It's Pi Day! Hooray! And now you are getting a really crude transition in addition to a late and short blog post - I had a meeting today that ran a huge lot longer than anticipated, and it shot my schedule for the day to the ittiest bittiest bits imaginable.

It is Pi Day. Pi sounds just like pie. Pie has layers. Something else that had layers? This Mortlake tapestry, dating to the 1630s - a part of the tapestry was folded back and hidden...

Also fascinating: Conservation treatment of a Sudanese leather dress.

Finally, if you'd like some fresh fiction in audio - here's a list of the Hugo Award eligible stories that ran on the Escape Artists Network. Enjoy!