Verizon Motorola Droid upgrade options
With a legion of original Moto Droid users coming off contract next month (Nov. 9), will the iPhone 4S lure some to iOS?
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.
Director Mark Rucker on intersection of theater and film
Many will recognize Mark, who was named A.C.T. associate director last year, from his 2003 Sundance cult classic 'Die Mommie Die!' starring Jason Priestly, Natasha…
Stark Insider TV: Glenn Close
"Independent film is a movie that almost doesn't get made. They're called independent because they're not formula." -- Glenn Close, Mill Valley Film Festival.
Mill Valley Film Festival preview
30th Anniversary: Raiders of the Lost Ark - the Spielberg blockbuster that reinvented the serial and created a lifetime of famous quotes and catchphrases -…
Art of the Silicon Valley publicity stunt: Ellison vs. Benioff
Give me my million back, I'll take my dreamy keynote to St. Regis. Bagels and Clouds for all!
Stark Sips: 2010 Honker Blanc Sauvignon Blanc ($14, 88 pts.)
No one, it seems, just drinks a glass of wine anymore. They savor the terroir, wax poetic about vines... sing about exotic grapes like Fiano.
Hollywood bound
Can you guess where we are, and on which train?
Scoring Tim Cook, Apple iPhone 5… oops 4S
And... greeting cards?! Talk about filler. Next time, they should just stop the presentation, and have us all do the downward dog.
Scoring Adobe: HTML5, Creative Cloud, Touch Apps
Cutting loose Flash and embracing open source are wins.
Napa Wines: 5 picks from Mount Veeder
Tom Meadowcroft on how he ended up making wine for the A.J. Foyt racing team: "They just called me up, and said 'Hey, I hear…