Purple Poise

Baby Gives Compelling Argument

Look at the baby argue!!! If only he could talk!! Poor baby!!!

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Quick Updates!

Its been quite a long time, and I thought I'd just post a quick update.

I'm done with my thesis document (I think) and I am finally defending on Friday, April 23rd! Can't wait for it to be over with! Finally, I would graduate with my master's degree, after three whole years! Phew! I wondered if that day would ever come, but now, its soon approaching!

Another big thing is, I just got a Nokia N900!!!! Woot! And I simply love it! Well, most of you would be wondering what is an Apple fan like me doing with a phone that is not an iPhone, well, I have an iPod Touch that I got free with my Macbook last year, so I'm kind of bored with it! :) And I was a Nokia devotee before I even saw a Mac interface! =D So Nokia wins hands down for me! And with N900's multitasking and root access.... Aaah.. Root is the limit! Hehe! I simply love using the Terminal on my mobile! =D

Maybe after I graduate, I'd take to more serious mature writing than these kiddish (more girlish!) rants! What do you say?!!!

Ok, now back to preparing for my defense!

XOXO!

Need Facebook Users for an Interesting Study!

Interesting Stuff, Science and Technology

Hello Friends!

Finally, I'm back with something important to share!

I am working on my master's thesis which is based on the study of online social networks as motivational environments for promoting sustainable activity. For this study, I require participants to use the facebook application I have created, and answer a couple of short surveys.
The study spans a period of 1-2 weeks only. And you are required to use the application as much as you can during this period. The study ends on March 31st, and I would have to have gathered as much user activity as possible and is very essential for my graduation!

Below is a short description of the study and the relevant links. I would really appreciate it if you could help me with the study by being an active participant. :) Please feel free to forward this to as many people as you wish.

All that is required from the participants is that they should be a Facebook User, and interested in using a great new facebook application, for a period of 1-2 weeks.
A short description of the study is provided below.

Extreme Displays of Sustainability

Extreme Displays of Sustainability (EDS) is an initiative to study online social networks as motivational environments for promoting sustainable activity.

This study aims to find out basic statistics about different users' current sustainability awareness and activity, and compare the statistics of the same parameters after the use of the web application.

The study will be conducted in three phases:
1. The first phase contains a short survey of the participants’ awareness and current activities relating to sustainability, and what outcomes they expect from using the EDS application.
2. The second phase is the actual user activity on the application.
3. The third phase contains a survey of the participants’ sustainable activities after using the application, so as to see if the application helped them improve their sustainability awareness, sustainable activities and abilities to motivate other people to perform sustainable activities; thereby fulfilling the requirements for the study.

The link to the first phase survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/eds-phase1
The link to the application: http://apps.facebook.com/extreme_displays/
(Please complete the survey before using the application!)

I appreciate your time and interest in the study.
Please feel free to send in comments!

XOXO,

Purple Poise

Happy Birthday Blog!

From the Poised Heart

OMG! I completely forgot about it!!! I knew the 1st anniversary of the blog was sometime soon, and I just realized, it went past by... On March 5th!!!

Well, better late than never!! Hehe!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLOGGY!!!

Thank you everybody, for reading my blog and tolerating it, perhaps! :)

Hopefully, I can churn out more posts soon... Once I'm done with my thesis stuff... Uh.. Cant wait to get that done!

XOXO,

Purple Poise

P.S. I just noticed that the Calvin and Hobbes comic strips disappeared!!! Well, they were fun while they lasted!

Mac Users! MacHeist nanoBundle 2 is here!

Poised Goodies

Hey Guys!

This is a quick post to let you guys know that MacHeist's nanoBundle 2 is here with 7 top Mac Apps, worth more than 250 dollars! The price you ask??? Just 19.95 dollars!!! After you purchase the bundle, you get 3 bonus applications for tweeting a line about the bundle!

UPDATE: They just added in Tweetie for Mac! And that also includes a free upgrade to Tweetie 2 once it's out!

The apps included in this bundle are:
1. MacJournal
2. RipIt
3. Clips
4. CoverScout
5. Flow
6. Tales of Monkey Island
7. Rapid Weaver
8. Tweetie

And the three bonus apps are:
1. Airburst Extreme
2. Tracks
3. Burning Monkey Solitaire

All this for just 19.95 dollars!

Go grab your bundle soon! This bundle is valid only for 5 more days!

I got mine today! :) And my personal favorites are MacJournal, Clips and CoverScout! Well, I haven't yet gotten around to using the others! :) But I liked all the three I have used so far!

Hurry!

XOXO

Oh No! India is Sinking!!!

Interesting Stuff, Science and Technology

In geography, we learnt that the Himalayas was a young mountain range, growing regularly...
Apparently, India is sinking into the earth's mantle, and that is why the Himalayas is growing higher!

Here's an excerpt from an article from the Discovery News and a video about this.

Fun fact for you: scientists don't really know how the Himalayas formed. I mean yeah, they realize that the India tectonic plate is slamming into the Eurasia plate and has been for about 50 million years, but the mystery is why the mountain range is still growing. Usually when two continents collide it's like a car wreck -- there may be a bunch of mangled crust in the middle (mountains), but both vehicles stop moving.
Turns out, India appears to be sinking into the mantle. A new study based on computer models of the two plates shows that the formation and continued growth of the world's highest mountain range makes the most sense if a dense piece of India is down in the mantle, dragging the rest of the continent down with it.
That may not sound so weird but continents are buoyant; they're supposed to float, not sink. All the subduction you hear about all over the world is dense ocean crust sinking underneath continents. Except in the Himalayas. It's as though two cars collided, and one started to sink into the pavement.
This video gives you a rough outline of the old idea of how the Himalayas form. India's bending here, but it doesn't start heading it into the mantle on its own:

Read more of the article here.

Purple Poise

Monopoly - In the shape of a Lolly!

Interesting Stuff

Remember the game we used to enjoy playing during those lazy afternoons? One person literally driving you to bankruptcy, while they keep amassing all the wealth through hotel rents. And the race to purchase the properties at Mayfair and Park Lane, as they are the most luxurious properties, and the dash to own all the railroads... And the poor player who always steps on the Income Tax stop, right after he got his salary after passing Go! And this player would somehow always find his way into the jail!

Well, now, that game, Monopoly, is coming out in an all new format! No longer square boards, here comes a circular board, with a console at the center, where you can slide in your game credit card and punch in numbers! This means no more fights to see who keeps the banker! And no more paper cash getting lost or torn or flying away! Well, this also means no stealing from the bank when no one's looking! Hahaha!

Hasbro, the owners of Monopoly, are releasing this version, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of its creation! So, would you play this game? Or do you prefer the classic version?

XOXO,

Purple Poise