A Mahrathon completed

The charity marathon I did last weekend raised $600 for Heifer International, plus I think a couple of people donated directly to Heifer as well. Since my target was to raise $300, I'm calling this a success. It was also a lot more fun (most of the time) than staying at a computer for more than a solid day has any right to be.

In all, I played some 476 songs in 26.2 hours.

I donated the money this afternoon. Screen captures of the donation follow, lest anyone think I sauntered off into the night with the money.




I am planning to make this an annual event, so be on the lookout for another post next November/December with the when and where. Hopefully, it will be one of a number of posts, and not an anomaly like it was this time.

A Mahrathon

Hello, Blogreader.

Beginning today at 4:48 CST, I will be doing a charity fundraiser to benefit Heifer International. Basically, it consists of me streaming a 26.2-hour dj set over the internet.

If you would like to tune in, you can click here. It works fine through iTunes. I think it also works through Windows Media.

It'll be mainly indie music from this decade, but I'm likely to take plenty of detours backward in time as well. Probably won't stray too far in the other direction, as I'm not a huge fan of the music that'll be coming out in the future.

The money I raise will be donated to Heifer International's Eastern Uganda Umbrella Project. I think Heifer is a pretty neat group. They're international in aim, and I particularly like how they structure the gifting so that the recipients later pass on livestock, plants and training equivalent to the original gift to another needy group in the future.

To make a donation and help out, you can click the following:

Thanks for reading and/or tuning in. I promise that my next post will not ask any of you for money.