I learned many things about tying shoes today.

Earlier today I was replacing the shoe laces on a pair of my shoes, when I couldn't decide what would be the best lacing technique. Twenty minutes later I had settled on a pattern that fit well and looked good. Some months ago I had read about a tying technique that reduces heel slippage, but couldn't figure out how it worked, so after I got to work I looked up lacing on the Internet. There is a lot more to tying shoes than you may possibly realize. Two sites in particular stood out. The first, by far the most extensive exploration on shoe lacing and tying you could hope to

http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/index.htm

My shoes are now well-tied.