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
Trader Joe’s bumps Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling (89 pts.) price by 17%
Granted, it's only $1. But fair warning folks, you should grab the Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling while you can. Still a bargain at $6.99 (Trader Joe's recently raised the price by a third a Two-Buck Chuck — yes Two-Buck Chuck is actually now Three-Buck Chuck). You may also want to...
Elephants kissing and Warren Buffet
Elephants kissing at the Omaha Zoo from Stark Insider on Vimeo.
It's easy to forget how big an elephant is, until you see them in person. In this case, two of them: kissing, playing, hanging out at the Omaha Zoo.
It was on our list of places to see, things to...
Book review: ‘The Book of Negroes’ (2007) by Lawrence Hill
When finished reading an exceptional novel, you hold it to your heart and say, “That was incredible.” That is how The Book of Negroes affected this reader.
Aminata Diallo is the protagonist who begins her life in Bayo, a small village which takes a walk of three moons to reach...
Weekly digest #20: Vancouver, vegetable planters, Angels & Demons
This week was for the birds; Loni's little birds that is, that continue to build nests around our house. Now we have bird seed in the courtyard strategically positioned to keep our new guests comfortable. The 4 egg watch continues. And I'm sure it's one of the most riveting...
‘Spelling Bee’ musical: A tasty alphabet soup of zingers and tittups
Otherwise misfits, they find comfort in each others quirkiness and love for lexicon.
Vancouver, Canada: The eagles have landed
Each Bald Eagle is composed of fiberglass and stands just over seven feet tall.
How many dolphins in this pod?
Here's a twist on the number of jelly beans in the jar guessing game.
This time try to guess the number of dolphins in this glorious pod of stunning, joyful dolphins dancing across the Sea of Cortez. It is a sight to behold! I only wish we had some better...
New Apple ad on CNET web site is shocking, good fun
By now, the 2 actors on Apple's Mac vs. PC television ads are quite famous.
I, probably like a lot of you, get a kick out of "PC" trying to act hip, or accomplish impossible tasks while the younger, calmer "Apple" looks on. The campaign has caught on with its...
Is Twitter the real deal or just a huge, narcissistic, real-time spam engine?
Guy Kawasaki must be a really busy guy, right?
A well known entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, of Garage Technology Ventures, and now as I'm continuously reminded on Twitter, a new web site called Alltop. Turns out it's pretty interesting. A news aggregation service that allows you to quickly view the...
Touring Vancouver: Granville Island
What an engaging time we've had in beautiful Vancouver. We carry our umbrellas everywhere and use them infrequently. The weather is coolish but perfect for what we want to do.
On Tuesday we walked to the the ferry and took a wee little Seabus across False Creek to Granville Island,...
