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Michael Borys

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The New Theater

January 3, 2019 Arts & Entertainment, Games

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How 49 Boxes changed my life

January 12, 2019 Arts & Entertainment, Memory Makers, The 49 Boxes, Tricks & Magic

To understand why my life changed from boxes, you’ll need to know the following: The 49 Boxes is a social, story-driven experience where audiences interact with incredible artifacts to solve mysteries that have been kept secret for more...

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Why the Strange Change Machine is my favorite toy

January 4, 2019 Collectibles, Dangerously Fun Toys, Memory Makers

We all have memories of our favorite toys. Sometimes it’s hard to point at just what made them so special. This one, though, is obviously dangerous. It could have been the smell of the moulded plastic. Perhaps it...

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Old collectible postcards (and more…)

January 4, 2019 Arts & Entertainment, Memory Makers

Do you know what I like? You guessed it — old stuff! And the older it is, the happier I am.  If it smells of mothballs, I’m the happiest yet! Take a gander at that ancient Shackman postcard....

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Gamesmanship and the strange little books that taught me how to win at everything

January 4, 2019 Arts & Entertainment, Memory Makers, Storytelling Products

I’m not saying that I’ve ever been truly cool, but I can say with great certainty that, right now, I am not uncool. This beautiful state of being doesn’t just happen overnight. For those of us not born...

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Donald Duck taught me how to play billiards

January 4, 2019 Memory Makers

Before the age of YouTube, you cherished the chance to see a rerun—and you had to take notes. Are you too young to remember the television series, The Wonderful World Of Disney? It ran once a week and you...

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Review: The Bitterman Himalayan Salt Block

January 4, 2019 Memory Makers, Tools

I’m not much of a chef, but I really enjoy my newest culinary purchase. It’s the Bitterman Himalayan Salt Block, and it sure is pretty. Supposedly, it doesn’t matter if it’s beef, chicken or fish — everything is...

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LUCY is a magical drawing tool

January 4, 2019 Arts & Entertainment, Beyond Low-Tech

The LUCY is a drawing tool I wish I had in art school. The device has been around for 500 years and though it uses no electricity, it’s able to project images from your environment onto your drawing pad. The...

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My sister’s Chewbacca piñata costume

January 4, 2019 Arts & Entertainment, Beyond Low-Tech, Memory Makers

A few weeks ago my good friend John Park created a video demonstration of how to hack the famous Happy Chewbacca mask to trigger your very own audio files.  And when my sister Christina told me she was building a Chewbacca-Pinata costume for...

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Feast your eyes on Handsome Jack and his new book

January 4, 2019 Arts & Entertainment, Tricks & Magic

If you don’t know who Handsome Jack is, let me get you up to speed.  He is perhaps the most famous male model in the world – and has made the time to be a world class magician.  ...

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This camera obscura makes me happy

January 4, 2019 Arts & Entertainment, Beyond Low-Tech, Tools

I have a thing for beautiful wooden boxes, and I absolutely lose my mind when they perform magical feats. My friend Les Cookson recently sent me a prototype of a Camera Obscura he’s been working on and just looking at...

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    January 4, 2019
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