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==Nonfiction== | [[Midnight's Simulacra]], my first novel coming 2024-01-01! | ||
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==Modern UNIX Programming== | |||
* An update to Stevens+Rago ''(update 2016: there's a recent 3rd edition of APIUE, so maybe this is handled)'' | |||
==Hacking the Planet! with [[Notcurses]]== | |||
* A [[HTPwN|guide]] to the use of [[Notcurses]] to make vidid TUIs | |||
==The Finest Machine== | |||
[[File:Kickstarter.png|thumb|right|(Not) Funded on Kickstarter]] | |||
''The Finest Machine: The Science and the Joy of Computing''. | |||
* Computing from the ground up, beginning with formal systems and moving up through information theory, VLSI, [[Architecture|microprocessors]] and [[Programming Language Theory|programming languages]]. | |||
* Failed [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nickblack/the-finest-machine Kickstarter project] | |||
* [[media:Machines-ToC.pdf|Table of Contents]] | |||
==Nascent Nonfiction== | |||
* Fill in [[Computer_science_eponyms|computer science eponym list]], market as a phatty ''Dictionary of Ideas'' or ''Binet's Reader's Encyclopedia''-like deal | |||
* (major and semi-esoteric) [[Trees]]. A chapter on each, kinda like ''The Periodic Kingdom'' | * (major and semi-esoteric) [[Trees]]. A chapter on each, kinda like ''The Periodic Kingdom'' | ||
* A guide to low-latency, high-throughput I/O on UNIX and Windows, with an emphasis on | * A guide to [[Fast UNIX Servers|low-latency, high-throughput I/O]] on UNIX and Windows, with an emphasis on APIs | ||
* [[CS GRE|Computer Science GRE]] exam prep | * [[CS GRE|Computer Science GRE]] exam prep | ||
* Definitive biography of von Neumann (as of 2009, the three major ones are all garbage) | * Definitive biography of von Neumann (as of 2009, the three major ones are all garbage) | ||
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** Everything from the input power to the output LEDs | ** Everything from the input power to the output LEDs | ||
** Creative Commons license | ** Creative Commons license | ||
== | * '''Peak CUDA''': A guide to NVIDIA microarchitecture and programming for peak on [[CUDA]] | ||
'' | * '''ATLympics''', a short, poppy history/analysis of the 1996 [[Atlanta]] Olympic Games | ||
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==Nascent Fiction== | |||
* The Annotated ''[http://www.amazon.com/The-Illuminatus-Trilogy-Pyramid-Leviathan/dp/0440539811 Illuminatus!]'' | |||
** someone might [http://www.rawillumination.net/2011/09/proposal-for-illuminatus-reference-book.html already] be doing this | |||
* The Annotated ''[[Southland Tales]]'' | |||
==Notes on publishing with Amazon== | |||
I've successfully published on Amazon using [[LaTeX]]. | |||
For making [[EPUB]], I recommend <tt>tex4ebook</tt>. Use <tt>-x</tt> to drive XeTeX. | |||
== | ===Margins=== | ||
* | * Inner margins (that margin next to the binding): .375--1in, depending on page count | ||
* | * Outer margins: minimum .25in, recommended .5in | ||
Latest revision as of 18:48, 21 January 2024
Midnight's Simulacra, my first novel coming 2024-01-01!
Modern UNIX Programming
- An update to Stevens+Rago (update 2016: there's a recent 3rd edition of APIUE, so maybe this is handled)
Hacking the Planet! with Notcurses
The Finest Machine
The Finest Machine: The Science and the Joy of Computing.
- Computing from the ground up, beginning with formal systems and moving up through information theory, VLSI, microprocessors and programming languages.
- Failed Kickstarter project
- Table of Contents
Nascent Nonfiction
- Fill in computer science eponym list, market as a phatty Dictionary of Ideas or Binet's Reader's Encyclopedia-like deal
- (major and semi-esoteric) Trees. A chapter on each, kinda like The Periodic Kingdom
- A guide to low-latency, high-throughput I/O on UNIX and Windows, with an emphasis on APIs
- Computer Science GRE exam prep
- Definitive biography of von Neumann (as of 2009, the three major ones are all garbage)
- possible title: Fekete Pestis (sets up unfortunate puns on my last name, though)
- The Well-Tempered Computer (working title): an in-depth guide to modern computer hardware with an emphasis on standards
- Everything from the input power to the output LEDs
- Creative Commons license
- Peak CUDA: A guide to NVIDIA microarchitecture and programming for peak on CUDA
- ATLympics, a short, poppy history/analysis of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games
Nascent Fiction
- The Annotated Illuminatus!
- someone might already be doing this
- The Annotated Southland Tales
Notes on publishing with Amazon
I've successfully published on Amazon using LaTeX.
For making EPUB, I recommend tex4ebook. Use -x to drive XeTeX.
Margins
- Inner margins (that margin next to the binding): .375--1in, depending on page count
- Outer margins: minimum .25in, recommended .5in
