Happy Tau Day – 6.28 to you

Today is Tau Day. You need to think of the American way of putting the month before the date to get 6.28.2011 before that really makes sense.

Tau Day isn’t just a “Hey! Look. 6.28 is a rounding on Tau” gimmick. There are maths geeks out there who really think there’s too much focus on Pi. Schools should teach Tau instead. Tau is 2Pi. Since some mathsheads tend to measure in radians more often than degrees when it comes to angels the Tau value is more meaningful to them.

You can tell this is serious business. You can have get a t-shirt. I call it the “Tau tee“.

The pi is a lie? I thought the cake was a lie. Is nothing tasty actually real?