Clinton Stark

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
Miracle in Milan - Vittorio De Sica

Film Gems: Criterion Collection April Releases

Criterion continues to impress. Their streaming service platform, the Criterion Channel, has built up a veritable war chest of iconic films. If you're a fan of cinema you might want to check out the app on your device of choice. I have it installed on an NVIDIA Shield. There's no...
Whitewater Wipeout - Playdate

Playdate is a lo-fi handheld gaming device with a quirky crank

Handheld gaming has been around for a long time. In the late 1980's and early 1990's -- during its original ascent -- companies like Nintendo (Zelda, Game Boy), Sega (Game Gear), Neo Geo (Pocket) led the charge with cartridge-based portables that brought allowed gamers to bring thrills on the...
New Tesla Supercharger off-peak schedule for California drivers

Tesla shifts off-peak supercharging schedule by two hours, now 9pm to 11am (California)

Most Tesla owners, and EV owners for that matter, know that the best time to charge their vehicle is during off-peak hours when energy rates are the most cost effective. Both at home and also, when you can, on the road using Superchargers during a trip. The difference in...
Is Peloton going to launch a rowing machine?

Peloton rolls out body activity monitoring feature

Peloton users may have noticed a pop up screen over the last few days announcing a new feature. This one is called 'Body Activity.' and is available on the various Peloton apps as well as the web site where you'll see it under your Overview section as well as related...
I/O: Live From Shoreline. Join Online May 11-12, 2022.

In Tech: Google I/O 2022 will be virtual with limited in-person audience

This year's edition of Google I/O is slated to take place on May 11, 2022. Like a lot of events in this quasi post-pandemic, semi-normal situation the event will be mostly virtual, but also with an in-person element (at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California). In very Google fashion, the...
How to use Universal Control on Mac and iPad

Trendspotting: How to use Apple Universal Control, work across up to three devices

With macOS 12.3 and iPadOS 15.4 Apple has fully unleashed Universal Control. The new features basically allows you to work across multiple Apple devices. Up to three in total. You could, for instance, have an iPad next to your MacBook, and using your trackpad move your pointer from the Mac...
Apple Watch on Peloton Bike and Tread

Attention Team Peloton: You can now use your Apple Watch HRM on Bike/Tread

Oddly enough for Peloton subscribers you could previously use your Apple Watch when using the Peloton app on your iPhone or Android phone. No problem. The Watch would relay HRM info to the Peloton app which in turn was estimate calory burn and derive its "Strive" score (level of...
Fitbit Premium members will have access to classes across more than 10 Peloton modalities including Strength, Pilates, Running, Boxing, Cycling, Barre, and more.

Here’s one way to get auto resistance on your standard Peloton Bike

'Lanebreak' is a fitness game. But it also unlocks a new feature on your spin bike.
Amazon Luna Cloud Gaming Service Now Available to Everyone in Mainland U.S. with Unique Offer for Amazon Prime Members

Trendspotting: Amazon Luna $9.99/month cloud gaming service takes on Google Stadia

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) will sell you just about anything these days. Groceries. Post-it Notes. Spin bikes. Rechargeable batteries. Metal shredder claws. Lifelike inflatable elephants. Nicolas Cage pillows. So it's really not much of a surprise that the megacap will now also pitch a cloud video game service. Others have dabbled in...
Panasonic Lumix GH6 Mirrorless Camera with 5.7K and ProRes