Pi Day
March 16th 2005
Is your school this nerdy? The digits of pi extended from the math building to the computer science building, I’d estimate a few thousand or so.
Speaking of holidays, tomorrow is St. Patricks day! I’ve got to find me an Irish band to listen to. I’ve been practicing my tin whistle!
Bought a new CD today — The Decemberists — Castaways and Cutouts. Ironically, they’re right behind Death Cab in all the music stores, but I’ve just ignored them until iTunes told me I might like them. I do. Very smart lyrics and a sort of melancholy folk-rock sound. And it’s the first time I think I’ve ever heard the word “clarinet” in a song lyric. Mad props for that.
I totally forgot about pi day…again. *sigh*
I did have pi memorized out 30 or 40 places at one time…
It’s not that hard to forget… I mean, it’s not the sort of thing that creeps into normal conversation unless you’re with a group of math majors…
I can do 11 digits. 3.14159265359. It’s good enough for any actual use of the number
Never complain that your school is too geeky. It’s a sign of health!
Pi reminded me of a good rule I learned, by the way. Whenever you need to estimate time a client project will take (design / production wise), go with your gut feeling, then multiply by Pi. It works every time.
That actually sounds pretty accurate based on my experience… I’ll have to use that rule from now on.
And yes, of course I’m proud of my school.