Happy Pi Day

Thanks Google for the logo!

Internet Nerd Time

The following was just emailed to my gmail account. I have been waiting to try out Google Chrome for what feels like forever now, but since I am a Mac user I have had to wait patiently. Looks like Floyd is going to be giving Chrome a test surf later tonight! W00t

It's finally here: Google Chrome for Mac. Available today in beta!

Hi there,

Thanks for signing up to hear from us regarding Google Chrome for Mac! We're excited to let you know that Google Chrome is now available in beta for Mac OS X.

Here are a few fun facts from us on the Google Chrome for Mac team:

• 73,804 lines of Mac-specific code written
• 29 developer builds
• 1,177 Mac-specific bugs fixed
• 12 external committers and bug editors to the Google Chrome for Mac code base, 48 external code contributors
• 64 Mac Minis doing continuous builds and tests
• 8,760 cups of soft drinks and coffee consumed
• 4,380 frosted mini-wheats eaten

Thanks for waiting and we hope you'll give Google Chrome for Mac a whirl.

9.9.09

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Totally posted on my gchat status today that being the huge math nerd that I am, I am taking great pleasure in the fact that today is 09/09/09. I couldn't explain exactly why I liked it any more than it simply looked good then my friend sent me the following:

in case you havent seen all the mathy jazz about todayThose who like to play with numbers will have a field day on 09/09/09.

The date falls on a Wednesday in September, both of which have 9 letters.

September 9 also is the 252nd day of the year. 2+5+2

In addition, if you multiply a single-digit number by 9, the resulting two digits add up to 9. Consider: 8x9

The last one is a DUH. But the rest makes it more fun.

PS. I would love to see 9 if anyone is interested...

Mark Your Calendars!!

There will be a Harry Potter exhibit at the Museum of Science at the end of October. Obviously the Museum of Science would be hosting this travel exhibit (currently in Chicago) because science is magic and vice versa.

You can read about this on boston.com. There will be props and costumes from the movie, including one of the chess pieces from the first movie! COOOOL.

Ok everyone, get ready to get your nerd on!

NERD DAY

It is now 12:34.56 on 7/8/09

You are welcome

as you were

Got something on my mind

Message received via gchat today from a friend down in DC:

Friend: you've got me seriously craving DD with all the donut web-talk this week!

As soon as I saw this, I laughed. The quickly reflected and realized that my facebook, blog and twitter accounts have all be focused on iced coffee and doughnuts for the last week or so. Currently, I can't decide if my need for coffee and recent love of doughnuts is awesome or slightly pathetic/disturbing...I'm going with awesome.

But just so you're up to date on the latest buzz, my intern brought in a box of doughnuts this morning. How sweet is that! He loves the chocolate frosted ones so half the box was made up of that flavor. Since my favorites were missing - chocalte glazed and pumpkin (which is seasonal) - I attacked the chocolate frosted ones. So gooooood. I was super pumped to see them arrive this mornong and quickly put my fresh fruit salad into the fridge.

Side note: I can find the area of the doughnut due to my degree in mathematics. That was always one of the big statements teachers in high school and professors in college made to help justify the impracticality of what we were currently studying. A doughnut in the math world is a torus.

Nerds Paying Bills

This guy just might be my hero. Found this on Fail Blog.



Completely unrelated note: Turns out I did win!! My ticket was dismissed. YAY
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The Baker Judged Me

I went to pick up a pie for Pi Day this morning. As the girl was putting my pie in the box I told her that I was happy that it was Pi day. She was a little confused and then 2 and 2 made 4 for her and she said "oh, Pi" and drew the Greek letter in the air. I said "yes". She then said, "are you in high school...college...I mean you look too old for high school but that is the last time I remember someone mentioning this day to me" I said "no, I am out of college". She said "Did you go to Harvard or MIT?" I just smiled and said "No, just a nerd...". She then asked me how many digits I could recite - this question was in a tone that I bet she normally reserves for small children. I told her not many, all I only know is 3.14159265. I mean, I had to answer the question. With that, I took my pie and left.

Yeah. That was awkward.

Apple doesn't Fall Far....

Last night I was talking to my mom because I tried twice on Tuesday to call her and wish her a happy square root day. When I was talking to her on Wednesday I asked if she listened to my voicemail. She said no. As you can see an aversion to voice mail is genetic, my uncle doesn't listen to it either. I explained I had been trying to tell her about the math holiday, as it only happens nine times a century. She then asked why I didn't attempt to call my father - I figured he was asleep (I called at 9:30 pm), and why I didn't call her back on 2/2/04 - I didn't know about square root day at that time. We continued with the conversation where I promised to call her on 4/4/16 and we deduced with relative certainty she would also be around for 5/5/25 as that is less than 20 years from now and I would be sure to call then, too.

My family is nerdy. Between the four of us, two graduated from undergrad with math degrees and the other two with natural science of some sort.

Happy Square Root Day

Hey, I wouldn't be true to myself if I didn't wish you all a Happy Square Root Day

You understand today is 03/03/09. Square root of 9 is 3...stay with me folks :)

This only happens NINE TIMES a CENTURY!!!!!

Don't even think for a second that I have forgotten about my favorite math holiday...Pi Day (3/14) which is right around the corner :)

Bubble Science

How cool is this??? If only my high school chemistry teach was still teaching. I know he would do this for the class.

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