World Community Grid - Fighting Cancer with Science

I'm not sure what prompted me to start this again, but I've resumed participation in World Community Grid projects, and since it's for a good cause and all, I figured I should share this on the off chance anybody else might be interested.

Some of you may have never heard of this and are wondering what joining the grid even does. Well, for example, I just got an email today saying the Computing for Clean Water project has completed, and the word is the team got some great data and are getting ready to publish their findings soon. That data came from computers on the grid using their combined processing power to tackle the computational aspects of the research.

Unfortunately, I just have my one laptop, and an old one at that. I don't have any extra computers sitting idle for long periods of time, but plenty of people do. When I went to Marist, they'd set up whole computer labs with WCG clients so they'd be churning out results whenever students weren't using them. It's a pretty great idea.

So yeah, if you care about science and helping out good causes like finding new treatment options for AIDS and cancer, and you like the idea of not having to actually do anything to make a difference, installing a grid client on a machine you own and letting it run in the background or as a screensaver is a great idea.

Re: Breast Cancer Awareness

Hey, I love boobs. So, you can understand why I'd be concerned with breast cancer awareness. Well, one of the most breast-friendly sites on the web is having a sort of click drive:

The Breast Cancer Site

If they manage to reach their goal of 5 million clicks, then that's $10,000 more for mammograms. It's a good cause and doesn't cost a thing to participate in, so I'm recommending all my readers (yes, both of you) go to the above site and click on the button. In fact, I would recommend you bookmark the site so you can go back and contribute a click every day.

There are only 17 days left, so get clicking.

I love boobies

And I'm not talking about the species of seabird. Breasts. Mammaries. Jugs. Fun-bags.

But you know what? Boobs are in danger. From what? From cancer! ZOMG! Yes, it's true. Cancer destroys perfectly good sets of titties all the time. It's a disaster and a crime, and it needs to be stopped.

So what can you do about it? Simple. All it takes is a click or two.

http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/

If the GreaterGood's breast cancer site gets enough clicks by the end of April, they're going to donate $10,000 to breast cancer research. But time is running out, so get out there and click like crazy. Well, okay, not like crazy. Once a day per person. But still, you get the idea. Get the word out. Save a pair of boobs today!