Bill Wishon’s News and Views

I just found this online too, more of the interview with Andy Plesser. Also no sunglasses this time (actually they’re the same glasses, I’m just inside out of the sun).

Check it out! My video interview with Andy Plesser from Beet.tv is online.
http://www.beet.tv/2008/05/kontiki-sails-a.html

Well I finished the dish last night by grilling the octopus cooked the night before and grilling some baby bok choy.  It didn’t take too long on the grill, and afterwards I sauted them ever so briefly in some olive oil to meld the flavors and moisten the bok choy whose ends had become a [...]

Trying to find two articles or recipes online that agree on how to cook octopus is difficult.  Why am I looking for this you ask?  Well it all started the other night at Gabriella’s Cafe in Santa Cruz.  They had an appetizer dish that was grilled octopus over some collard greens or bok choy or [...]

Susan and I hosted the family thanksgiving this year and it was fantastic.  We had ten people altogether including ourselves there was: Mom, Dad, Uncle Em and Aunt Syd, Aunt Janie, Cousin Whit and Josh and their newborn Liam.
The menu was:
Starters
Pumpkin Dip with Local Apple Slices
Poached Pear, Macadamia Nut & Spinach Salad with Goat Cheese
Mains
Apple Brined & [...]

I just downloaded Miro 1.0 last night and played around with it, and I think they got online video right.  While major corporations pay lipservice to giving the consumer what they want I think that Miro (actually built by the consumers) does a better job of giving me what I want.  Here’s why I like [...]

I realized some time ago that I’m not really a blogger.  I don’t have it in me to spend enough time writing posts here.  So what I’ve done is created a place kind of like a dashboard or portal.  I do read a lot of news, mostly tech and tech policy news, so here you [...]