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Youtube Subscriptions Enhanced and why you MUST subscribe again

TheCuso — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:01:16 +0000

Hey guys,

A couple of weeks ago I passed the 4500 subscribers mark at youtube and today youtube wants me to tell my followers to subscribe again!

Why?

The subscription system delivers videos from content creators to eager viewers and has become such an essential part of YouTube that that “subscribe” button is clicked over 1 million times every day. That’s a lot — which is why we’re especially focused on improving the reliability, usefulness and transparency of subscriptions.

If you subscribed to .thecuso on youtube before September and want to receive my bulletins, simply visit my channel, click the “Edit subscription” link, and choose “Subscribe to all videos uploaded, rated, favorited, and commented on.”

If you trust my taste and like the selection of videos I blog here you might want to activate this on youtube as well.

If you want to upgrade your subscription go now to http://youtube.com/thecuso and follow the easy steps on the photo, it will only take you 7 seconds.

I promise to bring you more awesome stuff on my youtube channel this year, includding some cardistry tutorials and exclusive videos that you will love and learn from. To all my subscribers…

Thank you,

-Alejandro Portela

.thecuso

Source | Youtube Blog

And the Summer Giveaway Winner is…

TheCuso — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:52:06 +0000

We’ve just hit the deadline so the contest is over. It’s a shame that so many of you couldn’t make it to the “list” even though the rules weren’t that hard…

My goal with this little competition was to encourage you to be more active in the blog comments by giving you a visual “identity” that you can use not only here but in many other blogs all over the internet.

If you’ve been subscribed for a while then you know how much I like videos where people show their faces or incorporate their personality somehow into their performances. I’m one of those that think card flourishing is more than cards and hands, and that’s what i want to see here in my blog.

Here is the list of participants, in order of posting, that qualified for the great prize (yet to be chosen by the winner) sponsored by Jason Brumbalow and his crew.

Ben
John
-Mike-
Ehsawn
Håvard
Vannagh
dimitri
Joe Bennett
Justin
C3rb3rus (Abe)
SGP17
Dris (Vincent Chu)
Sean
Frezzingaces
Jamal
Niall
hansheng
Milligan618
shad312
Lawrence093
Litodus
dasuprememep
DrfHono
DrfHono
Cam L
Matt H
Tarvi
Chotu90
Nebelfuchs
Nebelfuchs
RC
Slpk360
htvargas
Chin-may29
Chin-may29
cHriSTiAN
TuTanKaMeeN
TuTanKaMeeN
danilotitato
jasonffx
jasonffx
Chriz0r
Jowee
Enigmagico
sohfresh
Jaems
wongster88
Mathematician2
shimon
Billy
R12
Mike D
Lucifuge
guikatinskas
Laha
Flavio Amurrio-Moya
Flavio Amurrio-Moya
Leonel
ramonfrolik
Tristan Buckley
Daniel
vietispimp
Pakuni
Jeff
Luke
heavenbinder
heavenbinder
wZEngima
Gytis Siskauskas
Gytis Siskauskas
Zejams
Garry
Omiga
illuzyonist
JaguarJameson
JaguarJameson
Styler
ant
Thijs
Thijs
Gene
Cardsharkrefah
Cardsharkrefah
ian
Skruch
Luka Malensek
Johnohue
shadowlion63
KoSpades
Oskiper
Tony V
Andre
jjbuczynski
williamcote
McCookSax
kong
kennyworks
Gruenebach
Cole Stanford

As you can see only the people with a gravatar are on the list, and only those that submited a link to a video have two entries.
I’m now proceeding to input this list into http://random.org/lists/ to see who comes on top.

Good luck.

