James Gallagher - Latest Comments

Re: iOS Productivity Apps

Gary Mc Ginty — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:57:35 -0000

omnifocus and wunderlist

Re: Kona Dr. Good Review

James Gallagher — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:38:49 -0000

That's excellent to hear. Despite my annoyance at the less than neat result, I can't fault them for keeping the street water off me. It has been really wet here in Galway this year and the roads are in a poorer state (yay, massive recession!) but I'm not getting muck or grit flying up at me.

Re: Kona Dr. Good Review

John ROUX — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:32:14 -0000

A quick follow-up on our recent exchange: based on the advice of my LBS, I've chosen SKS Chromoplastics that I attached in exactly the same way you did. They've been doing pretty fine for the first few rainy days.

Re: Kona Dr. Good Review

John ROUX — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:29:17 -0000

Well, I understand your criticism based on your needs, but the fact that the bike has no quick-release on any part (seat post or wheels) was actually positive from my point of view: I use my bike in an urban environment, and even though I try never to leave it unguarded for too long, it sometimes has to spend the day attached somewhere in the street. Having no quick release means I can be a little more confident the seat or front wheel won't be missing when I come back at the end of the day.

Re: Kona Dr. Good Review

Egindinm — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:24:32 -0000

I would expect a quick release on the front wheel on a bike at this price. For me this is a real problem as I have to transport my bike in the cargo compartment of my station wagon

Re: Kona Dr. Good Review

John ROUX — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 06:41:04 -0000

Thanks for your very detailed reply!

I've read mixed comments on the type of fenders you would rather use, mostly due to the fact that they cover much less of the wheel than the SKS Bluemels or similar. I was planning on buying Bluemels, see if they fit like you attached them, or try to bend the left-side struts so they don't get in the way of the brake (I've since asked on a French cycling forum and have been showed pictures of successful "creative" bending of this particular product).

Re: Kona Dr. Good Review

James Gallagher — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 06:27:38 -0000

Hi John, the fenders that I bought were generic ones from my LBS, I can't remember the brand but they're very, very similar to http://www.chainreactioncycles.... They're made of plastic and the wire struts fasten to the fender via little metal tags - you pass the strut through a hole on the metal tag. Have a look at http://www.halfords.ie/webapp/... for a close up (I'm finding it hard to describe it). Move the fender around on the struts until you're happy with the position and then fasten a nut on the outside of the tag to clamp the strut in place. That's quite useful if you find you need to adjust them again later. The only tools I needed were a spanner for the fastening nut and a hacksaw to trim the excess off the strut. I lined everything up when fitting it and used the hacksaw to mark the strut where I wanted to cut. Removed everything and then cut through - if you do something similar, don't try to cut the strut while it's still mounted on the bike. It seems convenient but is a bad idea. I'm not 100% happy with the result on the front - I've hit the front of my shoe against the struts a couple of times but they do the job of keeping mud off me well. If I was doing it again then I'd look at a different type of fender I think. I like the look of http://www.chainreactioncycles... as they look easier to fit but I don't know if they would fit the Dr. Good well.

Re: Kona Dr. Good Review

John ROUX — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:40:52 -0000

Hi, James. I bought myself a Dr Good too. Your review really helped me decide on this bike over similar models.

With autumn coming, the issue of fenders becomes pressing, and I'm hesitating on some brands and types, and the cause of this hesitation is the front disc. From your pictures I see how you adapted yours, but I'd be interested in having more details: the type you chose, the tools you needed and the process of tuning them to fit your bike.

Re: Evening Stroll at Ross Lake, Moycullen

jimmy — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:05:15 -0000

wow... like a mirror, beautiful shot

Re: Couple of photos from Edmonton

Diskwite — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:57:59 -0000

wher is da green blud? hertford rode? wer i gru up man its change so much...ispymmes park still dere plez tel me dey aint bilt hazes on it

Re: Couple of photos from Edmonton

Diskwite — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:53:12 -0000

dis is shite wer is d norf circular n18 blud rule innit

Re: I hate Singtel

grace — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:29:47 -0000

i hate them too. signed me up for a unlimited plan at commex, 1 mth later, i got a msg telling me im exceeding the usage and excess will be charged. nowhere on the contract says there is a cap. after i called cust svc, all they can ever say is they will send me an addendum to say there is a cap. they have bullcrap for brains.

Re: Home Networking with a 3G Router

Jules — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:47:09 -0000

nice blog, u might like myflip blog

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Re: Home Networking with a 3G Router

Ivo van der Wijk — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:17:26 -0000

I've bought the same router (though differently branded). You can read my findings here: http://vanderwijk.info/2010/7/...

Re: Review of Vaude Freiburg Briefcase (Pannier)

Best Briefcase — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:56:07 -0000

Bravo, Bros! keep going like this, more good info again.

Re: Gratuitous Nom – French Toast & Lemon Curd

James Gallagher — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:26:00 -0000

It was a couple of weeks back on a really sunny Saturday so the shadow was unavoidable but kind of charming all the same :)

Re: Gratuitous Nom – French Toast & Lemon Curd

Sean Rima — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:23:14 -0000

Umm, now I am famished, still the photo is well taken, shadow seems excellent

Re: Home Networking with a 3G Router

Louise Barrett — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:51:54 -0000

Glad it all got sorted in the end :o)

Louise @Solwise

Re: Meaning from a set of meeting minutes

Eoin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:18:55 -0000

Well if you manage to do it, and I imagine you will, fair play. It would be a great resource!

Re: Meaning from a set of meeting minutes

James Gallagher — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:00:50 -0000

Thanks for that John. So far I've just written the basic section parsing and the name parsing. So, from testing I seem to be able to pick up all the names that get mentioned in the minutes. Getting the motions isn't too bad but it looks like two things will be quite messy: relating a proposed motion back to its motion identifier and then picking up the subsequent voting. I'll probably just go with some kind of near the motion text logic to do that. Thanks also for the tip on the Google Group ... oh, and the inspiration!

Re: Meaning from a set of meeting minutes

John Handelaar — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:50:04 -0000

Councils (that I'm aware of) don't have transcripts, there's only this.

That said, from your description above it looks like a line containing 'proposed that', followed by N lines, followed by a line containing 'was seconded by', would be regex-able. And a bit of name parsing might allow a person to generate per-councillor RSS feeds of activity.

You're not a long way from this sort of thing at that point.

(I've not really addressed the contents of the rest of the minutes, but you get the thought process.)

Perhaps join the KildareStreet-new-registered-organisation list and see if we can get some other eyes on it? That goes for all the other commenters too :)

Re: Meaning from a set of meeting minutes

James Gallagher — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:25:12 -0000

I'd hope to be able to make it more generic once I get some more experience with techniques for this. The reason for the minutes choice is that I want the information and the improved context so it's a good motivator.

Re: Meaning from a set of meeting minutes

Michele Neylon — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:21:43 -0000

So would this work on minutes only or would you be able to do something with a transcript?

Re: New bicycle fun (Part 3)

Steph — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:52:20 -0000

Looks really great! I'm really jealous of the saddle bags...been looking at various racks and such to add to my bike...nothing will compare! *sigh*

Re: New bicycle fun (Part 3)

Jeanna Gallagher — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:25:17 -0000

Hey, you're right - I really did have to see the photos to know what you were talking about!! How on earth did you even manage to put it together? Looks deadly though! Well done!