Here at Chicago Ideas, we’re constantly reading, researching and consuming—all as we work to put together a stellar lineup of programming. In Consumables, we share a few of our favorite places on the Internet each week.

Think we’ve left something out? Share the news, think pieces and trivia that most interested you this week in the comments.

Happy Pi Day!

Chicago Ideas celebrated the exciting occasion with an all out bake-off! But if you’re looking for a little more sophistication in your celebration of everyone’s favorite mathematical constant, check out Smithsonian Magazine’s collection of the world’s most impressive circles.  

Perhaps our favorite picture of President Obama, although it’s admittedly very hard to choose.

Presidential Selfies

We’re still not over our glee from President Barack Obama’s semi-friendly chat with Zach Galifianakis. Hear from the man behind President Obama’s foray into Reddit AMAs, Youtube stardom, selfie sticks and more in Medium’s The Man Who Made Obama Viral. And learn about the President’s early content-generating strategies in this 2011 CIW talk with Arun Chaudhary, the first official White House videographer.

What Makes a Cruffin So Sweet, & Other Baking Riddles

The New York Times investigates the Great Cruffin Caper of 2015. What’s a cruffin, you ask? Just the most whimsical pastry since the cronut. You guessed it: It’s a croissant-muffin.

#FerrellTakesTheField

Ferrell’s MLB career started, and ended, Thursday, March 12.
Photo credit: Ben Platt/MLB.com

10 teams, 1 day, 1 Will Ferrell. Yesterday, the comic best known for SNL and Buddy the Elf suited up for the Cubs, the White Sox, the Angels, the Diamondbacks… You just have to see for yourself.

When You Read an Article & Realize It’s about You

Language is changing. Get used to it, says Clive Thompson.

Bigger Than E-mail?

There’s another smart phone scandal brewing, and it likely impacts you. The CIA can hack your iPhone—despite all of Apple’s sophisticated precautions—and the organization seems poised to start putting that data to work.

Trivial Pursuit

Raise your hand if you think “Six Corners” refers to the intersection of Damen Ave., North Ave. and Milwaukee Ave. Yeah, we thought so, too. Then we got street smart.