One of my all time favorite singers.
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11:07 am Tue
Mar 14, 2017
Sugar Pie Desanto sings "Rock Me Baby"
A brilliant visual illustration of Pi using pizzas and crust
Pi Day is coming up this Saturday. To celebrate, here’s a cool little demo of 3.14 using four pizzas and one circumference of crust. With Pi Day just around the corner, let’s remember what Pi is all about. After washing your hands thoroughly, cut the crust off a pizza pie and lay it across four […]
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Cool project: "I used pi to compose a song that lasts for 999,999 hours"
Canton Becker, an electronic music composer and programmer, composed a procedurally generated song that uses the first billion digits of pi as its input. I haven’t listened to all 114 years of the song yet, but I like what I have heard so far. From his statement: Becker programmed — or composed — an algorithm […]
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Pi was almost 6.28...
Happy pi day! Today we think of pi as the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter (3.14…). But in the olden days (and even today) some people thought pi should be the ratio of a circle’s radius to its diameter (6.28…), Today, that symbol is called tau, and in some cases, it makes […]
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Rad Power Bikes want to get the world out of their cars and they just may have figured out how to do it
Electric bikes aren’t toys. And they aren’t a fad. In fact, more and more communities are starting to catch on that e-bikes are a lot more than an amusing gadget for the tech geek. Following a six-month study, Johnson County, Kansas, home to many Kansas City suburbs, became just the latest U.S. community to allow […]
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Do double the good with eco-friendly produce bags from a brand that gives back
Whether you’re living in a city that has already taken measures to reduce plastic bag use, the small silver lining of the pandemic has inspired you to make changes, or you’ve already started living a greener lifestyle, reusable produce bags are a great addition to your shopping routine. And if you’re going to invest in […]
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Are you cut out to be a COVID-19 stay-at-home teacher for your kids? Maybe these DIY projects can help.
Dealing with all the COVID-19 fallout is one of the new realities of our ever-changing world — and that isn’t likely going away anytime soon. It’s also prompted a rash of existential questions for parents. Questions like how do I protect my kids? Or how do I soothe their fears? And there’s also one of […]
