https://kindofidea.com/tags/binary/ Recent content in Binary on Kind of Idea Hugo en-US Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://kindofidea.com/nerd-talk-a-birthday-in-binary/ Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://kindofidea.com/nerd-talk-a-birthday-in-binary/ <p>Once, I was responsible for buying cake, snacks, and candles for a family member&rsquo;s <strong>birthday</strong> celebration.</p> <p>I ordered the cake and snacks, but when I went to pick them up, I had a <strong>small problem</strong>: the store had no number-shaped candles. They only had plain candles.</p> <p>Using just one candle was out of the question. At first, I thought about buying as many candles as the person&rsquo;s age. But since the person was <strong>over 20</strong>, I thought that would be too many candles on the cake.</p>