How to Receive My Calculator Code

After a while, however, I realized I must have received quite a few hundred dollars worth of shirts and I could barely cram them all into my dresser. I thought I could actually do something worthwhile out of all of this instead. Plus someone suggested allowing people to make donations in my daughter's name, so I took that idea and stretched it a bit.

So in 1996 I started with my idea of Hugh's Charity of the Month.

Initially, I was having people make out a check with a set amount for the number of scripts to one of my select charities of the month. (See list below.)

Starting in December 1996, I automated the process and put people more on an honor basis. After taking in almost $18,000 in contributions I can gladly say that people out on the Internet are truly generous, and it hasn't all gone the way of money grubbing opportunists as many people think. I have also added the other charities back below into the list so people can select who they want to give the money to, but they still only have to send the check to me and I can forward them in groups. I am now on an extensive mailing list of countless non-profit organizations and get more envelopes from them than I could ever use. (I must get at least 20 or so solicitations a week now.)

So, the actual cost to you of my script is still NOTHING. And your contributions are all tax deductible (assuming you itemize as anyone with a mortgage probably does!) Yes, I know I could just offer this all out for free instead, but I want to keep track of who all is getting my scripts since they range from just everyday borrowers who want to see the code, or CGI programmers wanting some examples, to big corporations who modify them to no end and put them on their big, slick, commercial sites.

So, after reading all this, if you still want to get my old Perl scripts,

Use this Registration Form to Get My Scripts

Note the archive primarily contains my old Perl code from the late 1990's and a few PHP examples up to about 2006. I do not update it regularly anymore with my latest calculators.

Included will be brief instructions for installation on Unix or NT servers running Perl and CGI execution enabled. You can also e-mail me for further discussion on the topic.

Remember, charitable giving is good for your taxes, good for the world community, and good for the soul.

Some people also want to send me something. I suggest that anyone wanting to send me something to send an electronic gift certificate to Amazon.com or just some PayPal funds. Fast, easy and much more useful than a fruitcake. I will use any funds sent to me to help improve the local St. Louis economy. I also accept PayPal or gift certificates in exchange for minor modifications to my scripts. I'm cheap! Just ask my wife! I also do a little custom programming on the side. Perl, JavaScript or PHP, I do it all, and following my typical tendencies, I'm cheap, cheap, cheap! (Notice a trend?) Contact me for more information on my pitifully low rates. Anyone who actually wants to contribute to my actual charity (yes, a true 503(c) organization via a donor advised fund) can contact me as well for more information on donating to it.

Jan	8	$ 180	Jul	7	$ 95
Feb	7	$ 210	Aug	5	$ 105
Mar	12	$ 195	Sep	8	$ 220
Oct	11	$ 220	Apr	19	$ 335
May	7	$ 375	Nov	7	$ 150
Jun	9	$ 310	Dec	7	$ 80
TOTAL	107	$2,475

However, the Quake Fund has now been closed and I don't know if the TAA on its own is really a tax deductible organization, so I am removing it from the list.

This was the department at Washington University I worked in from 1993 through 1997. They did a lot of great work, but due to a myriad of factors they now have ceased to exist. I tried helping by having people send us donations, but alas that was not enough.

a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute founded by former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in 1982. The Center is dedicated to fighting disease, hunger, poverty, conflict, and oppression through collaborative initiatives in the areas of democratization and development, global health, and urban revitalization. At present, the Center operates 13 core programs and initiatives active in more than 30 countries, including the United States

1. My wife and I grew up in West Virginia!
2. They have a smaller contribution base than most big city locations. Heck, Metropolitan St. Louis has a higher population than the whole state of West Virginia!
3. They have a nice Web site

• Through Ronald McDonald Children's Charities, the McDonald's Corporation provides seed monies for each new house. Local owner/operator McDonald's also contribute support. Yet, each and every Ronald McDonald House operates independently and autonomously of the McDonald's Corporation.

May is definitely the month to name CARE as my charity since they celebrate 50 years in May. Wow, since 1946; that's pretty impressive.

helped more than 1 million impoverished families worldwide become more self-reliant through the gift of livestock and training in their care.

For more information on them visit their WWW site.