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And the winner is…

There were 99 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

1. Luka Malensek
2. DrfHono
3. Vannagh
4. Frezzingaces
5. Daniel
6. Luke
7. Flavio Amurrio-Moya
8. Chin-may29
9. Lucifuge
10. Gruenebach
11. kennyworks
12. hansheng
13. htvargas
14. Gytis Siskauskas
15. williamcote
16. Tony V
17. C3rb3rus (Abe)
18. sohfresh
19. TuTanKaMeeN
20. Andre
21. KoSpades
22. shimon
23. Cole Stanford
24. dasuprememep
25. Skruch
26. Thijs
27. jjbuczynski
28. Nebelfuchs
29. Oskiper
30. Ben
31. shad312
32. ramonfrolik
33. heavenbinder
34. ant
35. R12
36. heavenbinder
37. Flavio Amurrio-Moya
38. Thijs
39. Nebelfuchs
40. -Mike-
41. Sean
42. Matt H
43. Dris (Vincent Chu)
44. Litodus
45. Gytis Siskauskas
46. Tristan Buckley
47. Slpk360
48. ian
49. Jowee
50. Håvard
51. Chin-may29
52. Chotu90
53. wZEngima
54. Enigmagico
55. Cam L
56. wongster88
57. Jamal
58. Cardsharkrefah
59. dimitri
60. Jaems
61. Zejams
62. illuzyonist
63. Pakuni
64. Leonel
65. Tarvi
66. Omiga
67. Milligan618
68. Justin
69. jasonffx
70. JaguarJameson
71. Johnohue
72. Jeff
73. vietispimp
74. Garry
75. JaguarJameson
76. Mathematician2
77. guikatinskas
78. Lawrence093
79. kong
80. Mike D
81. Styler
82. Joe Bennett
83. John
84. Niall
85. SGP17
86. Laha
87. McCookSax
88. Cardsharkrefah
89. RC
90. shadowlion63
91. Gene
92. TuTanKaMeeN
93. cHriSTiAN
94. danilotitato
95. Billy
96. jasonffx
97. Ehsawn
98. DrfHono
99. Chriz0r

Timestamp: 2009-08-10 11:32:41 UTC

Congratulations Luka Malensek and thanks to everyone that participated. I wish you best luck in the upcoming competitions (will be soon so don’t run away boys!).

Six Bicycle Ghost decks flying to Luka’s today!

Luka Malensek Says:
July 31st, 2009 at 11:16 pm editBicycle Ghost deck….the best one ever…

Thanks again,

-Alejandro

It’s Here!

TheCuso — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:50:48 +0000

AnacondaDribble

Something BIG is coming…

TheCuso — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:18:25 +0000

Hey guys,

Something really BIG is coming really, and I mean REALLY, soon.

Tell your friends, if you care about them, to subscribe to .thecuso via rss feed, email, twitter or even facebook.

You guys don’t want to miss this thing, trust me.

I can’t say much for now so in the meantime you can check the lastest CCC videos, the cardist interviews or enter my Summer Giveaway contest where you can win a bunch of your favourite decks of cards.

Stay tuned.

Oh, by the way, this message is hidden in the main blog, if you are reading this is because you are subscribed via one or more of the above mentioned methods.

Thanks for keeping the art alive,

-Alejandro Portela

Twitter XCM: Xtreme Community Messaging

TheCuso — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:03:13 +0000

It’s been a while since i got a twitter account, you read a couple of posts about twitter in the past but now i thought i should write about it once again. The first months i found it to be a bit boring so i mainly used it to send free sms text messages to my friends. Then twitter restricted the sms service to the US only so i stopped using it for a while. But now Twitter has become the Next Big Thing among the card guys. Almost everyone has already got an account and is having fun with it. Are you going to miss it? I’ve heard that sometimes people post tweets with links to exclusive videos you won’t be able to find elsewhere. You can use Twitter to tell your followers what are you doing , where have you been, how many drinks you had last night, when will your Vegas finish rendering your next video, what tv series are you watching, what flourish are you practicing, post interesting links to weird stuff, cheap card auctions …I’m going to make a list of the card guys i’m following that you might be interested in.

