Jun 21, 2026 Weeknote

#71 - From Dublin

Updates

We flew back to Dublin last night - four weeks in Spain has been perfect to recharging a little bit as I move into the last phase of the consultation process for my role at Meta.

The heatwave over Western Europe looks like it will really take shape over the next few days, and my apartment in Spain is expecting temperatures of 37/38c so we picked a reasonable time to come back to a bright, sunny Dublin.

On the flight back, I started watching the 'Star City' a new series on Apple TV that shows an alternative timeline for the moon landings. In this version, the Russians landed first, and the story tells of the machinations and intrigue of the Russian Space Programme in the late 60's - excellent stuff so far.

Quiz Night - a second consecutive win on the bounce for my team, puts is in a more healthy place in the table as we reach about the halfway stage of this season.

Reading. I ordered a bunch of new books which are now on my 'to be read' pile, I need to decide what to read first!

Recommended Music

This week, something new that was recommended to me.

Emerald Press is a short album (35 mins) by Gem Club, a band from the US formed by Christopher Barnes.

It's a little hard to describe, but piano led, electronica with some vocals. From their instagram account: 'Ten songs - animated by love and loss, devotion and erasure - exercises in the cost of committing oneself to another or to what we thought we would be.'

These are intimate, gentle pieces where the voice isn't the key part of what you listen to.

Highly Recommended.