Four township teenagers are sharing their passion for technology with thousands of other teenagers worldwide.

Eli Blumenthal, Chaim Gartenberg, Tzvi Solomon and Charlie Wollman, all residents of West Englewood and students at Torah Academy on Palisade Avenue, have established a blog that reviews and comments about computers, iPods, cell phones, video games, music players and other electronic equipment of interest to teenagers.

"We give the teenage perspective on the wide world of technology," said Solomon. "It can be difficult for teenagers to find the right equipment to help them. Our purpose is to make their lives simpler."

The blog began as a project of the Leadership Institute at Torah Academy, a program that encourages students to pursue creative extra curricular activities that benefit the community or develop business skills or both, said David Blumenthal, Eli’s father and an advisor to the group.

The four launched the blog at www.teentechblog.com in December 2007 and had four hits for the entire first month. But on June 25, the blog had more than 400 hits for the single day, and by June 30, it had broken its own record with 7,500 for a single month.

"The blog has resonated with teenagers," said Eli Blumenthal. "Teenagers talk to each other and they recognize this blog as a solid source of information that they can use."

As an example of a typical review, Blumenthal opened to a page of one that he had written for new digital cameras.

The review recommends a camera with a maximum of eight pixels.

"We believe that this should be a good size for the average teen, who probably doesn’t make very large pictures," Blumenthal said.

While the bloggers occasionally have access to the equipment that they review, most reviews are based on other web sources, such as engadget.com, to which the bog provides links.

"For a particular product that we are discussing, we try to get our hands on the equipment, if possible," said Gartenberg. "If we can’t, we write a review based on other Web sites that we trust."

The four founders have been joined by a fifth blogger whom they have never seen or spoken to.

Aiden, a resident of Australia, read the blog and sent an e-mail asking if he could write for it. He has since written several reviews.

"What began as a local project now has an international flavor," said Wollman.

Questions that one would not think of asking before the advent of the Internet come to mind. Is Aiden a teenager? Does he, in fact, exist?

But Solomon said that he has confirmed through Google that Aiden is, indeed, a teenager. He noted that Aiden has his own MySpace.com account.

Shared responsibilities have much to do with the success of the blog, said Solomon. He observed that many blogs fail because their creators take on too much on their own. Each of the five Teentech bloggers has a different task.

Solomon is in charge of the blog’s maintenance and business aspects. He does not write reviews, a job undertaken by Blumenthal, Gartenberg and Aiden. Wollman edits reviews.

"We all know what our jobs are and what we are supposed to be doing," said Wollman, who estimates that the five teens put in a combined total of 30 hours a week on the blog.

In addition to equipment reviews, the blog has a section that defines computer terms, and has an interactive feature enabling readers to post comments. Almost all comments received have been favorable, said Solomon.