ACT’s Brief Encounter extended… again
American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco has a Brit hit on their hands. Brief Encounter which StarkSilverCreek loved (5 out of 5, review) is pleasing…
Clinton Stark
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No more 230 MPG, EPA to release new formula for electric cars
It was too good to be true. And too absurd not to evoke chuckles. The claims were intoxicating. 230 MPG for the Chevrolet Volt. 367…
CNN iPhone app hits Apple store today, Wolf Blitzer would approve
The Apple iPhone app store is a mind-boggling success (witness all the copycats, including RIM, Palm and Google). The numbers are staggering: 2 billion downloads…
Google leads again as Internet video growth rockets
Two things won’t surprise most people out of today’s comScore Internet video usage numbers for August. Google again tops the charts with their family of…
Theater review: ‘The Pillowman’ a horrifically good time
Stephen King, your play is ready. Martin McDonagh, winner of an Olivier Award for best new play, brilliantly mixes black comedy, horror and crime drama…
Inn at Loreto Bay Re-opens
Good news. According to a post by Nellie Hutchinson on her Blog, ‘Where In the World is Nellie,’ the Inn at Loreto Bay has re-opened.…
Renewable Energy in Spain
Motivated by an episode of David Suzuki Diaries, I was determined to see the Abengoa Solar Energy Power Tower in Sanucar la Mayor near Seville…
It’s official: Twitter is worth about $7M per character
Who knew? Maybe if Twitter had doubled its notorious, infamous, and entertaining 140-character Tweet limit, it would now be worth $2B. Instead, alas, it must…
Re-discovering Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’, the album
Is it okay, at my age, to admit I still immensely enjoy the punk-pop music of Green Day? I was not the target teen even…
Theater preview: More opening nights this weekend
The ′09/10 Bay Area theater season is off to a roaring start, kind of like the San Jose Sharks and Ottawa Sens last year—and we…