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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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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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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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 sleep [...]
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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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Dublin. 6:20 am. We slept for about 0 minutes on the flight, but it’s okay. We’re in Ireland. Dinner and breakfast were a mere 3 hours apart. Apparently they just serve it when You’re in the right time zone. My brain isn’t fooled, but hopefully my body is because it’s time to drive on wrong [...]
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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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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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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!