You don't frequent Kickstarter often, do you?
To illustrate, here's a post he made on the second day:
Having both conducted and helped with other Kickstarters, and having backed more than a few, there's this letter that comes out soon after the first day, where the person doing the project gushes about how incredible it is that so many people have contributed, so quickly. It happens all the time (at least for the successful ones) and almost comes off as a Cliche'.
Allow me, then, the freedom to be so cliche', because how could a person not be blown away by the activities of the last 36 hours? Here it is, day two, and I am 30% of the way there. THIRTY PERCENT. DAY TWO.
(emphasis mine)
Typically though, Kickstarter contributions
accelerate as the ending-time approaches, so not only do I think he'll easily manage $30k in 46 days, but I predict he'll absolutely smash his requirements and end up with (perhaps) as much as $150k-$200k in total.
I'm not usually so bold as to make such predictions in writing publicly, but we'll see.