Dirk Gently is the character created by Douglas Adams, famous for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I had almost forgotten I had read about the ‘holitic detective’ in Adams’ book Salmon of Doubt. Only recently I discovered Netflix runs a series on this character. The series is pretty awesome.
The transcription feature in Microsoft Teams works perfectly, as my colleague informs me. He has sent me the transcription of the meeting we just concluded.
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The meeting was in Dutch.
Ready for the expo.
Cool article on what the internet looked like in 1994.
That is about the time I started dialing into the internet, I guess. Maybe I was somewhat earlier. Using an old IBM desktop and a 9600 baud modem.
Yesterday, I re-watched an episode of Twin Peaks, which remains a fantastic David Lynch classic. Being somewhat low-energy, I scrolled through my Justwatch list to see if any other exciting films were available. There, I found Norwegian Wood.
Recently, I reread Haruki Murakami’s book. I still liked it very much. (I rarely reread a single book, with exceptions being Haruki Murakami, Gerrit Krol, Douglas Coupland, Derek Sivers and Seth Godin)
The movie Norwegian Wood has a very similar atmosphere to the book. The film has the typical Murakami-like alienation from the world.
“Of course.”
“Is that a catchphrase of yours?”
I found this again in “The City and Its Uncertain Walls” (in Dutch – De stad en zijn onvaste muren).
→ The City and Its Uncertain Walls