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
New tech blog ‘The Verge’ launches
It's far less snarky, boy-racer than Gizmodo, whose street cred dropped massively when they got ensnared in the iPhone-in-a-bar scandal last year.
Trend Spotting: Microsoft faces up-hill battle
This is a company that has DNA hard-wired to the 80s and is trying desperately to break free from its drag. Those skinny Duran leather ties be gone.
Stark Sips: Benefactor Cellars
When it comes to pricing a bottle of wine, other-worldly minions are summoned, tribal rituals are performed, and psychics are consulted.
Vimeo launches music store
The interface design aesthetic is classic Vimeo - clean, easy-to-use, and pretty in a minimalist (think Google modernism) way.
Review: ‘Hair’ at Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco
How interesting that the cycle renews. Many of the themes -- identity, freedom, rebellion -- are dominating today's headlines as the economy continues to struggle.
Galaxy Nexus Early Reviews: Decent, not mind-blowing
"Roboto," the new ICS typeface, it getting positive reaction and is reported to me much easier to read. But where's the Siri-like must-have feature?
Backstage: Teatro ZinZanni opening night
Look for dancing, a 6'2" Austrian Amazon, a behind-the-scenes peak at wardrobe, and deep Argento red, red, red everywhere.
13 Horror films worth re-watching
If you're planning a spook night, open your favorite bottle of wine, hold onto a loved one, turn off the lights and let yourself descend into madness.
Masses abandon BlackBerry, pickup iPhone 4S
So far Gazelle reports that 65,000 BlackBerries have been traded in. The firm expects that number to hit 75,000 by the end of the week.
