May 31, 2026 Weeknote

#68 - From Spain

Updates

I've decamped to Spain for a month - it's our usual summer plan, but with a slight twist this year.

The expected happened, I mentioned that my company was expecting layoffs and after five years at Meta, I'm on the 'at-risk' list. I'm going through the consultation process, and while I try and do my job - I'll do it from Spain. Sunshine and tapas makes everything 10% better.

Since writing my last weeknote (sorry I missed a week), we managed to get to two excellent gigs: Richard Ashcroft at the 3 Arena in Dublin was a lot of fun with some huge singalong moments, and then Kraftwerk at the Bord Gais Theatre - this was a real treat, with superb sound, great visuals and banger after banger from the electronic gods.

Quiz League has been back in full swing, we've had a couple of narrow losses, so we'll need to dig in as we reach mid season.

Finally - I've been working hard on some new projects, and still finsihing up clearing the decks of some old things - consolidating domain names, and hosting to make things a little more streamlined and organised.

Reading. John of John by Douglas Stuart. I loved his previous books (Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo) and this one is no different. A tough story about hidden love on an island of crofters in Scotland.

Recommended Music

This week, there is really only one album in town that I can recommend.

Inferno, is the new one from Boards of Canada - the lo-fi/ambient band from Scotland. This is the first release for some 14 years, and has been long awaited. Thankfully, it didn't disappoint.

I absolutely LOVE this - terrifically laid back, with some collage like vocals over pure electronic goodness and some beautiful world music influences.

Highly Recommended.