Back from traveling around the UK and excited about HAML

I spent the last 2 weeks traveling around the UK. Went to Dublin, Waterford, Glasgow, Islay, Edinburgh, and London. If anyone ever has a chance to visit Islay it is extremely beautiful and the whiskey is just as amazing as the surroundings. If you’re looking for an internet connection it is mostly found in internet cafes, although I was able to jump on some open wireless networks next to some apartment buildings in different places I didn’t meet any software engineers in my travels, and all the people I mentioned computers too jokingly hoped that I could fix their computer. I had terrible food in Ireland, including a serving of scallops at Floridita that left me with severe stomach pains for a couple days and helped contribute to me catching a cold for the last half of the trip. I did however meet lots of people that have events and go to them!!

In my time away I was able to reflect properly on the glory of html. I had dreams about how glorious some pieces of the crusher html code looks. For instance, our advertisement. The reason why it looks so good is thanks to HAML, which automatically formats haml when it is generated.  I’ve been hand-coding html for the past 8 years, so the idea of a plug-in helping me seemed a bit silly.  However, with the embedded conditional statements and removal of html closing tags, haml really does help make the source more legible.  So, for those out there who haven’t played with it you should give it a try.