This post was left at 9:26 today, and that is no coincidence, because today is Pi Day. Yes, it is indeed that time of year, where we all seek a piece of pie because the date happens to be 3.14. Because... why not? The 9:26 is important because those are the next three digits of pi. 3/14/15 is the date. And the time is 9:26. So you have 3.1415926. Make it 53 seconds, and you're perfectly pi.
To help illustrate this fact, today we made a few monster trucks. These are the trucks that Lowe's has generously provided for us, part of their Build and Grow program. This month, for some reason, we have been building monster trucks - one named Max-D, and the other named El Toro Loco.
While these are not something your average math professor will look to in order to illustrate pi, you can of course find pi in everything. Or, at least anything that has a circle in it. In this case, we'll look to the monster truck's huge tires. Yes, you can find pi there. Simply divide the circumference by the diameter, and there it is: pi.
To help illustrate this fact, today we made a few monster trucks. These are the trucks that Lowe's has generously provided for us, part of their Build and Grow program. This month, for some reason, we have been building monster trucks - one named Max-D, and the other named El Toro Loco.
While these are not something your average math professor will look to in order to illustrate pi, you can of course find pi in everything. Or, at least anything that has a circle in it. In this case, we'll look to the monster truck's huge tires. Yes, you can find pi there. Simply divide the circumference by the diameter, and there it is: pi.
When you stop to think about it, the idea about pi is pretty amazing. It is quite literally found in any circle ever created, this magical number 3.1415926 and so on. And today, it is literally on the calendar too
We had work today at the office, setting up our new series drama, where we have all kinds of karate goofiness. This time around, we have mostly different actors to perform, and with that we have to find new gis for everyone. This is a word that most computers hate. They resent it so much that they will mercilessly correct your spelling of 'gi' to 'go' because surely you didn't mean to actually type out the letters 'gi.'
Anyway, we did get that work done. So yay us. And there was a bit of play practice for the Easter production as well. For that, Madison was quite helpful, opening doors for all the folks who arrived later on. But she was enjoying simply watching the people practice for the play. She is anxious to be a part of it!
Before stopping our motion for the day, we had one more stop! Daddy got an email that said the latest Nevergirls book was available for pick-up at the library. It was on hold for some time, and finally it is our chance to bring it home to read. We returned a few of the Weird School books while we were there, and were ready to whiz home. Not before Madison spent some more time at the computer lab there. Madison likes that computer lab. It's like an instant thing - you go to the library, and while Daddy looks for books and movies, Madison heads to the computer lab
We got home, and as advertised, we did our piano practice. And there wasn't much time after that for much. So we went to the Pixie Jam level and worked on that a little more. This is a theme of the day, apparently. We have created a monster truck rally board on Disney Infinity 2.0. Madison and Daddy have been working on that, and noticed that it is now available for download on the game for other people now. It just got on there, and our creation already has 400 downloads. Let's get ready to rumble!
We stayed in Pixie Hollow a bit at bedtime, because it was time to start reading our book. Already in chapter one, Madison figured out they're meeting an old friend: Peter Pan! We'll continue reading this week, each night making our journey to the skies, to the second star to the right.
We had work today at the office, setting up our new series drama, where we have all kinds of karate goofiness. This time around, we have mostly different actors to perform, and with that we have to find new gis for everyone. This is a word that most computers hate. They resent it so much that they will mercilessly correct your spelling of 'gi' to 'go' because surely you didn't mean to actually type out the letters 'gi.'
Anyway, we did get that work done. So yay us. And there was a bit of play practice for the Easter production as well. For that, Madison was quite helpful, opening doors for all the folks who arrived later on. But she was enjoying simply watching the people practice for the play. She is anxious to be a part of it!
Before stopping our motion for the day, we had one more stop! Daddy got an email that said the latest Nevergirls book was available for pick-up at the library. It was on hold for some time, and finally it is our chance to bring it home to read. We returned a few of the Weird School books while we were there, and were ready to whiz home. Not before Madison spent some more time at the computer lab there. Madison likes that computer lab. It's like an instant thing - you go to the library, and while Daddy looks for books and movies, Madison heads to the computer lab
We got home, and as advertised, we did our piano practice. And there wasn't much time after that for much. So we went to the Pixie Jam level and worked on that a little more. This is a theme of the day, apparently. We have created a monster truck rally board on Disney Infinity 2.0. Madison and Daddy have been working on that, and noticed that it is now available for download on the game for other people now. It just got on there, and our creation already has 400 downloads. Let's get ready to rumble!
We stayed in Pixie Hollow a bit at bedtime, because it was time to start reading our book. Already in chapter one, Madison figured out they're meeting an old friend: Peter Pan! We'll continue reading this week, each night making our journey to the skies, to the second star to the right.
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