I'm a software developer in San Jose, CA. I attended West Valley college for a few semesters, and have many friends still attending. SETI@Home is a great idea to spark the interest of the world in this exciting area of research.
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.