Wooden unicycle from Austin Jugglefest 2010

I failed to make it to the unicycle room this year, and this is what I missed.

"Devil's Triangle" variation on devil stick

I frequently perform devil stick routines...but I've never seen a Devil's Triangle. Check this out, via a YouTube video.

Video from the 2009 University of Texas Madrigal Dinner

I just found a video on YouTube that someone posted from their iPhone....they took some video during this past December's Madrigal Dinner. And they have a tiny snippet of me juggling knives embedded in it, at the 1:27 mark.

Here's a link directly to the spot where I juggle.

And if anyone wonders why I keep going back to this show, here's a snippet of the same video where the choir sings the Carol of the Bells.

Juggling for the middle school

I juggled at the Murchison Middle School fall festival last night. It was fun. This is the second time I've done this event. Since the majority of my shows have been for elementary-aged kids, it's interesting to see how older kids react.

One big challenge at this event, and events like it, is the noise. I like to do patter, and patter gets destroyed by the background noise at a thing like this, unless you have a microphone, and I don't, yet. I plan to go that route eventually, but right now my act uses no electronics, and it's hard to resist that simplicity: I can show up at a place and open my trunk and get started, with no setup.

The older kids like my material just fine, but they show a much greater interest in trying things out. I spent a lot of time teaching half-juggling and plate spinning.

They can replace us...with blind heartless robots

Continuing the theme of mechanical replacement of skill, here's an interesting physics project, a mechanical apparatus that 'juggles'...it's really a mechanism for bouncing a ball that is self-correcting. It's a fun device though.

Motorized, self-balancing unicycle from a Slovenian inventor

This one looks like fun.

Using a bike like a unicycle

...and other amazing bike tricks, via an indoorcycling contest in Germany. Youtube video.