Dunno about working from home. I've seen ads online for stuff like that. I know some people get paid by companies to assemble stuff by hand. They send you a box of stupid parts, for instance, you work on like a ton of them and then send it back. Those are odd jobs though.

Then there are people who do transcription, data-entry, translations, document coding, telemarketing from home.

I just googled it and found this:
http://www.worldwideworkathome.com/

Might be a good place to start, though I don't know if I should be encouraging the Hiki lifestyle in this way.