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
Will next generation Hummers be made of plastic?
There are just too many tasteless, off-color comments I can make about a Chinese company buying the hemmoraging Hummer brand (sales down 62% in Q1) from General Motors. I'm guessing most mainstream publications, with storied reputations, like the NY Times and WSJ, would not go near them. But not...
Loreto Bay Property Management Newsletter – June 2009
It's another Loreto Bay property management newsletter. So that can only mean one thing. A new look, and a new layout. They really keep us on our toes. This issue is 4 pages, and again, it's great to see the team there continue to make an effort to share...
The ‘Spelling Bee’ Theater Training: So You Think You Can Dance Edition
A special behind the scenes interview with Amanda Folena, the Assistant Director and choreographer for The Bee production at the SJ Rep.
With Bing, Microsoft bangs its head on the (Google) wall once again
As Yogi Berra once said, it's déjà vu all over again.
With Bing, Microsoft's latest salvo against industry giant Google, we have yet again another tired, lesser quality impersonator.
Why bother?
I wouldn't be surprised if Bing is Microsoft's shining example of innovation. Really? Really?! Really. Hundreds of thousands of engineers. Three...
San Jose Repertory Theater: The ‘Bee’ Interview – Part 3
https://vimeo.com/4948839
This is part 3 of the Stark Insider series with three of the cast members from the entertaining musical, 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' now playing at the San Jose Repertory Theater. In this segment, the cast talks about relating to the Spelling Bee itself. Also, Loni...
San Jose Repertory Theater: The ‘Bee’ Interview – Part 2
https://vimeo.com/4936876
This is part 2 of the interview with three of the cast members from the entertaining musical, 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' now playing at the San Jose Repertory Theater.
In this segment, the cast talks about some of the challenges of dealing with audience members participating on stage....
Review: ‘The Great American Trailer Park Musical’ hits all the right road kill
Take some trailer trash, a magic-marker sniffing cowboy, toilet brush wielding hootchie mommas and f-bomb dropping, drifting stripper.
Weekly digest #22: Boleros, Spelling Bee interview and best wine blogs
It was a short week because of Memorial Day, but it certainly didn't feel that way. Wine, theater, and Loreto filled the days and evenings with plenty of stories, photos and even a video or two.
2006 St. Francis Chardonnay, Sonoma County ($12, 89 pts.)
Just right commented most: crisp, easy drinking with enough melon, lime and slight grassiness to keep it interesting.
The next generation of netbooks: faster, cheaper, and more… uh, notebook-like
I've been following the latest announcements on the Netbook front over the past few months. The perfect storm — bad economy, demand for portability, emergence of cloud computing — has resulted in an explosive market segment. Consumers are devouring these things like mad.
The days of the $1,000+ laptop are...
