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Ian's Condensed History
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This page will lead you through a small selection of my life's more memorable milestones, from my birth in 1962
through to the present day.
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s.jpg "Ian Fieggen, Born Dec-1962") |
Dec-1962:
I came into this world on 13-Dec-1962, born in Wellington, New Zealand, the fourth of five children to Dinie and
Chris Fieggen, both originally from the Netherlands. |
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Feb-1964:
At just one year old, I arrived in Australia with my family on 28-Feb-1964 when my father, Chris, was transferred
here by ANZ bank as part of the team that set up the bank's first computer system. |
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Dec-1980:
At the tender age of 18, I finished my high-school
education, completing year 12 at Mordialloc Chelsea High School. |
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Oct-1982:
While attempting to find a more symmetrical way of tying my shoelaces, I inadvertently developed a knot that
proved to be much faster. And so, the
Ian Knot was born. |
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Sep-1983:
At the age of 20, I went for and passed my driver's licence, then bought my first car the same week. Freedom at
last! |
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Mar-1985:
I found a great flat in Mentone, about 15 minutes closer to the city than my parents' home. It was really close to
a supermarket, bank, post office, pizza place and laundromat, everything a bachelor could possibly need. |
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Mar-1985:
Having crashed my first car while moving house, a week later I bought my Holden Statesman: 1978 HZ, 5 litre V8
engine; the last Aussie car with classic styling
and grunt. The "PAID-4" plates were a fun idea, though they mean less every year the car ages. |
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Apr-1985:
Scarcely a year and a half after getting my driver's licence, I was taking to the skies as a private pilot. This
fulfilled a dream from my teenage years when I flew model airplanes. |
s.jpg "Ian and Inge, 1994") |
Feb-1994:
I met many really nice people during my years as a PC specialist, but when I met Inge we really "clicked". What
started out with: "If we're both single, why not be single together?" soon blossomed into a true romance. |
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Dec-1996:
After almost 3 years of commuting between Mentone and Chelsea, I was finally able to move out of my flat and into
the unit next door to Inge's after we hinted to the existing tenants that I was keen to take their place. |
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Apr-1999:
After a year of planning and an unbearable 9 months of building, our extension was finally complete. Our home was
at last big enough for Inge and me to both work from home
and live together. |
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May-2000:
Having started a hobby web site, I added the instructions to my
Ian Knot, the World's Fastest Shoelace Knot. This marked the beginning of what would eventually become
Ian's Shoelace Site. |
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Oct-2007:
Seven years after starting
Ian's Shoelace Site, the book based on the web site was published.
Laces is now available in book stores across U.S.A, Canada, U.K. and Australia. |
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Aug-2009:
Two years after publishing my hardcover book,
Laces, my collection of shoe lacing methods was republished in electonic form in
Ian's Laces App for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. |
