Hey Everyone!

If you know me at all or have seen some of my material floating around the various online magic shops, you'll probably know I perform the Magic Square and have for about ten+ years now. If you know anything about the effect you know it can be daunting to have to calculate what turns into the square on stage in real time. I've written a few pamphlets and published some effects using easier methods to get to where you need to be "solution" wise. Just recently I was introduced to an app created by Carl Andrews called “MagicSquareCheet” - even though I’ve mastered the formulas years ago, this app allows you to convert Any number from 20-99 INSTANTLY! Also, it takes care of that pesky Magic Square problem where you have bizarre number combos like a 1 and a 74 in the same row or column. It works in Real Time on iPhone or iPad and has some cool features to make your life easier in front of an audience. If you’ve ever thought about performing the Magic Square but have been scared away by the tricky formulas download this app now!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/magicsqu......712?mt=8

Check it out - try it - review it. I am not connected to this app and decided to review it because I'm actively trying it in performances. More details and feature reviews coming. Would love to hear your comments on it. For $30 - it's literally a steal.

Christopher Bolter
www.chrisinyourhead.com

This is about the third plug I've seen for this product, and I have to say that I find it thoroughly bewildering. I'm not even sure what it does.

I assume that it's not intended as the final display, as this would make no sense whatsoever (clearly, the iPhone did all the work).

So I'm guessing that it's some sort of prompting device, but isn't it awfully large for such a use? I've seen (and developed) several prompters that are effectively invisible, and require no input of data in order to function.

And really, contemporary magic square methods (again, of which I've published several) require almost no math at all, certainly nothing that is even remotely "daunting" to calculate. One of my methods requires only a single mathematical operation (you need to subtract 2 from a single number)!

Also, no mention is made of whether or not this product deals with repeat performances. When you do walk-around, for example (an excellent venue for magic squares), it's important that the squares not be duplicates of (or highly similar to) one another.

So am I missing something that should be obvious?