I'm betting it is wayyyy better than a virtual equivalent to a Segway! :p
I hope it it an automatic PhD thesis compiler. One only needs to enter a thesis title and provide a list of sources and et voila....a few hours later a fully cogent thesis arrives in the inbox...
Please let it be a counter that says "you have visited postradforum 200 times today, DO SOME WORK!!" I really hope it is - might make me feel more guilty
It occurs to me Pete, that your medal/administrator badge of honour is disproportionately too large for the rest of your purple person. Whose idea was that?:p