Clinton Stark

Clinton shoots videos for Stark Insider. San Francisco Bay Area arts, Ingmar Bergman and French New Wave, and chasing the perfect home espresso shot 25 seconds at a time (and failing). Peloton: ClintTheMint. Camera: Video Gear

Bloom Box fuel cells: Reality or fiction?

eBay, Wal-Mart Stores, and FedEx must know a good thing when they see it. As early, marquee customers for Sunnyvale-based Bloom Energy, they've bought into the concept, or at least are piloting it in hopes to find less costly, more efficient sources of electricity. This week the company announced the...

Film Review: ‘Bank Robbery’ (Pangaroov)

Can a man really change? Or is he destined to be who is he, despite the best of intentions? In Bank Robbery, Madis dreams of his sweetheart, and what a quiet, honest life might be like living on a farm with sheep. His young nephew Hannes decides to join him...

Libby Black & Modesto Covarrubias Coming Soon to the ICA

The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) will present two new installations opening in April 2010. Libby Black's Work Out will make its California premiere in the ICA's Cardinale Project Room on April 10 and run through June 19. Modesto Covarrubias: Liminal, an immersive sculptural installation...

Indie film marketing: “Douchebag Blend” wins me over Cinequest style

Low budgets combined with passion always seem to bring out creativity and mucho gusto. Tonight at the exquisite Il Fornaio Cinequest soiree, there was much mingling, merriment and celebration for a festival that is going strong. But what caught my eye on this evening was the distinctive marketing by Aaron Houston,...

Film Review: ‘The Escape’ (Flugten)

Highly recommended. It's intense, but you may be surprised where this movie goes; it's unexpected, and unique.
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HP 5102 netbook arrives, compared to Toshiba NB305

The HP 5102 is an update of HP's successful 5101, a member of their business line of netbooks.

Cinequest opens in San Jose with The Good Heart, frenetic energy

Last night the Cinequest Film Festival 20 opened with wild applause and hollering, dancing, food, and, of course, the premiere of The Good Heart. The rain couldn't dampen the spirits of 1,100 people who enthusiastically arrived at the California Theatre for the entertaining opening night festivities. Later, the party...

Inside Cinequest Film Camp, Adobe Youth Voices – Action!

https://vimeo.com/9695533 Green screens. Zombies created by pollution. Messages about family and gang violence. These are just a few of the highlights from week 2 of the Adobe Youth Voices and Cinequest Film Camp. If the future of filmmaking is one thing, it's inspiring. These would-be Spielbergs, Tarantinos and Camerons have...

Android App of the Day: ‘Yelp’ a 24 hour, on-call foodie in your pocket

Yelp has the content, but not the check-in (at least not on Android).

Wine Marketing: Has Costco updated merchandising to spur sales?

Something looked different at Costco during my last visit. Look closely at these photos. Notice anything? Aside from the fact that these are less than ideal photos taken from trusty Droid, you might notice the wine section at your local Costco is sporting a new, torn jeans and t-shirt...