I am a software engineer from Forest Lake, Minnesota, USA. I'm in my mid 30's. My hobbies include skiing and studio engineering for music projects. I also play in the music group Di Dollari (http://www.didollari.com)
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I think it is likely that if extraterrestrial life exists, they probably use a communication technology that differs from ours. We should still search for rf signals since it is possible that other civilizations will emit signals.
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.