Ever wonder how long it would take you to count to one million? Jeremy Harper is in the process of finding out…
The idea started as a “what if” and has now become a reality.
Jeremy is aiming to count for 16 hours per day (minus break time). Depending on the day’s distractions, we anticipate 12000-15000 numbers per day.
He counts aloud in his home and clicks a hand held device which updates the number on a monitor sitting next to the main camera. His house is stacked with webcams and switches to cover most the viewable area of his home. He counts as he does trivial house duties like dishes and tidying up. He will not be leaving his house until it’s done. Mostly the times I’ve seen him actually counting, he’s pacing in front of his monitor. At the time of this writing he is at 408,262…
The site didn’t work very well for me in firefox. I tried it on 3 different workstations. I’m guessing the video is in a windows native format. I tried Internet Explorer and things went much more smoothly.
Cleverly he and his ‘team’ have it set up in such a way that you can purchase adspace for select targeted numbers. So far it’s a pretty impressive list. Jeremy will personally read advertisments (for the right price) before the selected block of numbers. You can bid for space above his couch, even the bathroom door! The advertising proceeds will go to PUSH America:
Not only is the count to a million a crazy record breaking stunt, but it’s also a great way to raise money and awareness for a great cause. Push America is an amazing organization whose mission is to serve people with disabilities.
According to millioncount.com Jeremy has taken part in charity bike rides in the past to raise money for other good causes as well. Apparently his employer has also allowed him the time off to do this as well.
I’ve been popping in from time to time to see where he’s at. It kicked off on 06-18-2007 and They are estimating it will take 3-4 months to get there. 408,711… 408,712…
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August 13th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
Was wondering what does Jeremy gain out of counting these numbers ? Reach one million so what?
August 14th, 2007 at 7:41 am
I kinda wondered the same thing. I’m pretty sure the object is to raise money for charity.
There’s of course another caveat to this is that it’s never been done before. Another web ‘first’. All kinds of odd stuff done online.
August 17th, 2007 at 11:43 am
Well, hope he makes it. I wonder if he had lined up some corporate sponsors that would pay ‘x’ for each number if he made it to 1M. At a dime a number it would be 100k, heck, even at a penny it would be 10k. Not bad either way. And then there’s the Guinness Book of Records. Cool.
November 27th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
i would also like to count to a million
we could work together and press the numbers alternitivly during the day!!!
we will make our own exclusive club and call it *million couters* we can have a million children and cll them all after numbers between one and a million( not necessarily correspondingly)
**million couters go go go **
November 28th, 2007 at 3:19 am
I am intrigued by the thought of a club for people that have counted to a million. I counted to a 999,950 last year but due to a tragic accident i could not continue. I aspire to continue my work (really my love) of number counting in the near future.
enjoy your numbers (responsibly)
much love
callum
xx
November 30th, 2007 at 6:54 am
I have a question….is it possible to eat a million apples in your life time? the numbers and fugures say no…but….i would like to try….
November 30th, 2007 at 8:28 am
I’ll bet you would be quite regular lol.
January 10th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
SO??? did he count to a million or not?
Callum keep up the counting….its only a matter of clicks away!!
go go million counters!