Last year, C and I decided to initiate a new tradition of giving during the holiday season by making a donation to a worthy charity.

Last year I – selfishly – lobbied for the One Laptop Per Child organization, which was running a “buy one, give one” campaign. Purchase one of the OLPC computers for yourself, and by paying double the cost of your unit, an extra computer would be sent to a child in one of the participating countries.

As part of their ongoing efforts to make a difference in developing nations by providing the tools for education, culture, and activism, OLPC has launched a new site in which they are asking people around the world to add to the equation to change the world.

The visual representation of the equation is growing fast. Each factor in the equation is an individual. Imagine just how long the equation will become in a month, or a year.