Archive for May, 2006

Magical Logic

Saturday, May 20th, 2006

[Maximum Presentational Impact->http://www.mental-list.com/blog/?p=33] - a great presentational idea by Stuart Cumberland.

I know magic by definition is not logical, but there still has to be some reason to what you do. Why would you magically increase the value of a banknote and then turn it back?! (more…)

Web Promotion Lecture

Friday, May 19th, 2006

On Monday night I presented a lecture at the Leicester Magic Circle about promoting yourself on the internet. I talked mainly about having your own website and how to get people to visit it.

It was difficult to know what level to pitch it, (more…)

Have Magic, Will Travel

Monday, May 8th, 2006

I’ve done a lot of travelling in the last week, performing close-up magic in Spalding (Lincolnshire) and Cambridge, and a cabaret gig in Epsom with [Headfry->http://www.headfry.co.uk].

Many of my gigs are in Leicestershire and the Midlands, but I’m increasingly getting booked to go farther afield. Usually I don’t mind the travelling, (more…)

Update to wedding page on DG.com

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

I’ve updated my [main site->http://www.dangifford.com/wedding-websites.htm] this week, but it’s been a while and I couldn’t remember exactly how I made it work!

I had to go back to [www.yourhtmlsource.com->http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/] which I originally used to get my head around CSS. It’s a great site and I highly recommend it if you want to learn HTML and CSS. It is very clearly laid out, making it easy to find specific information and has very clear descriptions of CSS techniques.

I might do a more thorough review of this site when I have more time…