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Pi Day 3/14 1:59 AM, Spring Ahead 2021 (Patreon)

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2021-03-14 05:03:00

Imported:

2026-10

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My friends, we have made it to another Pi Day!

The world today is different than it was a year ago. I'm glad you're still with me, and I wanted to mark the occasion with more than just the regular kind of Pi Day video. So in this year's video, after the usual fun notebook doodles and rambling, I've included a half hour of piano improvisation on Pi. I only very rarely play piano for anyone but myself, so this is my way of sharing something special with you, and to recognize all the feelings about our journey from Pi Day 2020 to Pi Day 2021.

Important Notice: The last time I enabled payments from y'all was for last year's Pi Day video. For this video I'll also be enabling payments, which should go through with your April Patreon payments. If you want to remove or change your pledge before that happens, you have a couple weeks to get that done. As I do have a dayjob and am not under financial pressure to make money with videos right now, I very much encourage you to drop your pledge if you're feeling that your own financial situation has become less stable since a year ago, and trust that those supporters here who have the financial ability to do so are covering my hosting/software/upkeep costs plus tip. (I promise to not feel guilty for accepting money for my work if you promise not to feel guilty for reducing/removing your pledge if that's the right thing for you. I'm really happy you all are here regardless of your financial situation! )

Words can be a lot of work for me, and I think part of why I can get good results with scripted content is because I never stop seeing how hard words are. I have the skill of being able to turn time and effort into better words. I think my baseline ability to express myself in words is lower than you might expect, but I have a high ceiling when I have the time and energy to wordsmith, to edit for hours upon hours and obsess over every detail, perfect every sentence, painstakingly craft the perfect flow. I enjoyed our last post where we just said hi to each other without worrying too much about fancy words. Today I'd also like to hear from you, and will be responding in emoji by default. I don't promise to be any good at emoji either, mind you. Please feel free to write in with emoji or words or both or other.

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Pi Day 3/14 1:59AM - Spring Ahead

Pi is taking an hour from us! Let's get mad, then maybe drift off to soothing music to give ourselves that hour back. Thank you to this tweet by @darrenglass and via @tweetsauce which not only reminded me that Pi Day was coming up and I should probably make a video, but from which I 100% stole the title and intro: https://twitter.com/darrenglass/status/1367978449864974337 This video is sponsored by Patreon Patrons like you! Special thanks to Ray Sidney, Pat Devlin, David Perryman, Andew Romaner, Andrea Bi Biagio, Jodi Vezzetti, Yana Chernobilsky, and David Smith, plus an extra thanks from my piano to Caleb Wright. More thanks are here: http://vihart.com/thanks/ Happy Pi Day, everyone. I know it's been not just a long while but also a weird while, and I'm glad to see you're still here with me.