Tech Velcro

simple question: is the world a better place with Velcro?

(I just lost my shit trying to untangle a power cord locked up with Velcro. Pretty sure at the end of the process my blood pressure was 947/949 and profanity will still be floating in the air tomorrow)

the world is definitely better with duct tape by the way

 

Yeah, love me some Velcro. Per usual, horses for courses. If you use it in the appropriate places for the appropriate task, it's hard to find a better solution.

 

Getting old is tough, I get it...

 

I love the velcro straps on my Nike bike shoes that I use on my Peloton.

 

You find undoing something duct tape easier than with velcro?

 

Best thing ever for all of my studio cables.

 

Beats the hell out of buttons, zippers or snaps for rain gear. I use it for all sorts of purposes when fishing and it's awesome for my snorkeling gear as well. I also use it to keep expensive cables in shape and out of the way.

 

I use it with HCP's wife.

 

What @Shogun X will have a closet full of by the time he's 60........

 

In one of my books, I wrote a chapter on the invention of Velcro. My two favorite Velcro facts:

1. It was invented by a guy who had just bought a new microscope. He took a walk in the woods to collect some damselflies to examine. He never found any, but he did end up with all of these tiny burrs stuck to his socks. "Why?" he wondered. He put them under the microscope and saw that the burrs were actually made up of hundreds of tiny "hooks" that caught on the "loops" of his socks.

Hooks and loops. It took him 10 years, and being on the verge of bankruptcy twice, before he turned that insight into Velcro.

2. NASA places little strips of Velcro (or at least they used to) inside space helmets so astronauts can scratch their face when they get an itch.

And now you know . . .the rest of the story!