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

iPad key to expanding Apple’s addressable market

If you watched the Apple iPad launch event last month, you may have noticed something new, at least in comparison to past extravaganzas. Steve Jobs as educator. He's played many roles to perfection before: egoist, magician, showman, businessman, visionary. But educator just might be the new role that takes Apple to...

Film Review: ‘The Tijuana Project’

Here's one that will pull on the heart strings. The Tijuana Project is a refreshing change from the incessant drug battle-charged headlines we see coming out of Mexico, especially border towns such as Tijuana, just 30 minutes South of San Diego. I admit we sent this one to the bottom...

Google Buzz app in Android Market: Crap-and-balls or real-deal?

Someone call Yogi Berra. It's déjà vu all over again. At least I think. After Google announced Google Buzz yesterday, and indicated an app would be available for Android, I searched the Android Market for it using the keyword "buzz." Second from the top of the results is what appears...

Google announces Google Buzz, a social add-on for Gmail

Google today, at their Mountain View headquarters, announced Google Buzz. Dubbed a new way to share, communicate within Gmail, "it's like an entirely new world in Gmail," the new service will be available using a "Buzz" link directly within Gmail. A new Buzz app for Android and iPhone is...

Google Maps navigation on Motorola Droid (and Android) adds night mode

The already superb built-in navigation on the Motorola Droid (and Android 2.0/2.1) just got even better with the addition of night mode. Yes, please get me a megaphone so I can run to the nearest mountain top (Mt. Hamilton) and start hollering this spectacular news. But for me, of...

Gone in 60 Seconds: Do You Love Me? Magic Theatre, The Who!

https://vimeo.com/9285568 Independent media is a colorful and sparkling place to be. Every week we encounter something new, inspiring, funny in our never ending adventure to bring you a fresh voice in the world of theater, wine, travel, arts and tech. For every person that holds firm onto the past, denying...

Google announcing new social product tomorrow

It's been a characteristically busy time for Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) so far this year. First there was the uber launch of Nexus One in January. Then a television ad during the Super Bowl over the weekend. As some have asked, did hell freeze over? Now, tomorrow, it looks like our...

Film Review: ‘Passenger Side’

First, a quick recap. We're counting down to the Cinequest Film Festival 20, now opening in 15 days on Tuesday, February 23 with a screening of Dagur Kári's The Good Heart starring Brian Cox and Paul Dano. At the media launch party we received 10 screeners. We screen them. Write...

New Orleans Saints win Super Bowl, prediction oh-so-close

Every now and then, I just need to take a deep breath, look in the mirror, then write a post about one of my semi-respectable predictions. It's rare and I need to take what I can get. My prediction: New Orleans Saints - 31, Indianapolis Colts - 24 Actual Score: 31 - 17 First:...

Super Sunday Espresso: Creative process, Twitter strikes again, Dicky Fox

Good morning espresso lovers, chatters. It's Super Sunday, and I think I only watched one game the entire season. A playoff game as a matter of fact just a few weeks back. My favorite two sports, NHL and NFL, have taken a backseat to this new mouse on a...