Tag: book

Lots of JDM classics in 1Q84!

As you may have noticed I haven’t been posting much lately. The main reason for this is because I’ve been selected as a presenter at the Percona Live MySQL conference in Santa Clara on April 12th. This takes a lot of preparation so I literally have no spare time left till the conference is over….




Reading: arcade mania

Just pre-ordered my copy of Arcade Mania on Amazon: Arcarde Mania book As the description on their site says: Covering classic games from Space Invaders to Street Fighter, as well as the unique, quirky games found only in Japan Sounds great! Can’t wait to receive it! Too bad it only gets available after x-mas, otherwise…




Quick search on AE86 at Amazon.com

Amazing! I’ve never really followed Amazon since I only bought books at local stores… Since I moved to Hilversum I don’t really have a good English bookstore anymore and I’m forced to buy my English books somewhere else. That’s when I started to use Amazon again. For the fun I wanted to know what books…




Reading: After Dark by Haruki Murakami

Since I finished Densha Otoko (train man) I had to start with a new book. My girlfriend already packed most of our books because we’re moving so my choice was limited. Lucky enough she didn’t pack After Dark by Haruki Murakami so I started with that book last night. I must say that the book…