Dr Wingnut

Day: March 14, 2009

  • Cards

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    Life’s not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well.Jack London

  • National Pi Day

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    One fun way to memorize the first few digits is to use sentence mnemonics for pi — phrases in which the number of letters of each successive word corresponds to a digit of pi.  Here are some well-known pi mnemonics:“Wow! I made a great discovery!” (3.14159…)“Can I have a small container of coffee?” (3.1415926…)“How I…