Saturday, March 14, 2009

It's Pi Day! (Bears* Like Pi, esp. Blueberry)

Here's a post from 3.14 '08:
I was so wrapped up in the BSC** conference call that I almost forgot the important stuff.
Some have dated the first Pi day celebration to March 14, 1592 at 6:53:58. This is incorrect.
It is obvious the Druids knew Pi: π




















Coincidence? I think not.

Some folks go further back:
The Great Pyramid and the Pi Factor

Here's the Pi song.
Here's a slice of Pi:
3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971

Here's Kate Bush's Pi song.

Pieman
Real name: Homer J. Simpson
Occupation: Pastry Vigilante
Quote: "Don't do the crime if you can't do the key lime!"


From
Guide to Mathematics and Mathematicians on The Simpsons

A great site




"Apu: In fact I can recite pi to 40000 places. The last digit is one!

Homer: Mmmm, pie."
(episode [9F21] Pi (Pie) {sbj})

*Here's the Hamm's Bear pie commercial

*Pi Bear:

Pi Bear

*

Blueberry Bear with Vally Lafamme and winners of Blueberry Pie Eating Contest. ..

*The Yogi Bear Show, "Pie Pirates"

**

bear stern “Rarrr! i’m alway hungry for food. Apple’s are delicious, my advice is to get them. I practice what I preach too, just watch me, look there is an Apple over there and I will devour it with that yummy birch bark. Rarrr!”

-Stern Bear.




And blogs.

And Science Museums:

Welcome to The Exploratorium's
2008 20th Annual Pi Day Celebration page

From Wikihow:
How to Celebrate Pi Day

Happy Pi DayHow old are you in Pi years? Happy Pi Day

Pumpkin Pi:

pumpkin pi