well said my man… you have the perfect outlook” Daniel Madison is currently...

Unnatural by Script-M (via TheCuso)

Keep Passing On The FAQ

It’s nice to see some people are spreading the word on the Cardistry FAQ on other forums. I...

So many posts, so little organization

So I use Tumblr as the blog system here. They call these sorts of things tumblelogs. Now actually...

On my second pack of Guardians

So I’m glad to say I had a safe flight. From -5 celsius (23F) and dry to 26 celsius (79F) and...

It reads: “Why He Manipulates...

Still on first pack of Guardians

Mind you I’ve been really busy since I’ve got it, and the Cardistry FAQ’s been...

Boxed Deck Submission: Ori Roth (Winner...

This submission was actually first submitted to me about TEN DAYS ago, so my apologies to Ori Roth...

Ori Roth's Boxed Deck Video (Winner #2)

Ready-getting for Jet-setting

In about 12 hours I’m heading to finally start some vacation. I’ll still have Internet...

The Cardistry FAQ

Boxed Deck Submission by...

Yup, another entry to the boxed deck challenge. This one comes from UnknownEnemyZero, who I remember...

Boxed Deck Manipulation (via UnknownEnemyZero) My Thoughts

Liquid Dancing for Beginners

9-Year-Old Hockey Prodigy scores the best...

Talang-2007-E03-Magikern Julien Dauphin (via Jonas) Music sound familiar? Now here’s an...

Recent Comments

It was a bit hard to see what the recent comments were, especially when the post you’re...

I have more to post but patience! I want to spread them out a bit since they are quite a...

Boxed Deck Submission: "I Like Box" by...

Here’s another submission to the boxed deck challenge! This submission wins the best video...

I like Box (via Vincent_Dark) My thoughts

Boxed Deck Submission: "Think Inside the...

Okay, time to get rolling on these boxed deck submissions! Here’s an entry submitted by Gary...

Boxed Deck Submission: Think inside the box? (via Gary D) My Thoughts

Never say your submission is "no good"

“I know this video isn’t great, but I hope you like it anyways!” It’s funny....

New design is up!

I LOVE this design, more than any other I’ve made. And finally some colour. I hope you dig...

New design almost done

Can’t wait for you guys to see this one. I should be done today. (If not in a couple hours!)

Simple proof</