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Today is one of my favorite holidays, Pi Day. Yes, today is March (3), 14th and Pi is 3.1415926. This year, unlike last, Google has a logo. Here is the special Google Doodle for Pi Day:
Bing, Yahoo, and the other search engines don't seem to have a logo for the day. We took the time to change our complete theme for the day, here is a picture:
I should note, that although Google did not have a logo last year, they did mention it in a blog post and they did tweet it.
DogPile also has a special message on their web site, but they reserved it for the clock change. Here is their spring forward logo:
Forum discussion at Search Engine Roundtable Forums & Google Web Search Help.
Update: As per the comments, it is also Mother's Day in the UK with the following logo at google.co.uk:
And the anniversary of Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, which is represented at google.es today:
Comments:
WebSonic
03/14/2010 12:36 pm
Hi, Also two other doodles today, one on Google.co.uk and one on Google.es http://wbsc.nl/a5vDfe
DR. JATINDER SINGH BHATIA
03/14/2010 04:13 pm
i am very pleased to see pi getting its well deserved respect. if i am not mistaken pi was discovered by an Indian Mathematician ( Mr. Ramanujam) it is really an interesting story to read about this genius man.
JohnLopresti
03/14/2010 04:25 pm
I am sure the new quad core chips will attain the final accurate calculation of the jumble which happens after the decimal point. The inventor must have worried about these fine points of the "constant" which he created. Question: now I have to research the inequality which appears over the sinewave. I especially loved pi's well behaved contribution to understanding angular momentum series.
adeba
03/14/2010 05:07 pm
um - not that i know much about it, but i gathered that this is the only pi day with this many numbers that any of us will experience. that's why it's a bigger deal this year.
adeba
03/14/2010 05:11 pm
the exceptionalism of this years pi day explained: http://gigaom.com/2010/03/12/get-ready-for-pi-day-2010-and-the-big-one-in-5-years/
Joan
03/14/2010 06:22 pm
Thanks Google for recognizing Pi Day. I;m an eighth grade teacher with big Pi Day plans for the students (tomorrow). What a special number.
Joan
03/14/2010 06:22 pm
Thanks Google for recognizing Pi Day. I'm an eighth grade teacher with big Pi Day plans for the students (tomorrow). What a special number.