100 things to do with a CD of Ned Raggett reading the number pi for forty-five minutes...

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1. Techno remix!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:42 (twenty years ago) link

2. Sing along!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:43 (twenty years ago) link

3. Fact-check it!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:44 (twenty years ago) link

4. Pazz & Jop!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:45 (twenty years ago) link

5. measure its circumference

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:46 (twenty years ago) link

6. calculate its diameter

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:46 (twenty years ago) link

7. combine with self-raising powder, egg and water

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:47 (twenty years ago) link

6. Play it backwards while polishing your rifle.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:47 (twenty years ago) link

naked.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:47 (twenty years ago) link

8. insert into oven

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:47 (twenty years ago) link

9. present to the world the pi-pie

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:47 (twenty years ago) link

11. throw it at a person of your choice and hope it lodges itself in their jugular

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:47 (twenty years ago) link

12. calculate its area

― TRON FIGHTS FOR THE USERS (ex machina), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:48 (twenty years ago) link

13. Play it softly so it sounds like praying

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:48 (twenty years ago) link

1. Techno remix!

This is my not so secret goal with this recording.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:48 (twenty years ago) link

14. Use it as an impromptu mirror to inspect for nasal hair

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:49 (twenty years ago) link

is there a German edition?

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:49 (twenty years ago) link

15. ask it to rate the caribbeans

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:49 (twenty years ago) link

Oh, and another spoken word collection of sorts was recorded this weekend too. Tape Mountain will yet have more on that.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:49 (twenty years ago) link

16. make jokes about how pi rates of the caribbeans

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:49 (twenty years ago) link

9, illustrated.
http://www.theminorthirds.com/brunch/brunch-pi-pie.jpg

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:49 (twenty years ago) link

And very delicious it was, too.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:50 (twenty years ago) link

17. Loop it and play it back for your math-inclined friends and see if they notice when the numbers start repeating.

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:50 (twenty years ago) link

is this on AMG yet?

― TRON FIGHTS FOR THE USERS (ex machina), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:50 (twenty years ago) link

17. Keep it in mint condition 'til Ned's a megastar and then sell it on ebay, get him to sign it next time you see him.

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:50 (twenty years ago) link

18. Host the Ned-Pi CD-Frizbee World Cup in your back garden

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:52 (twenty years ago) link

Jon, it came out TODAY. No, it is not on AMG yet. Excepting Ned, they are not gods over there.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:53 (twenty years ago) link

19. Coaster

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:53 (twenty years ago) link

20. clock face

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:53 (twenty years ago) link

21. Play it to your unborn child, give birth to supergenius (with great hair).

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:54 (twenty years ago) link

21. Burning ants

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:55 (twenty years ago) link

24. To distract you from Bono and Meatloaf having a ruck in your garden.

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:55 (twenty years ago) link

21. scratch the surface to make it repeat the bit that goes "21"

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:56 (twenty years ago) link

25. scratch it further to make it jump to 24

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:56 (twenty years ago) link

27. Is it all one track? if not we could set it on random play and use it to satisfy our Ned Bingo lust

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:57 (twenty years ago) link

26. Wooing

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:58 (twenty years ago) link

I hope it is multiple tracks, that would rule.

Also, I forget if the distribution of the digits of Pi is random or not.

― TRON FIGHTS FOR THE USERS (ex machina), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 15:59 (twenty years ago) link

I believe it is all one track but Casuistry can confirm/deny.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 16:01 (twenty years ago) link

26. Not scratch it, so as not to make it jump.
26. Not scratch it, so as not to make it jump.
26. Not scratch it, so as not to make it jump.

26. Not scratch it, so as not to make it jump.

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 16:01 (twenty years ago) link

There is the theory of the Nedius...a TWIST in the fabric of hair...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 16:02 (twenty years ago) link

Any bonus tracks? Some Fibonacci remixes p'raps?

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 16:03 (twenty years ago) link

Any bonus tracks?

The threatened bonus track was a reading of e. I should note I was never planning on that.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 16:04 (twenty years ago) link

is fibonacci some kind of classical music?

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 16:05 (twenty years ago) link

Yeah don't mess with e - that stuff can mess up yer mind man

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 16:05 (twenty years ago) link

27. Broadcast it on WFMU so that people'll think they've hit a Numbers Station on the FM.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 16:10 (twenty years ago) link

28. stick it on your forehead and pretend to be a surgeon

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 16:11 (twenty years ago) link

29. put it in a pile at the cockpit of an aeroplane

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 16:12 (twenty years ago) link

30. make jokes about pi-lot

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 16:13 (twenty years ago) link

31. sellotape it to your abdomen and imitate C3P0

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 16:14 (twenty years ago) link

31.4) and we've come full circle

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 16:15 (twenty years ago) link

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100 things to do with a CD of Ned Raggett reading the number pi for forty-five minutes...

#70: eat pie to it.

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 14 March 2005 21:46 (nineteen years ago) link

totally insane!!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 14 March 2005 21:46 (nineteen years ago) link

not!

(to eat pie from it 'd be insane ...maybe.)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 14 March 2005 21:48 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm kinda hoping it shows up on one of the big blogs today for Pi day but we'll see.

Oh frickin' frick, can you just gimme a URL of one of these Pi freak sites you keep mentioning?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 March 2005 21:48 (nineteen years ago) link

http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Mathematics/Numerical_Analysis/Numbers/Specific_Numbers/Pi/

Take your pick!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 14 March 2005 21:50 (nineteen years ago) link

OH MY GOD AWESOME NED!

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 14 March 2005 21:52 (nineteen years ago) link

Done, I e-mailed five sites.

