I am a software engineer from the Seattle, Washington area in the USA. I've been running SETI@Home since 1999. BOINC now gives me the ability to share those excess CPU cycles with other worthy projects as well. I am also a rabid Marillion fan... a "freak". If you like progressive rock and roll, have a listen to the best unknown band in the world: Marillion. http://www.marillion.com
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.