Happy Pi Day! Todays date is 3.14, the first three digits of arguably the most famous mathematical constant (anyone remember e? Napiers constant? Didnt think so). School children and geeks everywhere are celebrating it today by, well, eating pies, as it turns out.
Liked the article. Pi Day needs more attention. We spent the day cruising the net for Pi Day material. The Pi Day site http://www.PiDayInternational.org which you mentioned has an illustrated history of pi which is really great. Also, Pi Diner - with a "Pi-O-Matic" dispenser, where you push a button and get millions of digits of Pi. And I joined the World Federation of Pi there. At 1:59 pm we watched the giant pi drop at the Pi Day site http://mathematicianspictures.com/PI/PI-DAY.htm. Pi Video for Pi Day there was also cool. And bought two math tshirts- one with Riemann, one with pi in hex. Great day.
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