Have you ever wired up a piece of test equipment to a circuit or piece of equipment on your bench, only to have the dreaded magic smoke emerge when you apply power? [Steaky] did, and unfortunately for ...

What are you most afraid of? Posing that question directly to the audience at the outset of his “Smoke and Mirrors” theatrical magic show at the Promenade Playhouse in Santa Monica, Albie Selznick ...

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Magic, Albie Selznick jokes at one point during his show, is “the world’s second-oldest profession.” Whether or not that’s true, magic is a very old form of performance. Selznick’s “Smoke and Mirrors” ...

If you've never heard of Will Parfitt, go ahead and Google him. Parfitt, a social media sensation with more than eight million followers on X and just under three million on Instagram, describes ...

You smell smoke and the piece of gear you are working on stops working, probably at an inopportune time. You open it up and immediately see the burned remains of a resistor. You don’t have the ...