Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/03/charity_countathon/
US nutter counts to one million on net
Charity marathon caught on webcam
Posted in Bootnotes, 3rd July 2007 10:13 GMT
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A US chap is counting to one million (http://www.millioncount.com/) live on the net to raise funds for the Push America (http://www.pushamerica.org/) disabilities charity.
Jeremy Harper, 31, reckons (http://www.millioncount.com/TheStory.htm) it will take a total of three to four months to work his way to the big total, counting 12,000-15,000 numbers during a 16 hour daily stint. He's currently at around 191,000, and will not leave his house until he's completed the task.
In cased you're wondering, Jeremy does have a job "for a local software company that gave him time off to complete this project", a "very patient" girlfriend, and an impressive tech set-up (http://www.millioncount.com/TheSetup.htm) including audio/video switcher, night vision camera and, crucially, fridge.
Jeremy has to date raised a tad over $2,600 for his worthy cause, and one donor (http://www.millioncount.com/Donorlist.aspx) summed the whole thing up rather nicely with: "Wow man!! Your freakin' insane! Keep it up...i'll donate again if you make it all the way to a million." ®