I subscribe to a bunch of RSS feeds.
Netvibes helps me manage it all. One of those feeds is
Pro Blogger. He writes about blogging professionally. One day Darren Rowse wrote about
twelve-year-old David Wilkinson in England who writes a blog on technology. That's when I started reading what was to become
Techzi.net. I still read it. You'd be surprised at the quality. When I was twelve, I think I was playing basketball and video games, and having rock fights with my friends for fun.
Well, about a month a go
Wicked Lasers sponsored him with a $300 green laser pointer to give away in a contest. As it turns out
I won, and I'm ecstatic. You see, I really have wanted a green laser pointer since I learned about them on
Think Geek, but I never could justify the cost. Now I don't have to. Sure, I could sell it on ebay or something, but that's not going to happen.
So what do you do with a $300 laser pointer that is not a toy? You can burn holes in black plastic bags, heal cuts, point out constellations, and maybe pop balloons. That's what they tell me anyway. I can't wait to find out for myself.
Be sure to head over to
Techzi.net and tell David he is one cool kid.