Synergy

Gadgets

Synergy Home Beer Brewing System: Mr Beer’s Rich, Crazy Uncle

4:00AM April 2, 2011 | Brian Barrett

If you’re a fan of brewing your own beer – which, hey, it’s about time you were – you can’t do it much better or more expensively than this. More »


Open Source Embroidery: Technology Embraces Its Craft Side

8:00AM June 14, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

A legitimate artistic movement known as Open Source Embroidery has sprung up to explore the relationship between, no joke, software engineering and needlework. It’s pretty awesome. More »


Entertainment

Conan O’Brien Reacts to His Super Mario Bros-Themed Backdrop

1:15AM June 7, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

On last night’s The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien (god, that feels great to type), Conan responded to those who noticed his backdrop’s uncanny resemblance to a certain mushroom kingdom.

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Software

Lenovo Constant Connect Lets ThinkPads Sync Emails Instantly and Automatically With Blackberry Phones

3:01PM February 16, 2009 | Adrian Covert

Thanks to a new technology called Lenovo Constant Connect, Lenovo laptops will be able to sync enterprise-based emails with Blackberry phones at all times, even while the laptop is powered off.

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