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Sunday, March 15, 2015

PI Extravaganza!

Here it is...what you've been waiting for. The results of my pi day fundraiser. I was able to recite 330 digits of pi from memory.  Wonder what that looks like? Here they are:

3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067962148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128481117450284102701938521105559644622948954930381964428810975665933446128475648233786783165271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273724587006606315588174881520920

And here is the video.  My friend Bits, graciously volunteered her birthday party to be a joint fund-raising party for me. So here I am, reciting 330 digits of pi to a room full of 25 people! It's way harder that way than in my house by myself.  Apologies for the slight technical issue, we lost a small chunk near the end, due to iphone video recording space issues, but know that I really did get them all. (I did make 2 errors, so we may want to only officially count 328 digits!)




Thank you so much to everyone who participated, whether by pledging some amount per digit, helping me practice, coming up with the idea in the first place (Sharon and Bits), or by being a supportive audience.  I really enjoyed using my quirky talent in this fun way to raise money for a great cause.





4 comments:

  1. YAY! Knew you'd do great! Awesome video!

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  2. You have a great website! I wish I were 'with it' enough to do something similar.

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    1. I saw your blog about transitioning from life in S Asia.... I think you're plenty "with it" to make one about life in Kurdistan! As long as the electricity stays on long enough to post it. >.>

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