Inspiring! As a middle schooler, I was given free non-destructive reign in my tech class to do whatever I wanted. From that, I learned so much- I set up a Beo

Inspiring! As a middle schooler, I was given free non-destructive reign in my tech class to do whatever I wanted. From that, I learned so much- I set up a Beowulf cluster out of old desktops, scavenged RAM from a pile of unused desktops to get the workstation I found up to speed, and did so much more. [I also mined BTC at school, but I lost the wallet :( ] As one of those people that will do ridiculous things out of intellectual curiosity, it was a huge boon to me. Similar to Lari, I broke my share of stuff, and learned a lot in the process of fixing it. It is from those days, six years ago, that my passion for technology truly blossomed, and I've been so much better for it.