Kitchen Backsplash Counts out 159 Digits of Pi

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By John Baichtal
Posted 2012/02/03 @ 11:00 am
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Marie and Michael Porter of Minneapolis, MN, used colored marble tiles to create a gloriously nerdy Pi backsplash. [via Think Geek]

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14 Responses to Kitchen Backsplash Counts out 159 Digits of Pi

D on February 3rd, 2012 at 11:14 am said:

Pi… Pi… Pi…. why is it we never hear about Tau? It IS a conspiracy

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Scott on February 3rd, 2012 at 11:55 am said:

Why not in binary?

159 columns * 10 tiles per column. 2^1059 digits of pi.

6.1768265779818914292143355321935e+318

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ka1axy on February 3rd, 2012 at 12:41 pm said:

Where’s the love for e?

2.718281828

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- D on February 3rd, 2012 at 12:54 pm said:
  
  I often wondered how cool a School House Rock for pi and e would have been.
  
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Jacob Hanshaw on February 3rd, 2012 at 12:54 pm said:

Is it just me or do they have 3.1415926533 instead of 3.1415926535?

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- D on February 3rd, 2012 at 12:57 pm said:
  
  It looks like there is a light switch there.
  
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Jac on February 3rd, 2012 at 1:17 pm said:

I’m going to imitate this, but I’ll use base(pi) for it. 1.000000000000…

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millicent on February 3rd, 2012 at 10:34 pm said:

But Pi is just so perfect for a kitchen, especially if you like to bake

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- D on February 4th, 2012 at 10:09 am said:
  
  But Millicent… if you are a messy cook like me you always have to have a Tau handy for cleanups (get it… tau… towel… ok that bad joke will certainly get me banned).
  
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Larry Tooley on February 4th, 2012 at 5:43 pm said:

Of course he’s not done, is he? pi never ends.

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Tom on February 5th, 2012 at 11:20 pm said:

The golden mean would of been more aesthetically pleasing and an infinite number to boot.

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Bob O`Bob on April 13th, 2012 at 11:41 pm said:

How can someone consider themselves a “maker” with those switch covers?

Step 1) take pictures of the appropriate configuration of tiles where the switchplates go, including a little of the surrounding area
2) print those out at actual size
3) obtain some clear acrylic or polycarbonate sheet
4) cut, drill, and shape the plastic into new switchplates
5) bond the pictures to the back

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- celebrationgeneration on May 22nd, 2012 at 7:32 am said:
  
  Bob: I’m a bit late to this, but wanted to reply to your comment.
  
  I’m not sure what all is involved with considering ourselves “makers”, we just wanted to have fun with the renovations we were forced into doing!
  
  I pasted your comment to my husband (I design, he builds … for the most part), and wanted to say we appreciate the suggestion. When the rest of the work we’re doing slows down a bit, we’ll definitely do something with the switch covers. Thank you!
  
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Marie Porter (@Celebr8nGenr8n) on July 13th, 2012 at 7:18 am said:

Thanks for sharing our nerdy tile backsplash project!

So many aspects of our post-tornado experience were with formed or influenced by the fact that I’m a nerd, and my husband is a geek. I wrote a book about the whole ordeal

(adventure?), Twisted: A Minneapolis Tornado Memoir.If you’re interested in more of the mindset and decision making that went into this project – and all of the other weirdness

and geekery that resulted from the tornado – I invite you to have a look: http://www.celebrationgeneration.com/twisted.

Thanks again!

Marie Porte

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