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[[Midnight's Simulacra]], my first novel coming 2024-01-01! | |||
==Modern UNIX Programming== | ==Modern UNIX Programming== | ||
* An update to Stevens+Rago ''(update 2016: there's a recent 3rd edition of APIUE, so maybe this is handled)'' | * An update to Stevens+Rago ''(update 2016: there's a recent 3rd edition of APIUE, so maybe this is handled)'' | ||
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==Nascent Fiction== | ==Nascent Fiction== | ||
* The Annotated ''[http://www.amazon.com/The-Illuminatus-Trilogy-Pyramid-Leviathan/dp/0440539811 Illuminatus!]'' | * 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 | ** someone might [http://www.rawillumination.net/2011/09/proposal-for-illuminatus-reference-book.html already] be doing this | ||
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==Notes on publishing with Amazon== | ==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=== | ===Margins=== | ||
* Inner margins (that margin next to the binding): .375--1in, depending on page count | * Inner margins (that margin next to the binding): .375--1in, depending on page count | ||
* Outer margins: minimum .25in, recommended .5in | * 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
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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