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
Mount Tamalpais

Outdoor Theater: Atop Mount Tamalpais (Video)

An afternoon of outdoor theater turned into quite the adventure, as we headed up to Mount Tamalpais, first crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, and then winding our way along twisty highway 1. As usual, we encounter the unexpected. From an impromptu Porsche Cayman chase à la Basic Instinct to...

Apple announces new iPhone 4

At times he looked like a crazed and gangly magician, waving, grinning as the crowd oohed and awed.
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Sunday Espresso: Glee, ThinkPad, Creative Thrashing

She asked me, "would you watch Glee alone?" To which I gave her the typical male are-you-out-of-your-bleeping-shower-curtain-warped-ga-ga-mind?

In Photos: SubZERO Festival San Jose

Last night the SoFA district of San Jose was once again the place to be.

Robert Parker tastes the Blogosphere

Few personalities are as polarizing to an industry as Robert Parker. He almost single-handedly created the 100-point wine scoring system as we know it today, and has helped indoctrinate the tasting note as part of our everyday lexicon. To others, especially the feisty lot (little puppy dogs?) known as...

Is Microsoft’s Ballmer out of touch?

Steve Ballmer is not known to back down, put a lid on it, or just chill. But sometimes I wonder if any of those would be better than continually looking ridiculous (but admittedly entertaining) on the public stage. Yes, I realize Microsoft is the 800-pound gorilla when it comes to the...

Can Google transform laptop market with Chrome OS?

Today Google finally announced a shipping date for its much anticipated Chrome OS.
ICA: Jim Edgeworth, The Seeds of Wonder, 2009, stuffed animals and mixed media, Courtesy of the Artist

Arts organizations rally to prevent diversion of funds from non-profits

San Jose City funding of the arts is in jeopardy. Here's how you can help.
WIRED Adobe Publishing Technology

Adobe releases digital magazine viewer, used to build WIRED App

The market for technology that drives the next generation of magazines and animated web sites continues to sizzle.
Left: Christopher P. Kelly (Michael Parker) Right: Bradly Mena (David Alexander) Photographer: Lani Wong

Theater Review: ‘Second Weekend in September’ at City Lights

The affair in the world premiere in Second Weekend in September, which opened last week at City Lights Theater in San Jose, is smoldering, unique and, yes, even nudity-filled. Best of all, it debunks the stereotypes and cliches so often used to portray the gay lifestyle. While Michael (Christopher...