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Re: Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot

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Post by nunez »

If you love this, you'll love learning about tying huarache running sandals:

- http://borntorun.org/shop/howtotie.html

- https://xeroshoes.eu/pages/tarahumara-sandals

- https://importantbutnotatall.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/huarac...

Infinitely many ways to tie these.

I've been rocking these almost daily for three years now. No other sandals like it. My feet feel extremely free.

They are also extremely easy to make; all you need is soling material, barge cement (if you're slapping two soles together), paracord and scissors.

Vibram soles can be had on Etsy or from cobblers. You'll probably want a molded EVA midsole if you want arch support; I haven't made sandals with any, so YMMV.

Leather's a great upper and can be found at leather shops (Tandy's here in Houston is great, and they deliver). You can also use EVA or the inside of a bottom sole as an upper for more friction.

I primarily use these for walking. (They're awesome for running; my knees, not so much.) The arches in my feet are as flat as tables. Getting the knots right enough to prevent the heel strap from stretching out was a massive challenge that I recently figured out. Once I did, these became unbeatable.

I've been debating making a video on the entire process. I'll do it if there's enough interest here. (I don't post on Reddit anymore.)

Re: Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot

#112

Post by GuB-42 »

SwellJoe wrote: post #56

I always use this site as a canonical example of The Good Internet. The kind of site that is rare today but used to be most of the internet, and we're all worse off for the change. Lightweight handmade HTML and CSS. Very little JavaScript. The site is fast as hell, instant transition between pages, it'd make a React SPA blush. The URLs don't change. The navigation is familiar and unchanging. Back button works as expe…

> The kind of site that is rare today but used to be most of the internet, and we're all worse off for the change.

To me, it is not that these sites are rarer today than they once were. In fact, I think they are more of these today. It is just that the internet today is way bigger than it once was, and a lot of crap came with it. In fact, the web page dates back from 2000, and believe it or not, what is now known as enshittification was well on its way, though it was more Flash than Javascript. It was the peak of the dotcom bubble after all. The time such websites were "most of the internet" was more of a 1990s thing.

A site like Ian's Shoelace Site is not representative of its time any more than it is now, in that it was, and still is unusually good.

> Also, because it uses core/standard web technologies exclusively, he has never been required to change it to keep it working or update a bunch of stuff for security reasons.

On the client side, sure. On the server side, there is still maintenance to be done, especially with https where you have to manage certificates and their expiration, even though certbot make it simpler. But arguably, that's his host job and he just has to upload a bunch of html file, so you are right on that point. He still kept his page to modern standards, even though he wasn't required to (HTML 1.0 still works!).

Re: Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot

#113

Post by Semaphor »

SwellJoe wrote: post #89
kgwxd wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'd prefer it had no Google ads The good thing about those ads is, it's your choice if they're allowed to run on your machines or not. Assuming your "user agent" isn't really an "ad industry agent".

Yes, Ian doesn't do any bullshit with ad block detection or blocking. The site works fine with ads blocked. I'm reminded that there should be a tiered ad block tool. I would like to be able to not block traditional ad banners (an img tag and a link, maybe with an affiliate ID), like the ones on the sidebar of Ian's site, while still blocking the surveillance ads like Google serves. I know traditional ad banners don't…

> I know traditional ad banners don't perform all that well

I’m not sure that’s always true. We have our own homegrown adserver that’s almost 100% context based (a few ads for stores do rudimentary IP geo-targeting, all purely first-party though), and it does well with both banners and text based ads. It’s in the digital photography niche. I’d assume generally places that are strongly oriented towards a niche can do a lot with context based advertisment. CTR is much better than for Google ads (that we also run).

Re: Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot

#115

Post by lowercased »

globular-toast wrote: post #98
lowercased wrote: post #37

I just switched to slip-ons the moment I could buy my own shoes.

Fine for slippers or driving shoes but no good for active wear.

I got elastic (?) self-holding laces for my running shoes, which effectively make them a slip-on as well.

Re: Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot

#116

Post by SwellJoe »

angiolillo wrote: post #91
SwellJoe wrote: post #56

I always use this site as a canonical example of The Good Internet. The kind of site that is rare today but used to be most of the internet, and we're all worse off for the change. Lightweight handmade HTML and CSS. Very little JavaScript. The site is fast as hell, instant transition between pages, it'd make a React SPA blush. The URLs don't change. The navigation is familiar and unchanging. Back button works as expe…

> It costs him almost nothing to run > Maintenance cost is effectively zero... His estimates[1] of ongoing costs seem different: > I spend probably 60 hours a week continuously improving this website, answering visitors' questions, solving their shoelace problems – even granting permission for my material to be re-used by other educators. > All of this effort earns me less than 1/5 of the Australian National Minimum…

OK, that feels like a choice.

Re: Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot

#117

Post by garettmd »

nunez wrote: post #105
kenmacd wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Learning this has also changed my life, but maybe not for the better. Now every time I see someone I know and their shoes are tied in a granny knot I have to waste a bunch of calories deciding if they'd appreciate me telling them.

OMG same! It's like when you learn how to roll up headphone wires or properly clean glasses. The temptation to do it for others (and get rejected) is way too high.

Please explain. I want to know if I'm doing those 2 things correctly...

Re: Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot

#119

Post by LeifCarrotson »

angiolillo wrote: post #91
SwellJoe wrote: post #56

I always use this site as a canonical example of The Good Internet. The kind of site that is rare today but used to be most of the internet, and we're all worse off for the change. Lightweight handmade HTML and CSS. Very little JavaScript. The site is fast as hell, instant transition between pages, it'd make a React SPA blush. The URLs don't change. The navigation is familiar and unchanging. Back button works as expe…

> It costs him almost nothing to run > Maintenance cost is effectively zero... His estimates[1] of ongoing costs seem different: > I spend probably 60 hours a week continuously improving this website, answering visitors' questions, solving their shoelace problems – even granting permission for my material to be re-used by other educators. > All of this effort earns me less than 1/5 of the Australian National Minimum…

Content creating is not maintenance. And hosting of a static site is dirt cheap, caching works flawlessly.

It could've been a two-million-dollar website if he'd tried to roll his own CMS and Javascript framework, for zero benefit over the one-million-dollar website he actually built.

Re: Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot

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Post by SwellJoe »

goody71 wrote: post #88
SwellJoe wrote: post #56

I always use this site as a canonical example of The Good Internet. The kind of site that is rare today but used to be most of the internet, and we're all worse off for the change. Lightweight handmade HTML and CSS. Very little JavaScript. The site is fast as hell, instant transition between pages, it'd make a React SPA blush. The URLs don't change. The navigation is familiar and unchanging. Back button works as expe…

another one I loved...I guess still love too https://sheldonbrown.com/fixed-conversion.html

Ah, yeah, Sheldon Brown was great. I was sad when he passed (nearly two decades ago, now). I'm glad to see someone cares enough to keep his site running all these years later. It hasn't ever stopped being useful information.
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