9 May 2012
Not everyone has the time to wait in the house while a thaumaturgical pest control specialist wards and cleanses their home or office. In fact, the majority of people don’t even have a pest control sorcerer in the area.
In the same way that the cowardly lion was made smarter because he received a degree certificate, you can make your house or workplace safer from fairies by displaying a Certificate of Cleansing & Warding on your wall.
These make a great gift for fairy fans, pagans and wiccans.
May 8, 04:31 PM
The Syntax Error Fairy has caused innumerable cries of frustration from weary coders over the years. Initial sighting date right back to the 1960’s, although there was talk of strange glitches generated by the machines a Bletchley Park.
There are many programmers that would say a well written piece of code is a thing of beauty and the Syntax Error fairy would be the first to agree with you.
Unfortunately, it can’t code and instead views the code purely for its aesthetic value.
Seeing the effort that has gone into the stunning artwork, these fairies feel an overwhelming urge to contribute in their own small way. Whether it’s the addition of an apparently random character or the removal of a particular semicolon from the code, the fairy is driven to add their own little flourish.
Coders have long realised the problems created by the infamous Syntax Error, so have created debuggers and other methods for locating problems. The best way to avoid problems is to ensure you don’t leave your code loaded an unattended.
The syntax error is closer to a parasite than a hunter gatherer. Normally it will latch onto a coder and follow them around until they next working on a piece of code.
The distinctive enlarged head and single Cyclopes like eye makes this fairy relatively easy to identify. Although they come in a range of colours you can usually tell by the location whether the spotted fairy is a Syntax Error.
Apr 26, 11:48 AM
Here at Modern Magicks we like to pride ourselves in our occasional geekiness and weirdness. So, when we were offered the opportunity to sponsor a series of massed battles to the death between humans and and aliens…
Well, we were intrigued.
Chaos of The Warp organise a range of Warhammer 40,000 war games tournaments that pit the best of humanity against technomagical foes. Something that seemed right up our street.
We have offered up a prize for the Best Sportsman of each tournament, a certificate to show that we have provided their home with protection from all manner of demonic entities. As they must resist temptation (to stretch the rules, or throw a strop) in order to win the award.
We’ll have more Certificates up on sale through the website soon. In the meantime, you can see them at one of our upcoming Edinburgh (Eric Liddell Centre, 28th April) or Glasgow (Glasgow Panopticon, 5th May) craft fairs.
Apr 20, 05:21 PM
Probably the most pervasive fairy breed in the western world. This fairy is seen by most as nothing other than a minor annoyance. Some however quickly become irate at constantly having to untangle their headphone every day.
It’s not known where these little pests evolved from, but the largest category of fairies (both technological and biological) seems to be linked to knots in some way. Whether it’s a Shoelace Fairy or a Tangle Sprite, there seems to be no end of interest in the tying or untying knots.
Despite best efforts there are few folk protections that work for driving off any knot related fairy. People that frequently work with cables have found that wrapping and tying the cable is the only solution that helps.
This is one of the few truly nomadic fairies, rarely staying in one place for very long. However, they seem to have recognised that people that use public transport often also wear headphone. It’s not uncommon to find several Headphone Fairies skulking on a bus waiting to follow an unsuspecting person to their home or office.
This winged fairy is best recognised through it’s actions rather than through it’s physical appearance. Generally, it’ll be quite persistent about attempting to explore your pockets as soon as it sees you.
Apr 20, 05:20 PM
The Auto-Correct fairy is probably the newest of the known breeds, first being spotted around the time of the iPhone launch. It’s a direct descendant of the Predictive Hexed fairy that was the bane of the previous phones.
The Auto-Correct Fairy loves to embarrass humans, and is one of the few that seems to be able to actually read. Where it’s ancestor could only attempt to scroll through the predictive options for a message, this fairy can actually intercept and edit the message within the ether it’s self.
Although it is able to read, it has trouble with longer words, so it’s usual target are abbreviations and text speak. To limit your exposure it’s always best to text in correct English with punctuation.
Although they love to interfere directly with phones, they do not need to be near the phone in order to intercept the message. Because of this, it’s rare to find an Autocorrect fairy inside a building. More often they will ride about on the roofs of busses or sit on streetlights near a collection of bars.
These fairies are very fast moving and hard to spot, but the green wings that are so dark they appear black combined with the polished copper skin makes them very distinctive.
