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profshoelace

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About profshoelace

Ian Fieggen (aka “Professor Shoelace”) is the inventor of the “Ian Knot”, the world's fastest shoelace knot, author of the #1 ranked website, “Ian's Shoelace Site”, the 2007 book, “Laces”, and the iOS and Android app, “Ian's Laces”. Ian lives in Melbourne, Australia,

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    Thank to OP for posting this and thus educating others about the “Granny Knot” problem in relation to shoelaces. All of your comments have been quite fascinating! I'm pleased that …

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    That would have been my "IAN-KNOT.COM" executable animation, which was first built in Jul-1993 and then optimised in Feb-1994, and which was uploaded to various BBSs (as we did in …

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    My guess, based on the similarity to aglets, would be coax terminators?

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    Comment #13452270

    Thanks for your kind words. It is mind-blowing to share knowledge with people from all around the world. Hopefully my humble website remains visible amidst the ever-growing hubbub …

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    Comment #13415300

    Well described! The fingers are indeed in superior positions for grabbing the bunny ears.

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    Comment #13415246

    Like you, I'd love to pass a simple minimalist string to a Javascript code to render images client-side. My more recent "Create-a-Lace" does just that, dynamically generating all t…

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    Comment #13415188

    Thanks, everyone, for stopping by and visiting my shoelace website. Fun to see that it is still highly respected, and from folks such as yourselves, that's pretty cool!