Calibre, ePub and epubcheck: the curse of editing XHTML
What I actually did to make the ePub for Libra Shrugged. There’s almost certainly bits I could have done better some other way.
News: Filecoin, CoinDesk, money-laundering busts, Libra barred until 2023, BitMEX and Roko’s Basilisk
Filecoin: Must die, bye bye, bye bye.
Libra Shrugged has been uploaded to the bookstores!
Just saying, if you were a $5 Patron you could be reading it now …
Libra Shrugged: we have the artwork!
I was particularly impressed that the dumpster fire worked as a silhouette.
PayPal brings crypto gambling to US retail. Bad for customers, bad for PayPal
Certainly, sir! We accept PayPal, who are totally into your, uh, bot-coins. Yes, PayPal. Use them there. PayPal’s on our website, you definitely don’t need to come here in person ever again.
Things I had mercifully forgotten about preparing a book for publication
The Libra book is probably sufficiently revised to get out to early readers! So now I have to prepare the print layout.
News: McAfee and BitMEX busted, don’t pay your ransomware, Morgan Beller leaves Libra, SEC beats Kik
Crypto asked for regulatory clarity, and they’re getting it! Good and hard.
Uruguay: e-Peso (2017) — another CBDC trial
Another CBDC trial that I didn’t cover already. This will be in Libra Shrugged.
Foreign Policy: How Not to Kill People With Spreadsheets
Pass this one to your favourite beleaguered bureaucrat — the secret takeaway is that Site Reliability Engineering is a whole new vocabulary for systematised backside-covering in the face of adversity.
Libra Shrugged is up for preorders on Kindle and other e-book stores!
The preorder price is £4.99 or $6.99. When it goes live, that’ll go up to £5.99 or $7.99. So get in early.