I'm a midwestern guy who eventually landed in Florida. I started with seti@home in 1999 but life and work made it difficult to keep it going so I was idle for 4 years. In 2008 Im back and helping out again.
I am a 47 year old software engineer, divorced with 3 kids - who are my hobbies. I also enjoy Canoeing, Cycling and Baseball when I can.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I run seti@home because I figure my computers are on anyway so they may as well do something useful. I do believe that life of some sort exists out side our solar system. I don't know if we will be able to detect it but I do know that we won't find it if we don't look.
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.