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Day Seven – The Cliffs of Insanity
Posted on 05. Apr, 2009 by Jack.
Today was a day of pretty high anticipation, as everyone we’ve talked to raved about none other than the Cliffs of Moher. Jen was skeptical, quite sure that nothing could live up to the hype it received. I, however, wanted it to be everything I imagined.
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Day Six – Dingle to Doolin
Posted on 04. Apr, 2009 by Jack.
We knew it had to happen at some point. No one can go to Ireland without it happening. I mean we hoped really hard, and it seemed like we were going to beat the odds but…
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Day Five – Ring of Kerry & Dingle
Posted on 03. Apr, 2009 by Jack.
Ah day five. To say that the weather was incredible would be an understatement. Seriously, the sun could not be any brighter, the sky bluer, the grass greener, the weather warmer (for Ireland)… I wore a t-shirt the entire day.
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Day Four – Ring of Beara
Posted on 02. Apr, 2009 by Jack.
This is where things started getting good. I mean really good.
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Day Three
Posted on 01. Apr, 2009 by Jack.
Today’s goals changed from their original after talking to Ann Lawler, our B&B host. We had originally planned on visiting the Blarney Castle, even though it’s a heavy tourist spot we figured it must be for a reason…
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Evening, Day Two
Posted on 30. Mar, 2009 by Jack.
We’ve definitely made it around the Southeast area of Ireland today. We started out this morning in Arklow, after leaving Maeve and Ian at The Gables behind (which sport some pretty cool looking Mediterranean palm trees, surprisingly), we headed south the N11 towards Wexford. Driving today was much, much easier. Not surprisingly, the lack of [...]
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Morning, Day Two
Posted on 30. Mar, 2009 by Jack.
Well we made it through the first day. Not like it was a chore or anything, but it was challenging. Not having slept on the plane made it a bit tough into the afternoon.
Dublin was beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
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ExpressionEngine Patterns & Best Practices: The Genesis
Posted on 23. Feb, 2009 by Jack.
ExpressionEngine gives you flexibility. Nearly unlimited flexibility. This is an awesome thing, except when it bites you. Sometimes there is something to be said for a more rigid CMS/Blogging engine, such as WordPress. This shortcoming could be alleviated/improved upon with some development patterns and best practices.
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My Standard ExpressionEngine Addons
Posted on 18. Feb, 2009 by Jack.
Everyone has their own list of ExpressionEngine addons they roll, or at least they should. Call them building blocks, or foundations. Or whatever. Here’s what I deploy with nearly every single site and why:
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Ireland Here I Come!
Posted on 16. Feb, 2009 by Jack.
Finally I’m getting my chance to visit Ireland, after many years of hoping and wishing! So if anyone can give me some recommendations or would like meet up… a Guinness on me!
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I’m Jack
ExpressionEngine is my best friend as a developer. I no longer have to worry about how to fit my design into the CMS, leaving me to be as creative as I want to be, and not lose site of my strategy.
Shoot me an email: jack {at} jackmcdade.com!