I'm 41 I live in Birmingham in the English Midlands. Seti@home runs on my webserver that lives in a cupboard in my flat.
I first got interested in the idea of life, 'out there' after watching Carl Sagon's TV programme, 'Cosmos' and reading his books. I don't know if there is anybody out there, but we have to search.
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.