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
Finally, after 10 years, I win an ice hockey championship in San Jose!
It was 1999 since I last won an ice hockey championship (with Cisco) here in San Jose.
Tonight, that finally all changed, as we won our championship game at the downtown Logitech Ice 5-1 in a fairly one-sided affair. I think our semis were tougher. Great action and a big...
Toyota Venza: Japanese influenced by American designers? Also, Fremont plant closes
Yesterday, on highway 101 heading North for a meeting downtown, I spotted something new—at least to me. Normally my eyes gravitate to GTs (6-series), sports cars (911s of course), and exotics (R8 is a winner, price is good too!), but on this occasion, being an all around car buff,...
Branding: Sony takes page out of Apple ad playbook with new PS3 campaign
Did you hear? The new svelte PS3 is now only $299.
Well, maybe you didn't know. But if Sony has its way—with radio, TV and print—you and your entire neighborhood will be all-to-familiar with the $100 price drop, and with a bland new spokesperson called Kevin Butler.
Dressed business casual, with...
Weekend wine pick: 2006 Santa Ema 60/40 Reserve (87 pts, $10)
Here's a good value wine you can most likely buy right now at your local Costco for about $10. But it delivers at least twice that in laid back flavor. This Chilean wine from Santa Ema, as the 60/40 name implies, is a blend: 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40%...
Thank you to Stark Insider featured sponsors for August
I want to thank and acknowledge our sponsors for the month of August who help bring SSC to life, and keep supporting all we do here.
Casa Mesquite
Most of you know Joel Sherman as a neighbor and friend, who also sells top quality furniture in Baja.
Dorado Properties
Nellie is...
Mac OS X 10.6 ‘Snow Leopard’ available tomorrow $29, resource guide
Apple Mac fans, rejoice! Tomorrow's Mac OS X upgrade, aka 'Snow Leopard' at only $29, is Apple's lowest priced upgrade ever. Us faithful deserve it, don't you think?
Despite the discount price, there is plenty of new goodies, glossiness and features to get excited about. With all the improvements, low...
Back stage pass @ San Jose Rep with Rick Lombardo
Rick Lombardo's eagerly anticipated 'As You Like It' opens in three nights at the San Jose Repertory Theatre. It should prove to be a compelling mix of Shakespearean beauty combined with U2 Zoo TV-like on-stage imagery. A modern, Silicon Valley take on a classic.
Meanwhile, the lights are down. So...
CMO perspective: Economy improving, online marketing spending +9.5%
According to Duke University's Fuqua School of Business July 2009 "CMO Survey", CMOs believe that the economy is turning the corner.
How long it will take to get around the corner, though, is still anyone's guess. Not surprisingly, low price still rules, with 34% of the 511 CMOs surveyed citing...
Lenovo to delay release of Ion-powered S12 netbook until Windows 7 launch
(UPDATE: Reports are also indicating Samsung will delay its Ion-powered netbooks also until Windows 7 is released.)
Well I think the mystery is finally solved; that being when we'll see the first NVIDIA Ion-powered netbook from Lenovo hit the market.
Although it looks like Samsung will be first to market (with...
Carey Perloff’s Phèdre at Stratford receives glowing review
More Bay Area theater news. Carey Perloff, artistic director at the American Conservatory Theatre (A.C.T.) in San Francisco, has been on the road up North at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada. Her production is Jean Racine's Phèdre. The reviews are starting to come in and it sounds like...
