Happy Pi Day!
I was confused when I got to work this morning and people were moving through the halls of Tucows with an unusual accessory: slices of delicious, bakery-fresh pie. There was talk of apple, cherry – maybe this was some pre-spring enthusiasm meant to cheer up a chilly gray day in Toronto?
As another slice wafted past, attached to a grinning owner, I’d had enough. I wanted answers. I asked someone what was up with the influx of pastries and was given the most obvious of answers: “Because Kari, it’s pie day.”
Pie day?
“Three point one four.” 3.14? March 14. Not pie Kari, pi!!! It all came together. Clearing the smoke from around my head I couldn’t help but laugh at this, the geekiest of holidays I’ve ever had the pleasure of celebrating. Turns out Pi Day has been a big thing since Larry Shaw started it at the San Francisco Exploratorium in 1988. Albert Einstein was born on March 14 and if you’ve applied to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology lately, today is the day to expect your acceptance letter.
So to all our readers we raise a slice and wish you a very happy and healthy Pi Day!
Thanks to flickr user hhwlib for making the delicious photo, available under a Creative Commons license.
-
Ken Schafer
-
James Koole