List: Magic, scams and tricks | Curated by The Friedel Chronicles

Oct 5, 2023
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Magic, scams and tricks
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The great mind-reading trickYou can perpetrate this with a few minutes of preparation, done in full view and earshot of the public. And it blows their minds.
Nov 26, 2019
Nov 26, 2019
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Scamming programmers with GuessHow to fool seasoned computer experts with a simple scam
Jul 4, 2016
Jul 4, 2016
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The great spoon bending scamMagical Moments (2): On learning from The Amazing Randi
Apr 12, 2020
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Apr 12, 2020
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Static apnea and the jacuzzi scamHow long can a human being survive without air? There are ways to manage around twenty minutes — and ways to cheat.
Apr 4, 2017
Apr 4, 2017
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Impress your friends with a blindfold Knight’s TourOn amazing and not so amazing mental feats
Apr 10, 2019
Apr 10, 2019
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The don’t-say-a-certain-word trickHere’s a little prank you should try — I have done it for decades. I have used it to  entertain children and adults alike.
Feb 8, 2020
Feb 8, 2020
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Google Tooth — the latest in electronic wearablesOn this auspicious day I report on a secret development that is bound to change the we we intereact with the world.
Apr 1, 2017
Apr 1, 2017
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Scam school: the Higgins ployI am basically a scammer — an amateur, quite talented, but who has never made a penny off his deceptions.
Aug 3, 2016
Aug 3, 2016
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Smuggling computers — to help a nationBy Frederic Friedel
Oct 6, 2018
Oct 6, 2018
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Pure audacity: the fake robot scamBy Frederic Friedel
Oct 8, 2018
Oct 8, 2018
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Amazon — the good, the bad and the uglyHow the biggest online vendor opened its portal to everybody —and unsurprisingly attracted the usual bevvy of fraudsters
Jul 12, 2020
Jul 12, 2020