Technology

Only very recently did I, Thomas Kendrick, start to discover the 

wonders of technology. See, until I was about eleven,the only 

computer my family ever owned was a rickety old pc that my uncle 

decided he didn't want anymore. He got rid of it for a reason, 

though. The thing was practically ancient, and the only application

my family could even get close to working was the word processor

(and even this took more than a week to figure out). So until about

sixth grade, my technological life was pretty minimal.

Finally, in sixth grade, my family came around and purchased an 

emac, the wonder of its day. We had no internet connection (we 

still don't, in fact), but the new computer was very convenient for 

typing up homework assignments. I still print all my papers off 

this appliance, actually, and it's been very good to me over the years.

Even with this new computer, however, I still didn't spend very 

much time glaring into the screen. There was only one game we had 

that even looked mildly amusing (Tony Hawk), but its time on our 

computer was cut short after my dad discarded it time when my little

brother kept playing it for hours on end when he wasn't supposed to. 

So from that point on the only time I was ever on the computer was 

to type up an assignment for school.

Then, in the summer before ninth grade, an event happened 

that would change my life forever: my dad had received a laptop 

from his work. It is a MacBook, with all the upgraded operating 

systems and everything. I was soon thrilled to find out as well that 

on this technological wonder we could access the internet, using the 

neighbor's wireless outlets. This was one of the best things to ever 

happen to my family tech-wise, as now my father and I are probably 

online almost a combined hour on a daily basis.

Though my house has been home to the wonderful internet for 

over a year now, only the past month have I really taken advantage 

of the new possibilities. I actually got an email account (other than 

the school's which I never used anyways) last month, and now 

check it virtually every night.  Also, two weeks ago I decided to 

finally get a facebook after being encouraged to by friends for about 

half a year.

I continue my new exploits with the world wide web in getting 

this blog. I have never had one before, as you might expect, or even 

read one in the past. I am excited regardless, though, and hope to 

update frequently and have some fun. It sounds kind of cool, 

actually, writing whatever you want and having an audience of 

followers spread out all over the world.