Happi Pi Day

Happy Pi Day!

Pi, as you know, is the mathematical ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.

While pi is a constant, it's also infinite.

3.14159265358979323846...

My kids used to get a kick out of listening to The Pi Song.

For convenience pi is usually shortened to 3.14, hence Pi Day – March 14 – get it? Get it?

Come to find out – no surprise, I suppose – that there's a website dedicated to Pi Day.

Yeah I know, that's what I get for growing up in a family of nerds...

Nerd humor

Growing up in a family of nerds, this made me chuckle.

I can still reel off pi to the twentieth decimal place, something I memorized when I was 14. Go figure.

Happy Pi Day

Happy Pi Day!

Pi, as you know, is the mathematical ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.

While pi is a constant, it's also infinite.

3.14159265358979323846...

My kids get a kick out of listening to The Pi Song.

For convenience pi is usually shortened to 3.14, hence Pi Day -- March 14 -- get it? Get it?

And of course, this year is special because it brings pi to the next two decimal places: 3.1415 (March 14, 2015). Way cool, eh?

Come to find out -- no surprise, I suppose -- that there's a website dedicated to Pi Day.

Yeah I know, that's what I get for growing up in a family of nerds...

Happy Pi Day

[This is a re-post of a post from two years ago on, you guessed it, March 14.]

This morning my brother (an engineering nerd, let it be known) emailed to wish me "Happy Pi Day."

Pi, as you know, is the mathematical ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.

While pi is a constant, it's also infinite.

3.14159265358979323846...

My kids get a kick out of listening to The Pi Song.

For convenience pi is usually shortened to 3.14, hence Pi Day -- March 14 -- get it? Get it?

Yeah I know, that's what I get for growing up in a family of nerds...

UPDATE: Reader Rob sent me this photo of a pi pie. He said, "Hmmm, looks like raspberry... There's a nerd joke in that..."

Not sure what the nerd joke might be, so if anyone knows, feel free to elucidate.

Happy Pi Day

This morning my brother (an engineering nerd, let it be known) emailed to wish me "Happy Pi Day."

Pi, as you know, is the mathematical ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.

While pi is a constant, it's also infinite.

3.14159265358979323846...

My kids get a kick out of listening to The Pi Song.

For convenience pi is usually shortened to 3.14, hence Pi Day -- March 14 -- get it? Get it?

Yeah I know, that's what I get for growing up in a family of nerds...