by David | Mar 14, 2015 | eating, science!
I’ve been calling the ascendancy of pie over cupcakes for years, and whether you’re with me on that or not, you’ll have to grant pie its moment in the limelight today, pi day. In the US reckoning of dates, it’s 3/14/15 today, and those who are...
by David | Jul 22, 2014 | eating, science!
Today, July 22, or 22/7 as the Eurostyle daters would have it, is pi approximation day. Why? Because 22/7 = 3.1428… which is a an approximation of pi, one that’s a bit bigger and a lot less irrational than the real pi. If this shakes your faith in religion...
by David | Mar 16, 2013 | urbanism
So Thursday was Pi Day. You know, because 3/14 looks like π which is 3.14 and more. We’ve been over much of this before. But this Pi Day I decided that I should visit Boston’s Pi Alley at 1:59pm because that would be 3/14 1:59. Yeah, slow news day, I...
by David | Mar 14, 2008 | culture, eating
It’s not just eruv Ides of March, it’s Pi (π) Day. Some go so far as to mark Pi minute at a minute before two, as in 3/14 1:59. Yeah, I know. Not for everybody. But for some, it’s a big deal. I for one, plan to eat something that alters the...
