I'll put my vote in for Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle - which is actually a trilogy.

There's definitely enough length to make sure it lasts for the whole vacation.

Not too serious or too light either.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Icky at 12:17 PM on July 30, 2007

You're better off staying on 91 until Barton and then taking rt. 16 back down to Greensboro Bend. Rt. 2 out of St. J's has a long, long hill. If you want to avoid the hill out of Greensboro Bend, go a couple of miles further S. on 16 until you can take a R onto Main St. -> Hardwick St.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Icky at 8:51 PM on July 21, 2006

You may want to look into adding a PID (TLA for: Proportional, Integrated, Derivative) controller to the heater as a way of controlling the temp.

TTI Global is one supplier.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Icky at 9:03 AM on October 11, 2005

Two other notes:

1. Cycling is not riddled with drugs any more or less than other professional sports. The fact that they actually test the athletes only means that they catch more people.

2. Armstrong put up his own money to allow the UCI to pay for testing. One could come up with some interesting scenarios as to how exactly the arrangement works, but I'll leave that up to you.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Icky at 6:17 AM on August 31, 2005

Came across this one today: Synctoy

The name makes me wonder about the reliability, but it's probably worth a look.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Icky at 10:05 AM on August 9, 2005

I'll second the curved inside/comfort fit suggestion. Much more comfortable than the standard ones.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Icky at 9:53 AM on March 9, 2005

The Tour of Flanders would be pretty good. You can ride all or parts of the course the day ahead as part of a cyclotourist event as well.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Icky at 3:43 PM on December 1, 2004 marked best answer

Saw this Aaton Cantar-X hard-drive based pro recorder a few days ago on Engadget.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Icky at 8:40 AM on November 17, 2004

Color one eye black and wear the letter "P" on your chest.

Instant Black-eyed pea.

Another one is to get a disposable white coverall and some pens - a white lie. The pens are for writing your favorite white lies on the coverall.

Cheap and easy.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Icky at 10:23 AM on October 29, 2004

A couple of local faves are Diesel Doug and the Long Haul Truckers and the Piners. You could always try some old-skool stuff by Gram Parsons too.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Icky at 10:28 AM on October 28, 2004

These are pretty nice carriers.

They are modular so you can use them as a stroller/jogger or even as a pulk in the winter time.

Also, they make the only single-seat trailer I've seen.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Icky at 6:41 PM on May 18, 2004

I used to live right across the street from Mass. General Hospital, and my speakers would occasionally pick up radio chatter from the arriving/departing ambulances.

Needless to say, the first few times it happened, we were fairly surprised.

This may not help you with a solution, but it does show how the problem (and its cause) can be fairly common.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Icky at 10:13 AM on April 27, 2004

tcaleb is right on with the East End/Downtown recommendation, as well as the comment about low vacancy rate.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Icky at 11:34 AM on April 26, 2004

These bags look pretty nice, if you're into the messenger look.

Manhattan portage makes very durable bags, mine is 11 years old and looks as good as new, even after some heavy use. They're pretty simple though - not really great for several delicate electronic items.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Icky at 10:46 AM on March 23, 2004

I had my ring made by Mike Augspurger at One-Off Titanium.

It's pretty simple - the style is "plain band with edgebands". The finish dulls a bit with age, and that's fine w/me. Wicked light, because that's important <g>.

I've heard that one downside of Ti rings is if the ring gets caught on anything, it won't give - unlike a gold ring. So if you were to do a lot of woodworking for example, you may not want to wear the ring. But... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Icky at 10:58 AM on March 16, 2004

HTML Tidy is a great tool. Works on many platforms and is very configurable.

On preview, what majick says, except I like Tidy on Windows too.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Icky at 10:08 AM on January 23, 2004

We made up flyers when selling our first house and distributed them in our neghborhood.

The people who bought our house heard about it from their friends who saw the flier.

Cleaning and de-cluttering was key.

Pricing is the hardest part.

When we were looking at houses, I got a good laugh at the people who put out "fresh" chocolate chip cookies made from the tubes of dough and had music playing.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Icky at 10:21 AM on January 19, 2004

Living in Belgium, you should have no problem finding a competent bike shop - and you can always try a recumbent if a standard upright bike just doesn't work. Find a group to ride with (check with your local cycling club).

Note to others: In Belgium, cycling is a fairly popular sport unlike in the USA. I've been to races there with 50,000 paying spectators.

This advice is offered with the utmost respect since it seems to me... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Icky at 11:01 AM on January 6, 2004

I'll second starvingartist on Perdido Street Station.

Avoid Kim Stanley Robinson's Years of Rice and Salt, it was one of the few books I've ever read that were boring enough not to even bother finishing.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Icky at 12:36 PM on December 16, 2003

The perfect combination of cycling and wine - a Campagnolo corkscrew
posted to Ask Metafilter by Icky at 12:15 PM on December 16, 2003