@TheCuso

@visualmadness

@allanhagen

@virtualerik

@jonashaglund

@boneho

@thevirts

@huronlow

@danielmadison

@andreijikh

@spackadam

@Garry_A

@eugenesoh

@C3rb3rus

@SpencerPClark

@santiagovillanu

@davidmisner

@dimitriarleri

@philipmcauley

@richkzad

@steinvegard

@ling_nemesis

@rmccourt

@jinye

@_tarvi_

@LeonTai

@frankispeace

@justinflom

@sleight13

@JoeMatthewCarr

@MattHartz

@Magicians

@rmorrell

@naquada

@turnermagic

@CodyCowanLust

@unleasher

@stetz313

@freddymejia

@iamjakesamways

@lazurcards

@KatieEgleston

@garciamagic

@michaelkent

@wongster88

@xvelocity

@mathiaskersting

@jalford

@denis_b

@closeupjm

@Gomeriffic

@BryanMBrush

@theory11
@DonVito91
@Wynnfreak
@magicman21
@repeatuntil
@anthonyn

@Vipercard

@bigmegz

@j_louis

@tomjhodgson

@joshmaddocks

@davetang

Want to join us? Get started at www.Twitter.com and start following us! If i’m missing someone please leave a comment and i’ll add you to the table

Dan and Dave Buck To Appear at Blackpool Magic Convention 2009

TheCuso — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:06:28 +0000

Dan and Dave Buck have been added to the Blackpool Magic Convention 2009 line up.

Dan and Dave have been at the forefront of their craft since they were only fourteen years old. They have helped mold a new genre of card magic, a style visually rich and direct.

When they were only 17 years old they performed alongside Guy Hollingworh, Paul Gertner, Chad Long and Bill Malone at the first MAGIC Live convention in Las Vegas, and were the only performers to receive a standing ovation.

Now they will head to Blackpool in February for the Blackpool Magic Convention which takes place 20th 21st and 22nd February 2009.

Want to know who else is going? Check out MagicConventionGuide.com

Thanks to Andrew Webb

TheCuso’s New Design?

TheCuso — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:03:18 +0000

As you can see I’ve been messing around with the design of the site, it’s almost 6am and i should go to get some sleep now.

I’m not sure if this is going to be the one I will keep but i would like to hear your opinions anyway.

Making a thumbnail for every post is a bloody tough job considering there are like 700 published so it would take me a while.

The design looks clear and easy to navigate, i have to do a lot of tweaks to it but I think it can be decent.

Please tell me what to include and if you prefer the old one better but please don’t refer to the logo or minor bugs, they will be fixed as soon as I can.

I’ll keep working tomorrow.

Thanks for reading guys,

Alejandro

Aristote – Dan and Dave in Paris

TheCuso — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:39:25 +0000

Short video of Dan and Dave’s lecture at the Double Fond in Paris. 16 17 18 March 2008.

An update on Pierre Tran

TheCuso — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:19:27 +0000

The reason why Pierre Tran didn’t post any videos lately. If you don’t know who this guy is check out his interview here: TheCuso interviews Pierre Tran

Samsung Cingular – BlackJack Commercial

tdomf_ebb3d — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:05:51 +0000

Some of the old-timers of cardistry would have remembered the above-posted commercial when it appeared towards the end of 2006 and that it caused some rave reactions.

For the benefits of the new guys, Cingular BlackJack was the first ever (If my memory served me right) TV commercial that incorporated card-flourishing maneuvers.

It really amazed the flourishers (yes, that’s us) that the commercial creators got inspired by past flourishing videos like Jam Time and Trenchcoat Flourishes. It is said that the animator used the 2 videos as reference for the actual modeling of the animation.

Looks like the art of cardistry is exerting some influence on the media slowly, but surely.

PS. How funny that I categorize this under “News” but this information is already 2 years old.

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