Month: May 2007

Un Lun Dun

So, I’m reading Mieville’s latest, a children’s book about two teenage girls who slip into a mirror world occupied by all the lost and broken things of London. So far, it’s excellent. But I just had to share a couple of lines from early in the novel, that made me smile with recognition, the sort of shared opinion that endears me to the work.

“There’s a lot of animals very good at that sort of disinformation. There are no cats in UnLondon, for example, because they’re not magic and mysterious at all, they’re idiots.”

Cycling Help?

Not, y’know, literal help with the actual cycling, obviously. That’d be peculiar. But I know there are a few people around here that take their cycling pretty seriously, and I need a bit of advice.

I’ve just started cycling to work, and the saddle on my bike is, to put it politely, not terribly comfortable. Can anyone point me at a reputable maker of more comfortable saddles? Are there any things I should look out for? What kind of price could I expect to pay? Comfort really is all I’m looking for…