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

Theater Weekend: SF Playhouse, Dragon Productions, TheatreWorks

This weekend several shows open across Bay Area theaters including premieres at SF Playhouse, Dragon Productions and TheatreWorks. If you're really good at this sort of thing, try matching the sound bite to the theater house. Boochie is an "ultra-fabulous" topless dancer trying to pull of the perfect crime. Mexican restaurant...

Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3 Netbook: First impressions

So far we have a Toshiba NB305-N410, a HP 5102, and, now the Lenovo S10-3 which arrived today.

Motorola Backflip now available, first AT&T Android phone

AT&T released its first Android-powered phone, Motorola Backflip, this weekend. At $100 after rebate it offers a low-cost choice for customers looking for all of the open platform capability that Google offers with its Android operating system. The Backflip features a unique folding keyboard (hence the name) that folds over...

Cinequest Film Festival: It’s a wrap

Although the closing ceremony and awards took place last night along with the screening of Mother at the California Theatre, Cinequest Film Festival 20 officially comes to a close today. For the first time an "encore day" was added. Audience favorites and award winners will receive a bonus screening allowing...

Cinequest and Adobe roll out the red carpet for aspiring filmmakers

Today, we'll get a glimpse of the future of film. Working now for almost a month together, five teams of teen filmmakers will showcase their shorts at the Camera 12 cinema as part of the Cinequest Film Festival in partnership with Adobe Youth Voices. Imagine the excitement of seeing your...

Ranking U2: The top 5 albums of all time

I liken U2 to a Silicon Valley tech company in many ways. They never stop innovating; or at least trying, albeit not always successfully (the underrated Pop) to transform their sound.

Apple iPad delayed until April, stock hits all time high

Apple (AAPL) announced today that it would start taking orders for its iPad, the biggest tech product in years, starting March 12. Units, though, won't reach consumer's itchy, news-loving hands until April 3, a few weeks later than originally planned. The 3G version which will enable mobile Internet using...

Rick Lombardo, San Jose Rep’s 30th anniversary

https://vimeo.com/9930482 A very busy Rick Lombardo, artistic director, goes above and beyond as he sits down with Loni for almost half an hour to talk about the exciting, upcoming 30th anniversary season. It doesn't get any better than this, especially if you're a fan of the San Jose Rep, our flagship theater here in the...

Google Gesture Search works as advertised, doesn’t dazzle yet

Today, Google Gesture Search was made available (as part of Google Labs beta software) and here's a quick preview of the new search technology. For those wanting the quick summary: it works as advertised, but doesn't quite dazzle my socks off yet. There are many great things about using an...

Opening night with film director Rory Bain

https://vimeo.com/9896593 What's it like watching your own film with an audience during a world premiere at the Cinequest film festival here in San Jose? Director Rory Bain says, "It's such a weird experience because you're in a way presenting and at the same time you're an audience member... very, very unusual." His...