Background
I started collecting US stamps in Elementary school, gave it up for about a decade, then... started up again when I worked at a downtown Mail Center. (HA!)
As for joining Einstein@home, I heard about BOINC in the newspaper when SETI@home started, but since I didn't have a laptop at the time, I forgot about it. But once I did (and did a Google Search for "screen saver(s)")...
Opinion
I started running Einstein@home as a backup project to Seti@home, and as one of the few astronomy-related projects available.
Statistics
Projects
| Name | Avg credit | Total credit |
|---|---|---|
| SETI@home | 409 | 97.9k |
| Einstein@Home | 6 | 18.1k |
| climateprediction.net | 0 | 34.0k |
| LHC@home | 0 | 4,541 |
| PrimeGrid | 0 | 43.5k |
| SZTAKI Desktop Grid | 0 | 948 |
| malariacontrol.net | 0 | 5,401 |
| Pirates@Home | 0 | 325 |
| SETI@home Beta | 347 | 72.4k |
| Leiden Classical | 0 | 1,027 |
| Cosmology@Home | 0 | 12.5k |
| POEM@HOME | 0 | 253 |
| Enigma@Home | 215 | 50.4k |
| yoyo@home | 39 | 6,727 |
| MilkyWay@home | 0 | 79.1k |
| IBERCIVIS | 0 | 134 |
| WUProp@Home | 210 | 33.1k |
| Albert@Home | 0 | 1,620 |
| Collatz Conjecture | 502 | 60.8k |
| theSkyNet POGS | 0 | 99 |
| vLHCathome | 0 | 6,042 |
| Asteroids@home | 136 | 48.0k |