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

Gone in 60 Seconds: Canada

The holiday that was, up North. Harvey's. Chateau Laurier tea. Family. Awesome. https://vimeo.com/8493337

On Location: Riverdance by Broadway San Jose

We capped off a 22-hour coast-to-coast travel day with Riverdance opening night. https://vimeo.com/8492324

2009 Theater in review: Best show

Last year—yes, can you believe 2009 is now last year?—was a terrific year for Bay Area Theater (and Arts too!). A creative tsunami struck. It was as if the deeper the economic malaise, the stronger the surge in creativity, imagination and artistry. It was a pleasure to be a tiny part...

Cinequest film review: Library politics meets goth in dark comedy ‘Shelf Life’

Who knew a library could be grounds for such wicked office politics? It all starts when a fresh-out-of-rehab goth slacker Nikki Reynolds (Betsy Brandt) takes a job at the local library. Strict, by-the-book head librarian Betty Bonhauser (Elisa Bocanegra) is quick to remind everyone using a flip chart of her family's...

First impressions: Swype for Android (tested on Moto Droid)

Still in beta, the software has attracted significant attention in recent months.

Nexus One: Can Google transform yet another industry?

If we've learned one thing in tech over the past 24 months it's not to bet against Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). You need not look any further for an innovative engine or competitive culture than the $200B Mountain View giant. In some ways the company reminds me of Cisco in...

5 Android apps that deliver the wow factor (and might even be practical too!)

Even though the Android Market doesn't yet have the vast number of apps that iTunes does (16,000 vs. 80,000), there is plenty of good stuff out there.

All things Canada: A snowy Ottawa arrival

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Wine Racks for Cellar - a DIY adventure!

Identifying the Canadian threat: It’s coming right down the middle

Our IT guys have been hard at work trying to restore order to StarkSilverCreek. My apologies, again, and thanks for your patience during this most unfortunate period of relentless, antagonistic Don Cherry style Canadian content. I remind you, this is not the CBC. At first we thought the attack was...