Clinton Stark

Clinton Stark
Filmmaker and editor at Stark Insider, covering arts, AI & tech, and indie film. Inspired by Bergman, slow cinema and Chipotle. Often found behind the camera or in the edit bay. Peloton: ClintTheMint.
La Marzocco espresso machine with Swan grinder on a home kitchen counter

La Marzocco App Adds Smart Schedule and Local Mode

New v1.5.2 update brings scheduling automation and offline Bluetooth control to home espresso machines
Abstract digital art of two AI figures, blue and orange, facing each other with glowing circuitry and faint Matrix-style code in the background.

Two AIs, One Codebase: Why I Run Claude Code and Cursor Side-by-Side

My daily workflow using competing AI assistants to build better code through creative tension
Illustration showing Qwen mascot (brown bear wearing Qwen t-shirt holding camera) celebrating with Ollama mascot (white llama with glasses holding wine glass) with "Qwen3-VL" text below

Qwen3-VL Cloud Model Review: Testing Alibaba’s Latest Vision AI on a Home Server

Can a cloud-based vision model compete with the big players? We put Qwen3-VL through 7 rigorous tests to find out.
Clawd pixel mascot from Claude Code terminal interface

Clawd: How a Retro Mascot (and Some Lollygagging AI) Made My Command Line Feel Like Home

A retro mascot. A cold terminal. And the spark of something human.
Apple iOS 26 home screen showing San Jose weather widget, 74°F, and apps.

Apple’s Liquid Glass Showcases Modern, Refined Design

A subtle but striking design refresh that unifies Apple’s ecosystem without breaking what already works.
Nikon ZR cinema camera – Nikon and RED collaboration featuring full-frame body with NIKKOR Z lens against cinematic red curtain backdrop.

The New Nikon ZR Ticks All the Right Boxes (Plus 1 Really Important One!)

Why the Nikon ZR might be the most exciting filmmaking camera of 2025 -- and a serious headache for rivals.
Close-up of the Canon EOS C50 cinema camera body showing its RF lens mount and full-frame CMOS sensor.

The New Canon C50 Cinema Camera Ticks All the Right Boxes

Canon delivers a compact cinema powerhouse with 7K RAW, Super 16 mode, and dual-format media at a competitive price.
Abstract monochromatic orange artwork symbolizing AI transforming data into creative files

Claude Can Now Build Excel Models and PowerPoint Decks For You

The line between idea and execution gets thinner.
An image representing a highly efficient Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system with muted tones and flowing data connections.

Google’s EmbeddingGemma: On-Device RAG Goes Mainstream

New open source embedding model brings private, powerful multilingual RAG and semantic search to laptops and phones
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Anthropic Hits $183B Valuation as AI Arms Race Intensifies

Claude maker raises $13 billion as sovereign wealth funds join Silicon Valley's AI gold rush