I started using the SETI screensaver in those 'way back olden times' when I first discovered BOINC and since then I've watched SETI go from strength to strength.
SETI caught my attention and now I participate in an array of projects from mapping the Milkyway to searching for cures for Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Malaria, Zika and Aids.
This is my humanitarian contribution to science as a BOINC volunteer assisted by Team Gridcoin and it' s community.
It seems that we both are "volunteer computing gramps". :D