Science Saturday

    Ultra-geek edition.  I'm not sure that I fully understand Planck's Constant, but I grasp its importance.

Geeky Introverts

    Well, I don't have a 35-inch monitor, but I can totally relate to Dilbert.

Happy Pi Day!

    I went on FaceBook at (almost) exactly 3/14 @ 1:59 PM and left a Happy Pi Day post.  Next year will be even kewler - 3/14/15 @ 9:26 AM/PM.

Nerd Quiz

    I got 9/16, so I'm quite the nerd.  Missed the whole bottom row, though.

Freegal

    Something mindless, since I spent most of this evening exploring a new bit of TechnoGeekery.  I've discovered that you can download MP3 music files via your local library, and via something called "Freegal" (rhymes with "legal").

    The downloads are free and are not DRM-protected.  There is a decent selection, although you have to think in terms of what music a library would have.  Lots of classical, blues, and folk.  Not a lot of Metal.  And the search engine leaves a bit to be desired.

    Some examples.  There are no Lady Gaga tracks.  No Within Temptation.  Even worse, no Eric Clapton.  But they do have the latest Bruce Springsteen album, and the new Meat Loaf one.  Obscure stuff is hit and miss.  I was pleasantly surprised to find they had some Don Nix, Dulce Pontes, and even some Tinariwen.  And a poopload of New Riders of The Purple Sage and John Mayall.  But I didn't find any Mason Proffit.

    The one catch - you can only download three tracks per week.  This makes sense; they don't want someone hogging up all the downloads.  But it does mean you have to choose wisely, and that if you want a whole album, it may take a few weeks.  Unless you get three or four local friends together, and all cooperate to download tracks from one given album.

Happy Pi Day!

    Happy Pi Day to all!  I celebrated it properly -  at exactly 1:59 PM this afternoon I wrote "Pi Pi Pi Pi Pi Pi Pi..." on my company's Instant Messaging board.  It is also Albert Einstein's birthday, so Geekiness runneth rampant today.

    Don't forget that June 28th is "Tau Day" (2x pi), and July 22nd is "Pi Approximation Day".  And the biggest Geek Holiday of all - Talk Like A Pirate Day - isn't until September.

Happy Pi Day!

March 14 is National Pi Day (because pi = 3.14...), a holiday revered throughout all of geekdom. Albert Einstein was also born this day, but what did he ever accomplish? . And on the horizon - National Tau Day on June 28 (2x pi) and Pi Approximation Day on 22 July (because in fractions, pi is roughly 22/7). And National Mole Day, but that isn't until October 23.

For Math Geeks only...

For chemists only...

For the record, his number is (6.02 x 10 to the 23rd). It's the number of atoms (or molecules) in a mole of anything. We chemists are geekily good at remembering this sort of stuff. We also celebrate something called "Mole Day" at exactly 6:02 PM (or AM, if you're a morning person) on October 23. We are just loads of fun.