Pioneer One - An independent sci-fi drama web series premieres

Pioneer One is a tv series that premiered online-only last week.
As the story goes a space object sprayed radiation over North America. Homeland Security immediately begins investigation fearing a terrorist attack. However the truth isn't so simple and the implications of what they found can involve the whole planet Earth...
Pioneer One is the work of Josh Bernhard and Bracey Smith, the guys behind another indie success named Lionshare, in collaboration with VODO. The pilot is the first episode in a season of seven. The story will unfolds during a total of four seasons.
This first episode cost just 6000 US$ and additional 20000 US$ are needed to produce the next three episodes. Pioneer One is a project made possible by donors and other forms of fund raising.
You can download the episode and watch it for free. There are several ways you can do it by checking the series page on VODO. From the same page you can help the production by making a donation (from 5$) or spreading the word.
I think this is really an interesting project especially because of the fact that this is not an unexperienced amateur work (no offence intended) but a show of high qualities and high expectations. From what I know regular tv series are getting more and more costly by the day and this is perceived as a problem even by certain producers (check the articles from a Sfy manager on Boing Boing). Pioneer One demonstrates how budget could be cut down by thinking smart, a little of courage and a leap of faith.

Google Chrome Logo Domino

Dominos are fun and by looking at the work of this guy (and all the many other works he did) I finally know what self control mean...

The Treat of the Week #016

Illustration by Rob, at the Aquaman Shrine

Dell states: Ubuntu Linux is safer than Windows

The VAR guy spot one very interesting statement on Dell’s website.
By looking at Dell.com/ubuntu there’s a list of ten points why Ubuntu Linux is a great system.
At point 6 Dell shows its guts and write in plain black on white what follows:

I don’t know about you but I see a trend in Linux system adoption and diffusion which is getting more and more steep every year. Security is surely one of the best reasons why users should venture in adopting a Linux distribution as their computer system. While the fact that the vast majority of malware is written for MS Windows this is not at all the only reason why Linux systems are safer than Windows ones. There are strong architecture, environment and philosophy differences that make the security split between the these two systems look more like a rift.

wizzywig revamped and serialized

If you're a geek or a technology enthusiast you must absolutely read wizzywig.
wizzywig is a comic, a work of invention but based on real facts. It tells a story of hacking in the golden age of computer history, when all was hard cored technology embraced in a halo of mystery, like a clockwork sorcery, so much different from the glossy fashionable era of 2.0 web.
3 volumes were published so far by the author, Ed Piskor, and believe me they make for a wonderful gift to yourself or any real geeky person you know.
Now Ed's come up with the idea of revamping the comic and republish it as a serial on http://www.wizzywigcomics.com/
I judge wizzywig one of the highest example of comics in general and the fact that it's now available to everyone on the web it's just fantastic.
You can follow the series every Sunday and Wednesday at  http://www.wizzywigcomics.com/.
You can also buy copies of the volumes here.
Here below the freshly published revamped first page of volume one.