since 1988, Pi Day has been celebrated in classrooms around the world highlighting all the glories of Pi, mathematical, fruit, and pizza flavored .. the first Pi Day celebration was held at the San Francisco Exploratorium

tomorrow, i'll be hosting a Pi Day tournament at FIBS commemorating Pi Day .. naturally, the start time will be promptly at the Pi second .. that is, just after 1:59 p.m. San Francisco time, since when Pi is truncated to seven decimal places, it becomes 3.1415926, making March 14 at 1:59:26 p.m the "Pi Second"

registration is open .. Tell TourneyBot Register 2331 to sign-up for the tourney and be there or be square tomorrow at FIBS "Pi Day Special" .. BYOPi - i'll be bringing a sweet potato one


“If, in a circle, a line
Hits the center, and runs spine to spine,
And the lines length is D
The circumference will be
D times 3.14159.”
-- a limmerick from Omni magazine, c. 1988

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