Sock Hack
I love hacking, in the “modification of a program or device to give the user access to features that were otherwise unavailable” sense of the word. As Mr Jalopy says “if you can’t open it, you don’t own it”. But it’s difficult. And time consuming. All those soldering irons, lines of code and tweaking things! No-one said it was easy.
Which is why I’m starting by hacking socks. All of the liberation of hacking, with minimal time and fuss. Why socks? Think about it: socks are cruel friends. Their primary purpose is to assuage the foot, but instead they twist and tourniquet leading to what my colleague Jono calls ‘corrugated ankles’. It’s time for this to change.
The sock hack (aka Casual Socks)
Equipment needed: Scissors
Time: 20 seconds
Steps
1. Grip left sock firmly. Identify elasticated section.
2. Make a vertical incision approx. 3 inches in length from the top of the sock to match the depth of the elasticated section
3. Repeat for right sock
Reclaim your ankles!
