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* What was the cover of Genii Magazine for a specific month and year.  
 
* What was the cover of Genii Magazine for a specific month and year.  
 
* A magic quote of the day.
 
* A magic quote of the day.
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* How to brainstorm a new card effect (a la Fitzkee the Trick Brain).
  
 
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== Example Utterances (questions to ask) ==
Examples:
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=== Magic related events in history ===
 
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*User: Alexa, ask Magic History what happened on August thirtieth
 
*User: Alexa, ask Magic History what happened on August thirtieth
 
*Alexa: For August thirtieth: In 1829, George Heubeck was born.  In 1924,  Ed Voorhees was born. In 1952, The annual convention of The Texas Association of Magicians starts at the Hilton Hotel in Fort Worth. In 2006, Igor Kio dies.
 
*Alexa: For August thirtieth: In 1829, George Heubeck was born.  In 1924,  Ed Voorhees was born. In 1952, The annual convention of The Texas Association of Magicians starts at the Hilton Hotel in Fort Worth. In 2006, Igor Kio dies.
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*User: Alexa, ask Magic History what was the cover of Genii for October, 1962
 
*User: Alexa, ask Magic History what was the cover of Genii for October, 1962
 
*Alexa: Harry Houdini was the cover for Genie magazine for October 1962.  
 
*Alexa: Harry Houdini was the cover for Genie magazine for October 1962.  
 
*User: Alexa, ask Magic History for the magic quote of the day.
 
*Alexa: Conjuring is the only absolutely honest profession a conjuror promises to deceive and does. Karl Germain
 
  
  
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* ask Magic History what happened? (returns today)
 
* ask Magic History what happened? (returns today)
  
   
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=== Quote of the day ===
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*User: Alexa, ask Magic History for the magic quote of the day.
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*Alexa: Conjuring is the only absolutely honest profession a conjuror promises to deceive and does. Karl Germain
  
New functions submitted for Amazon certification (version 4):
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=== Daily does of magic (events, quote and a random genii cover) ===
* Daily dose of magic
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* User: Ask Magic History to give me my daily dose of magic.
** Will give you the quote of the day, the events for the current day in history and who was on the cover of Genii from X years ago.
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** User: Ask Magic History to give me my daily dose of magic.
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* Brainstorm a new card effect (ala Fitzkee's Trick Brain generating idea, but using Giobbi's [[Card Magic Classification]] published in Genii Magazine to come up with random card effects.)
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=== Brainstorm a new card effect ===
** User: Ask Magic History to brainstorm a new card effect
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Suggest a new random  card effect (ala Fitzkee's Trick Brain generating idea) using Giobbi's [[Card Magic Classification]] published in Genii Magazine.
** Alexa: Try to create a new  Hypnosis & Hallucinations card effect, using Card Counting / Clocking, with  a marked deck.
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* User: Ask Magic History to brainstorm a new card effect
** User: Ask Magic History to brainstorm a new card effect
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* Alexa: Try to create a new  Hypnosis & Hallucinations card effect, using Card Counting / Clocking, with  a marked deck.
** Alexa: Try to create a new  Coincidences card effect, using Black Art, with  a gaffed card  
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* User: Ask Magic History to brainstorm a new card effect
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* Alexa: Try to create a new  Coincidences card effect, using Black Art, with  a gaffed card  
  
  
  
Suggestions for new questions to answer:
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==Suggestions for new ideas:==
 
* Add options to Brainstorm effects for [[Effect Classification#Dariel Fitzkee|Fizkee's Trick Brain]] and [[Effect Classification#Winston Freer|Freer's]] categories. Code already written, just need to add voice commands to call them.
 
* Add options to Brainstorm effects for [[Effect Classification#Dariel Fitzkee|Fizkee's Trick Brain]] and [[Effect Classification#Winston Freer|Freer's]] categories. Code already written, just need to add voice commands to call them.
 
* what books where published in {year}
 
* what books where published in {year}

Revision as of 11:49, 3 January 2017

Ask Magic History, is an Alexa Skill developed by User:Jpecore

The skill can be enabled at http://alexa.amazon.com/spa/index.html#skills/dp/B01N0C2BK8

It knows about:

  • Magic related events that happened on any day of the year, as recorded by MagicPedia.
  • What was the cover of Genii Magazine for a specific month and year.
  • A magic quote of the day.
  • How to brainstorm a new card effect (a la Fitzkee the Trick Brain).

Example Utterances (questions to ask)

Magic related events in history

  • User: Alexa, ask Magic History what happened on August thirtieth
  • Alexa: For August thirtieth: In 1829, George Heubeck was born. In 1924, Ed Voorhees was born. In 1952, The annual convention of The Texas Association of Magicians starts at the Hilton Hotel in Fort Worth. In 2006, Igor Kio dies.
  • User: Alexa, ask Magic History what was the cover of Genii for October, 1962
  • Alexa: Harry Houdini was the cover for Genie magazine for October 1962.


Alternate kinds of phrasings:

  • ask Magic History what happened today?
  • ask Magic History what happened yesterday?
  • ask Magic History to get events for October 1st.
  • ask Magic History what happened? (returns today)

Quote of the day

  • User: Alexa, ask Magic History for the magic quote of the day.
  • Alexa: Conjuring is the only absolutely honest profession a conjuror promises to deceive and does. Karl Germain

Daily does of magic (events, quote and a random genii cover)

  • User: Ask Magic History to give me my daily dose of magic.

Brainstorm a new card effect

Suggest a new random card effect (ala Fitzkee's Trick Brain generating idea) using Giobbi's Card Magic Classification published in Genii Magazine.

  • User: Ask Magic History to brainstorm a new card effect
  • Alexa: Try to create a new Hypnosis & Hallucinations card effect, using Card Counting / Clocking, with a marked deck.
  • User: Ask Magic History to brainstorm a new card effect
  • Alexa: Try to create a new Coincidences card effect, using Black Art, with a gaffed card


Suggestions for new ideas:

  • Add options to Brainstorm effects for Fizkee's Trick Brain and Freer's categories. Code already written, just need to add voice commands to call them.
  • what books where published in {year}
  • what information do you have on the magazine The Gen?
  • what happened in {year. e.g. 1962}
  • what is in the news?
  • about {topic}
  • who was born in {year}
  • who died in {year}
  • what are the latest MagicPedia articles created ?
  • what are the latest MagicPedia articles updated?
  • what are your latest MagicPedia statistics? (number of pages, number of users, .etc.)



Feel free to add any suggestions would like to see added to this skill.