Pi Day

Pi in Dominos

admin — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 02:07:43 +0000

Things to do this Pi Day

admin — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:32:41 +0000

Make (and Eat) a Pie – These pie recipes for Pi Day from NPR’s McCallister look incredibly tasty. But, there’s no shame in putting a frozen store-bought pie in the oven, or picking up a pie from your local bakery. Any kind of pie is great on Pi Day! If you’re making your own, get inspired by these beautifully designed Pi Day Pies. Tell us on Facebook: What’s your favorite kind of pie for Pi Day?

Pi Music – Compose, sing or play a Pi song on Pi Day: Check out this piece for violin, or this Pi song by David Perry on guitar, or this ensemble piece by Michael John Blake with xylophone, piano, accordian, ukulele, banjo and more:

Pi Arts & Crafts – If music isn’t your thing, do an art project. Check out this Pi Day cross-stitch or other Pi Day craft projects. Etsy has all kinds of Pi Day crafts for sale.

Andrey Larionov (pictured at the right) from the Ukraine is working on a very large mosaic based on 100,000 digits of Pi. Check out his Facebook group for the project to see how it’s coming along.

Cool Pi Products

admin — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:50:59 +0000

The “Pi Dye” T-Shirt shop has some pretty cool products for Pi fans, including their “How’s My Deriving” bumper sticker and these:

Super Pi T-Shirt		Pi-less World T-Shirt
Pi Ice Cube Tray		Pi Cookie Cutter

A couple weird things about Pi

admin — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 04:12:38 +0000

If you hold up a mirror to a circle, it looks like a circle. If you hold up a mirror to Pi, it spells Pie. This clever T-Shirt will demonstrate:

‘3.14’ backwards looks like ‘PIE’!

For all you 1337 h4x0rz out there (what’s that mean?) who love Pi, this tweet is for you:

3.14159 x 1337% = 42.00

Princeton Pi Day Party

Kevin — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:02:08 +0000

Princeton has an annual party celebrating Pi Day and Einstein’s birthday (also March 14). This year, their celebration runs 4 days, from the 11th to the 14th. Tons of math, Einstein (he spent some time at Princeton), and of course pie events and activities. Learn more at: http://www.pidayprinceton.com/events.

Nowhere near Princeton? San Francisco’s Exploratorium, the birthplace of Pi Day, is closed on Monday, but check out their Pi Day activities from last year to plan your own Pi Day party. Seek out your high school or college math club, maker group, science museum, etc. – they almost always have Pi Day parties.

Pi on TV: Mythbusters’ Grant Imahara’s Prisoner Number

Dan — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:00:33 +0000

On Discovery Channel’s show “Mythbusters“, there’s an episode where Grant, Tori & Kari escape from jail using various kinds of ropes. Grant’s prisoner number is “3.14″:

Spell Google with Circles

Dan — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:18:46 +0000

Google’s “Doodle” in many parts of the world is featuring Pi Day today:

Google on Twitter says they’re feeling geometric today. Happy Pi Day, Google!

Pi Links 2010

Dan — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:30:20 +0000

In The News:

Also, follow the Pi Day buzz on Google Trends for Pi Day & Pi.

Finally, check out these Pi Earrings from ‘NerdGoddess’ on Etsy, as well as other the other handmade Pi crafts.

Pi on TV: Psych Season 4 Finale

Dan — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:18:36 +0000

On the USA Network show “Psych“, private investigators Shawn & Gus find themselves in a room creepily trimmed with the digits of pi:

MIT loves Pi

Dan — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:00:52 +0000

Each year the Massachusetts Institute of Technology releases its admission decisions at 1:59pm on Pi Day.

In 2009, the artwork on their homepage sported pi day greetings, and in 1994, as part of an elaborate prank, students put a campus police car number “Pi” on top of the “Great Dome”.