Transitioning From Web Developer to Comic Book Author:

Lennart Green does close-up card magic

Most of his tricks are easy to spot but his technique and delivery make this TED talk hilarious:

Like your uncle at a family party, the rumpled Swedish doctor Lennart Green says, “Pick a card, any card.” But what he does with those cards is pure magic — flabbergasting, lightning-fast, how-does-he-do-it? magic.

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/lennart_green_does_close_up_card_magic.html