Dan, isn't it strange? You did the chorus roxor thing last night, now I have this! Weird world. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 March 2005 21:57 (nineteen years ago) link

I put the links that I've seen on the page. (Should have thought of this before 3/14, I guess.)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 17:41 (nineteen years ago) link

(And another handful were sold.)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 17:42 (nineteen years ago) link

I'll give you a copy of the ILX comp in exchange for this Ned.

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 17:45 (nineteen years ago) link

DID EVERYBODY NOTICE WHAT JEL JUST SAID HE HAS? A COPY OF??

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 17:50 (nineteen years ago) link

Why Jel, you sweet punk, I thought I got a copy of that by default. ;-) But if you send a copy of the comp to Chris as well, I'm sure he'd be happy to send you Pi.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 17:51 (nineteen years ago) link

I know, I know, I was just pushing my luck! :)

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 17:52 (nineteen years ago) link

(And another handful were sold.)

:-) Did you actually sell through the first printing?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 17:53 (nineteen years ago) link

A while ago. "Sell through" mostly in the sense of "gave away" a bunch at the release brunch. But yes, I had a panic because I was out of EP envelopes and live further away from the paper store than I used to and blah blah blah. Suffice to say I got that taken care of in time to get Derb his copy by Pi Day! And I am making new copies as I type, tra la!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 17:59 (nineteen years ago) link

ihttp://wizardishungry.com/hip_picks/BlackNed.jpg

― green uno skip card (ex machina), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 23:08 (nineteen years ago) link

http://wizardishungry.com/hip_picks/BlackNed.jpg

― green uno skip card (ex machina), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 23:09 (nineteen years ago) link

But she didn't spell my name right the second time. :-(

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 23:09 (nineteen years ago) link

quiet, mr. ragget.

― Remy (null) (x Jeremy), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 00:21 (nineteen years ago) link

You're going to spell your name the way(s) Ashley wants you to spell it, capice?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 00:23 (nineteen years ago) link

YOU ARE BOTH MEAN.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 00:51 (nineteen years ago) link

Apropos of sod-all, I could sooo go a meat pie right now.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 00:57 (nineteen years ago) link

six months pass...

zap!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 02:57 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm worried about the two kids embracing each other.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 03:05 (nineteen years ago) link

Rumour has it there's a track on the new Kate Bush album featuring this very topic.

KATE BUSH vs NED RAGGETT - FITE!!

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 08:46 (nineteen years ago) link

four months pass...

And once again!

http://corner.nationalreview.com/06_02_26_corner-archive.asp#091177

PI IN THE SKY [John Derbyshire]

I assume everyone's getting ready for pi day (i.e. 3/14). Don't forget to fish out (or order, if you don't have it) that wonderful CD of Ned Raggett reading the blessed number.

This year's pi day is slightly special as it is also--on the US East coast, anyway--the date of a total penumbral lunar eclipse. So while listening to Ned read out the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, you can watch the Moon's circle being overcome by the Earth's circular shadow. A sort of pi in the sky experience.

I admit to loving this.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh wow, Shimura Curves should do a gig on Pi Day!

― Cuair Crithlonracha (kate), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 17:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Well there ya go, then!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 17:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh, great. And me in Chicago until... Well, I guess I'll try to make some πs here!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 01:25 (eighteen years ago) link

The special Chicago Firepress-sleeve edition.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 01:27 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm waiting for teh mashup with Dan Perry singing the digits of the speed of light.

― Redd Scharlach (Ken L), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 01:31 (eighteen years ago) link

Hmm, tempting.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 01:33 (eighteen years ago) link

seven months pass...

FITE

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 6 October 2006 15:05 (eighteen years ago) link

Hardly. I'm not THAT crazy.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 6 October 2006 15:18 (eighteen years ago) link

69. play CD in lounge whilst sex with louis jagger

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 6 October 2006 15:20 (eighteen years ago) link

You want that for the Star Trek thread, dude.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 6 October 2006 15:21 (eighteen years ago) link

four years pass...

You're gonna need to step up your game, son.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQBH-LhJuOc

― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LStRxwN7hI (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 00:54 (thirteen years ago) link

Watch the throne or something

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 01:36 (thirteen years ago) link

whoops, forgot to post the final three hours.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viVas3vmPFI

― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LStRxwN7hI (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 01:49 (thirteen years ago) link

six months pass...

It's pi day, so celebrate:

http://soundcloud.com/chris-piuma/ned-raggett

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 14:25 (twelve years ago) link

omg forgot how awesome that was. How the hell did nearly 8 years pass by so quickly?

― dandydonweiner, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link

two years pass...

Fun fun fun fun

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 14 March 2014 14:20 (ten years ago) link

Pi Day can only be approximately celebrated.

― Aimless, Friday, 14 March 2014 18:05 (ten years ago) link

one year passes...

http://discograph.mbrsi.org/artist/2433333

― welltris (crüt), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 16:21 (nine years ago) link

Ned Raggett: A Timeline of Broken Promises

11 years, and still no sequel. I personally would like to dig my teeth into φ, though admittedly some other fans would settle for e or √2.

― gate gate paragate parasamgate (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 16:31 (nine years ago) link

one year passes...

Thank God It's PI DAY!

― Got Your Money Changes Everything (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link

Indeed.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 18:14 (seven years ago) link

I don't totally understand this image but it looks cool, a visual representation of the 1st 10,000 digits?

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/4-flow-of-life-flow-of-pi-cristian-ilies-vasile.html

― sleeve, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 22:28 (seven years ago) link

one year passes...

https://soundcloud.com/chris-piuma/ned-raggett

spittin game

― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 5 July 2018 18:47 (six years ago) link

It's always there.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 July 2018 18:47 (six years ago) link

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