Thanks to ongoing for pointing out that the simplest way to donate to help the tsunami victims was through Amazon.1

Later ... When I visited the total was somewhere over US$3.7 million. It is currently (10.54 CEST 4 January 2005) US$$13,815,904.35. That is pretty astonishing. Halley points to another little post at buzzmachine that examines the idea of online giving. Side note: Amazon raised US$6.8 million after September 11th. You do the math.


  1. 2021-12-30: The link, not surprisingly, is long gone. 

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