I put that here in case others that are interested in the subject but haven't necessarily heard about BOINC and gridcoin stop by. I'm a big fan and would like to see them succeed in the long run so I use any reasonable opportunity to give them a mention :)
I think I have in the neighborhood of $70-$80 worth of gridcoin but it has all been "mined" doing what I would be doing anyway so I'm pretty happy about that.
That's awesome! You should also check out CureCoin, it helps research for curing cancer.
I've heard of it but haven't really looked at it in much detail. I'll check it out.