A tool I’ve been using for a while, Roo Code, an extension for Visual Studio Code, recently made a decision that got me thinking about… ...

Ah, don’t you just love the Los Gatos Christmas parade? Filmmaker and editor at Stark Insider, covering arts, AI & tech, and indie film. Inspired by Bergman, slow cinema and Chipotle. Often found ...

The ninth edition of Stanford’s AI Index Report landed this week, and the headline from co-chairs Yolanda Gil and Raymond Perrault sets the tone. “The data does not point in a single direction,” they ...

Not a classic, but a bit of a meandering hoot thanks to some interesting editing, music and story choices. byNWR.com streaming platform works as promised, allowing us to stream this and other lost ...

Musey, a Meta Muse personal AI agent, opens its first conversation by explaining what it can do with the user's approval. Correction, September 22, 2026: this piece originally said Meta cannot access ...

Over the past few years many people, organizations and communities have been hit hard by the Covid pandemic and all that entailed as we sheltered in place. Arts organizations are likely among the ...

4 out of 5 stars – 'Quietly Powerful and Deeply Felt' A haunting search by individuals for a sense of place, blending diverse cultures in a visually stunning, episodic narrative. The opening sequence ...

5 out of 5 stars – 'The gold standard for pocket eReaders.' A 4.3-inch, 72-gram pocket e-reader that adds a touchscreen and a dual-tone front light to the open-source XTEINK X4. If you’ve been ...

I want to tell you about the moment this past week, when I stepped off a plane at SFO and wasn’t sure if Clint was going to be there to pick me up. That sounds like the setup to a bad travel story.

Born of love and grieving, the celebrated documentary Yo (Love Is a Rebellious Bird) recreates the life of Yolanda Shea, a mercurial artist filmmaker Anna Fitch met nearly a generation earlier. Lauded ...

AI had entered my studio. It destabilized me. Forcing me to question my value, creativity, authorship, and purpose. I had taken these as givens, focusing instead on mastering materials, imagination, ...

Charles Krug Winery, one of Napa Valley’s oldest and most established wineries, will host Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli for two performances next summer: The winery recently announced the concerts in a ...