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[[Midnight's Simulacra]], my first novel coming 2024-01-01!
* Trees, chapter on each, kinda like ''The Periodic Kingdom''
 
* Computer Science GRE exam prep
==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''
* 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
* 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)
* <i>'''The Well-Tempered Computer'''</i> (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 ''[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

(Not) Funded on Kickstarter

The Finest Machine: The Science and the Joy of Computing.

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

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