Normally it is my brother Varun who makes videos and puts them up on his blog.  But last night, I tried my hand at making a video, and the result is available now for you to see!

This video is called How to Make a Card Disappear and it stars... myself!  I was very inspired after watching the movie The Prestige, and so I looked up a few magic tricks on the net.  After a bit of practice, I can now make a card disappear, and that is what is shown in the video.  I recorded the video with my webcam and it is untouched except for the addition of the "aged film" effect in Windows Movie Maker.  The music track playing in the video is "Just Like You Imagined" by Nine Inch Nails.

Pick one of the following options to watch the video —

• Download the video (high quality WMV file, 640 x 480 resolution, 5 MB)
• Watch the video on YouTube
• I also added this to the videos section in my orkut profile.

Do let me know what you think of the video!

Two more things before I finish this post — first, I added a movie review for The Covenant, which I watched yesterday.  It was a letdown, considering that it is a Renny Harlin film.  Anyway, the review is here.  Also, it has been quite some time since I released a Doom map, and it has been even longer since I took part in a Speedmapping exercise.  So, when Sarge Baldy announced that a Speedmapping event was scheduled today, I thought I would give it a shot.  1900 GMT is around 0030 for me, which is a little late, but I look forward to it anyway.  I hope the theme is something nice, and I hope I can contribute something worthwhile.

EDIT (20:39): For watching the video, I recommend VLC media player — it is an open source player that natively supports a variety of video formats on several platforms.