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Boating Knots How to tie the bowline, sheet bend, and clove hitch, useful knots for the boating enthusiast   |
AskMen.com
March 7, 2003
Chris Rovny |
Your Guide To Tying A Tie There are well over a dozen different tie knots, including the diagonal, the Shelby (a.k.a. the Pratt) and the Onassis, just to name a few. Here are detailed directions for three of the most popular knots: the four-in-hand, the half-Windsor, and the Windsor. |
Outside
June 2008
Justin Nyberg |
How to Build a Bomber Anchor To set up your own anchor for a climbing top rope (or slackline, or car stuck in a ditch), all you need is a 20-foot piece of webbing, a carabiner, and a tree. |
AskMen.com
Farah Averill |
Master Different Tie Knots Tips to take the terror out of tying that necktie. |
| This Old House |
Using Extension Cords Master Carpenter Norm Abram's techniques for keeping your tools plugged in while you work. |
AskMen.com
Michael A. Lubarksy |
How To Tie A Scarf Guys, here's our guide on how to tie a scarf, as well as our picks for the best jackets to rock each new stylish knot. |
| AskMen.com |
How To Knot A Scarf Like a watch, a scarf is a great accessory to complete an outfit -- it not only adds flair, but also has purpose. |
AskMen.com
June 19, 2002
Justin Becker |
How To: Tie A Tie Putting on a tie is considered a dreaded task for some men, but it really doesn't have to be. Just follow these simple directions and you'll know exactly how to put on a tie at the start of the day in no time. |
BusinessWeek
January 20, 2011
Meredith Stebbins |
The Office Shawl Fight the cold by bundling up in your cube with Lord & Taylor's 100 percent cashmere wrap |
Science News
October 13, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Math Trek: A Tangled Tale A jostled string forms knots quickly and there is an entire branch of mathematics devoted to understanding the formation of these knots. |
AskMen.com
January 6, 2013
Mike Sheppard |
Tie Knots Your outfit may be awesome, but it's the details that get noticed. No matter how nice your tie is, nobody will remember it if your knot looks like a pile of scrambled eggs. |
Science News
February 22, 2003
Ivars Peterson |
The Tangled Task of Distinguishing Knots Unlike a knotted piece of rope, a mathematical knot has no free ends. In this context, a knot is a one-dimensional curve that winds through itself in three-dimensional space, finally catching its tail to form a closed loop. |
Science News
September 24, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
Tying Down a Random Walk If you've forgotten how to form a four-in-hand, take a lesson from retired mechanical engineer Seth Goldstein's necktie-maven "Why Knot" robot, now on display at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Or, view an on-line clip. |
Science News
October 31, 2008
Julie Rehmeyer |
Unknotting Knot Theory New techniques are beginning to unravel the mysteries of knots, revealing a great mathematical superstructure in the process |
Chemistry World
February 7, 2010
Kate McAlpine |
Closure on a knotty problem Nine years ago, Chris Hunter's group at the University of Sheffield in the UK reported that they could use a zinc ion to tie an open knot in a linear oligomer. |
Science News
October 14, 2006
Ivars Peterson |
Knots in Proteins Knotted proteins are rare, but more than just random occurrences. The secret of spontaneous knotting lies in the mathematics of self-avoiding random walks. |
Science News
February 5, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
Knot Divided in Snow Mathematical forms are no longer unusual sights at the annual International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge. Mathematician Stan Wagon of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., and his team have carved huge blocks of snow into graceful geometric shapes. |
Chemistry World
November 8, 2012
Laura Howes |
Self-tying trefoil knot If knotting up molecules is so difficult why not take a tip from nature and get the molecules to do the work for you? This is what Cambridge University researchers found when one of their molecules did indeed tie itself in knots. |
PC Magazine
October 10, 2007 |
Weird Research Projects What lurks behind the walls of academia. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2009
Mark Anders |
Wakeboarding Guide: Get Started With the Right Moves and Gear What to do and what to wear when you get in the water. |
This Old House
Jennifer Stimpson |
10 Uses for Plastic Wrap Sure, it keeps food fresh, but plastic wrap is a handy multitasker outside the kitchen, too. |
Science News
August 20, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
Knotted Strings and Inca Accounts New computer databases are allowing searches for patterns that are starting to yield insights into the meaning of ancient knotted messages of the Incas and earlier societies in the Andean region called khipu. |
Outside
December 2006
Grayson Schaffer |
Make a Ski Sling For hiking to the untouched powder, here's how to make a sling for your skis. |
High on Adventure
December 2008
Vicki Andersen |
A Marriage of Man & Machine Ski-joring is the sport of skiing while being pulled by a snowmobile and is the new trend featured at the Arctic Man Sno-Go Classic in Summit Lake, Alaska. |
