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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.
But when will we have Marty's self-tying shoes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liI1E_ZZV5w
I just switched to slip-ons the moment I could buy my own shoes.
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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.
Wait, how do you properly clean glasses?
Two cloths are ideal: one for cleaning and another for polishing.
If you're using soap and water, apply a tiny amount of soap onto both sides of the lens --- less than a grain of rice --- then apply water and rub with your fingers until clean. Skip to polish step.
If using cleaner, spray cleaner onto the cloth, NOT onto the lens. Spray onto one side of the cloth so that you have a wet side and a dry side.
(You can use water instead of cleaner in a pinch.)
Three passes.
First pass: with wet side, wipe lens in lines from top of frame to bottom. NOT in circles. (You'll spread the dirt around this way, making the cleaning process take way longer and potentially introducing scratches.)
Second pass: Repeat first pass with dry side of cloth.
Repeat first and second passes until lenses look mostly clear.
Third pass, if you have a polishing cloth: Wipe polishing clothes in circles until lenses are clear.
Your lenses will last forever if cleaned this way.
The cleaner steps above also work on any glass surface, like laptop screens or car windows.
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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.
The thing about many of the "proper" headphone roll-ups is they are dependent on a particular level of minimum bending radius, tension tolerance, and elastic deformation in the cords. To put it more simply, many of them will simply ruin your headphones if they're done with reasonable frequency. For thin earbud type cords, just coil them loosely in a small plastic bag or use a loose bundle secured with a broad velcro…
It made a massive difference in my quality of life and I still have so many velcro straps that I find myself giving them away.
Stumbling across Ian's site almost two decades ago was kinda-sorta life-changing, because I'd been tying the "granny knot" my whole life and had to resort to double-knotting to keep my damn shoes tied. Ditched the granny knot for the Ian's Secure Knot ( https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/secureknot.htm ), and have been using that ever since for every pair of laced shoes I own.