Helping Haiti (because we ought to do more than just change our logo)

Zoinks! We hit our original, delicious goal of $31,415 in just five hours (reddit, you're awesome, that is, truly awe-inspiring).

But then we realized e^(pi * i) is -1 and we don't want to be negative; alternatively, we'd rather say that we "e^(2pi * i)." Everyone likes a winner* so let's raise $62,830 for Haiti!

UPDATE: Hot oatmeal! You did that in 12 hours!

Absolutely remarkable, reddit, you're nearing you've broken $100,000 in donations for Haiti! Keep piling it on and subscribe to /r/Haiti to watch the results of your awesomeness.

We've all been shocked and saddened by the earthquake that's hit Haiti and based on the trending reddit links since the quake hit, it's clear many of you are anxious to help. I got to talking with a redditor at DirectRelief, a non-profit specializing in just this kind of disaster recovery and sending 100% of donations to help Haiti - redditors needn't worry about any money siphoned off for administrative or fundraising costs.

And as we saw on the reddit frontpage today, sending anything but money is detrimental to the relief effort right now.

Here's the reddit DirectRelief fundraising page. We've set an ambitious goal of US$31,415 because we know you're up to the challenge, reddit. There's $1,000 in the pot to get things started, but team reddit will personally match redditors for another $1,000.

Update! We hit the redditor-donated $1,000 mark in a few minutes! You'll now find the 'team reddit' matching donation of $1,000 on the donation page. Thank you, everyone! Now we're going to test the limits of the DirectRelief fundraising counter!

Even if you can't donate right now, you're helping with an upvote.

And here's the best part, we'll be getting photo/video/text updates from the field on the /r/Haiti reddit so you can see just how your money is being used as well as keep up with their work in the days, weeks, and months to come.

*e^(2pi * i) = 1. Don't you wish you'd studied harder in Pre Calc?