When we moved last time I had randomly been suggested a knot. It was similar to a constrictor, but when moving around it self tightened. For some reason I cannot find the same, now? Basically I am ...

A version of this story ran in The Virginian-Pilot on Sept. 14, 2005. Hurricane or no, we’re in for a blow. Time to start thinking about how to secure the woodpile or lash the garbage cans to a tree.

Have you seen that little gem of a website – Animated Knots by Grog. I ran across this via the Yahoo How Things Work [HTW] group. It started when someone posted a message saying something like “Here's ...