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Ian's Shoelace Site

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Post by xtiansimon »

zkmon wrote: post #36

Why isn't all internet like this website?

It’s a static catalog. Where’s the money in that? We need to activate the analysis of the database of widgets, to know our inventory availability. Great, huh? How about we turn that and see who’s online and then maximize our ordering function to the overstock? Great! Rinse, repeat, profit! Everyone and everything is an asset to be tracked and managed in real time through our gated and ungated websites, apps and assets… Shop-A-Tron!

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Post by bcjordan »

AndrewHampton wrote: post #39

Back in 2004, while bored in my college dorm, I learned the Ian Knot from this site. I've used it ever since. A few weeks ago, my 10 year old decided it was time to learn how to tie his shoes "dad's way". I was pleasantly surprised to see the site was still up, so I used it to help teach him how to do it.

There's an awesome book Ian put out with laces on the cover and illustrations of all his lacing and knot suggestions. Potential future gift!

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Post by turzmo »

squiggy22 wrote: post #43

you lot are obsessed. https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+...

It always brings a smile to my face when it gets posted. I’ve used it to learn ways of lacing shoes, but it’s not even about that, it’s a reminder of what the internet used to be.

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Post by GuB-42 »

squiggy22 wrote: post #43

you lot are obsessed. https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+...

Optimizing things that people do even think about optimizing and showing off the "better way" is completely in the spirit of Hacker News.

That's the reason I am here ;)

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Post by ghtbircshotbe »

My advice is to use paracord for shoelaces. It's cheap, lasts forever, can be cut to any length, ties well, etc. It lasts so long you can take it off your old worn shoes and put it on your new shoes. I find that the shoelaces that come with shoes typically don't last very long, are too short, etc.

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Post by strken »

The lug bowtie and lug knotted styles can be combined to leave an area with almost no pressure on it. It's useful if you find yourself with an injured foot on day two of a long hike.

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Post by imgabe »

xp84 wrote: post #23

I haven't mastered the Ian's knot (the super fast one) yet, but I've been tying the "Ian's Secure Knot" [1] for years. I try to teach parents on my kid's soccer team as well, because in my experience, half use the "standard shoelace knot" which is mediocre at staying tied, and the other half tie the granny version of the same, which comes out in about 5 minutes. This seems very much like the kind of thing that a kid…

I've been using the secure knot for years now. It's vastly superior to the standard shoelace knot.
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