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I’ve just installed a new Wordpress plugin that allows users to rate the posts, displays the total number of votes and the average rating for each one.

WP-PostRatings will hopefuly help me to select the topics or videos you like more and will be a great tool for upcoming competitions and contests.

Now it’s time to dive in the archives and start rating the good old posts, i will blog the top rated ones every once in a while so now it’s your chance to exhume the best videos, articles and interviews.

Do you want to be featured again in the front page? Tell your friends to rate your videos.

What do you think about this? Leave a comment and click any number of stars.

-Alejandro

As stated in www.PlayingCardCollectors.com.

Some people thought they would never be reprinted again but Michael claims that he somehow managed to get a small lot of them in black color from the USPCC. Isn’t this against any copyright law?

I’m not sure if the stock and finish is the same as the original but i doubt it, though they seem to fan pretty much like the original ones…

As he said they’ll be sold at eBay in plastic boxes.

Thanks to Michael Herp for this video and for making the reprint possible.

1st Place

Variety by Hyo

2nd Place

NaffStyle by Brendan Conner

3rd Place

Volatile by Damien Lee

Here are the prizes again:

Winner:

* 12 of David Blaine’s Split Spades ‘Lions‘ of your colour choice (Or mixed)
* 1 DVD Copy of ‘Control‘ by Wayne Houchin
* 6 Brown Wynn Decks
* 1 Wayne Houchin & Daniel Garcia Ultragaff Deck

2nd Prize:

* CoinTwo by Homer Liwag (DVD)

3rd Prize:

* Believe by Joel Paschall (DVD)

Congratulations to all participants from Matt, Tom and Alejandro.

“Today we’re rolling out a big new feature: Vimeo Groups.

So, what’s a group? It’s a way for mini-communities to share videos within Vimeo. Groups makes it easy to get a bunch of contributors together and upload directly into a group, then have conversations entirely contained within that group. You can add forums, share calendars, photos, and even music with members of the group. And, most importantly, we’ve added six really killer themes so you can take customization to a whole new level.

Some of you might have noticed Groups shares a lot of functionality with Channels. The best way to differentiate the two is that Groups is for lots of people to collaborate and contribute and Channels is for individuals to showcase a bunch of videos the way they want. If you think your Channel is better suited as a Group you can convert it to a Group by going to your Channels settings page, but be warned, there is no going back! In the coming months we’ll be building Channels 2.0, which is going to remove some features better suited for Groups (like forums and calendar) and add some Channels-only features, like tools to change the order and display style of videos.”

by Andrew Pile June 17th, 2008

The Cardistry Group

I have created the official CARDISTRY GROUP at Vimeo and i want you guys in. As you have seen, videos at Vimeo look much better in the blog since they are big and “HD ready”. Come join us and share your good quality videos in the group.

-Alejandro Portela

Ladies and gentlemen, im proud to present you my friends Mattgic and Maxim’s long awaited project, a Cardistry dvd and 45 minutes film that will change the way you feel towards flourishing.

-Alejandro Portela

Coming soon at www.TheCuso.info/theCode

Youtube has just released a new feature that could change the way we make tutorials. Here is the info:

Video Annotations are a new way for you to add interactive commentary to your videos! Use them to:

• Add background information about the video.
• Create stories with multiple possibilities (viewers click to choose the next scene)
• Link to related YouTube videos, channels, or search results from within a video
• All of the above!

You control what the annotations say, where they appear on the video, and when they appear and disappear.

How do I get started?

Please visit our Help Center for more information on Video Annotations.

Are there examples?

The Worlds Best Card Magic Teleport Trick by TheCuso with explanation!

What else should I know?

Annotations, once published, are shown by default. You can turn them off while watching a video through the player menu—just click the button on the bottom right of the video player.

Video annotations are available now as a “beta” feature. We’re working hard to get this out of beta and, once we do, annotations will support more languages (not just English) and appear on videos embedded in other websites.

Here are some comparative pictures of the real Jerry’s Nugget cards versus the fake ones.

More info at: www.PlayingCardCollectors.com

The real ones are to the left and the fake ones are always to the right.
You can see some glue sticking out of the cellowrapping and some minor differences in the seal but they are very well replicated so watch out.

I’d like to thank verticaltrig at decknique for his pictures and his comparative video.

Some people reported the case to ebay and paypal and managed to get their money back so if you have bought from jerrysnuggetsfan contact him first or open a dispute at ebay and paypal.

Good luck

The eBay seller jerrynuggetsfan has listed dozens of FAKE jerry’s nugget decks of playing cards. This video is the proof.There are several evidences but you won’t find them in the seller’s feedback page.

This has been originally reported at decknique forums.

If you bougth anything from him please leave your email in the comments section.

The Round Mound of Rebound is on the verge of getting tossed into the slammer according to a ESPN news item… Barkley faces felony if he doesn’t pay back $400K.

Former NBA all-star and current TNT announcer Charles Barkley received four $100K markers from the Wynn during a gambling binge last October. Barkley has refused to pay back his loan.

“We’re in the process of sending Mr. Barkley notice that we’re considering filing a criminal complaint,” Clark County District Attorney David Roger said. “He’ll have an opportunity like anybody else to make restitution to the hotel.”

Barkley has been extremely honest and open about his wild gambling habits although admits that he has never gambled on basketball.

“Do I have a gambling problem? Yeah, I do have a gambling problem,” Barkley said in a 2006 interview with ESPN. “But I don’t consider it a problem because I can afford to gamble.”

Source: LasVegasVegas

Anticipate for Ling Xuan’s solo video coming 19th May 2008.