Daily Archives: Friday, December 31, 2004

Happy New Year: I’ll be off-line until Monday, the third anniversary of this weblog. (Despite setting it up on August 28, 2000, I didn’t start blogging until Jan. 3, 2002.)

Response update: As of 4:44 EST, the Red Cross tsunami relief fund collection page set up by Amazon has raised $9,306,583.11 from nearly 124,000 contributions. At midnight last night, the total was approaching $7 million. That means that $2.3 million … Continue reading →

Evaluating charities: The website Charity Navigator provides some good advice on what to consider when choosing a charity to support in response to the tsunami tragedy. The website also provides an “evaluator” service that compares and reviews 3,400 different charities.