I also depend on pipes. If pipes ever goes away, coding it all by hand would be a horrible pain...

I grew up a stone's throw away from Tesla's lab. (It's right on Tesla Street if I recall.)

I will definitely be making a donation.

You can't really generalize, there are some good gigs, some bad gigs. Most of the "most popular" work either temporarily or superficially. I would not recommend using fiverr unless you have a solid understanding of SEO (you can HARM your rankings if you are not careful). Also, the good gigs I mentioned are good, not great. In other words, they are worth $5, but probably not $6. Good luck!

Give this site a try: http://www.siteownernews.com/website-usability/