The One Laptop Per Child Project is restarting its give-a-laptop-get-a-laptop program and once again, TWJ and its readers and friends will attempt to raise money to send a laptop to the Lucien family in Haiti. The Luciens live with 9 teenage boys and last year we sent them an XO laptop with the hopes that it would be a fun and challenging addition to their home and their studies.

One of the best features of the XO, though, is its peer-to-peer networking capabilities, so now that the OLPC incentive program has started again, and the holidays are just around the corner, we will be raising money again in hopes of sending at least one more XO (maybe 2?) to the Luciens. The new cost of the program is likely to be similar to last year's--$400--and for that price, OLPC will send one XO to a family of their choosing, and one XO to the Luciens.

Start thinking about this in the next few weeks. I'll talk to Burly, who had the idea originally and helped me get it together, and in the beginning of November, we will post the details of how you can become involved by chipping in some money, or spreading the word on your own blog. So stay tuned....