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Happy Pi Day, everybody!

In honor of the day, here’s the best movie pie fight ever:

Coincidentally, my wife’s favorite cologne for me is π by Givenchy:

Previously:

• Pi in the Sky
• Speaking of Pi in the Sky
• 1414 in Pi

Bikehugger has a cool video showing the basics of Google’s new bicycling directions for Google Maps. Biggest thing to keep in mind is that, with it being a beta, be sure to sanity-check the directions before sallying forth.

Taking a more local example to me, going from downtown Redlands to downtown Riverside:

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It’s cool to start with, heading out Barton Road, and it’s making for the Santa Ana River Trail like it should, but it makes a right turn on Waterman and heads north to the cycling path trailhead off Hospitality Lane in San Bernardino. What it should do in this case is just keep going west and get onto the SART in the Cooley Ranch/Colton area.

Still, it’s exciting to see Cycling get its (preliminary) due on Google Maps, along with “Walking” and “Public Transit.”

Now we just need “Hiking.” :D

Landon Donovan’s possible final game with Everton FC ended in a 2-2 draw at Birmingham City today. He came on in the 67th minute for Nigerian striker Ayegbeni Yakubu, who had scored one of the Toffees’ pair. Unfortunately, Everton let a two-goal lead slip away, losing a chance to make up ground on the team directly above them in the League standings.

Whether or not this actually is Landon’s last Everton fixture, Galaxy coach Bruce Arena expects his star back in Los Angeles right away. This despite the MLS players voting to strike if a new agreement can’t be reached with owners by March 25th. Not that there’s ever a great time to strike, but for a league still struggling for respect in the US, it seems like a particularly inopportune time.

Everton seriously want him back. We’ll see how it plays out.

The Eastsider LA: “Life’s last journey on a street car named Descanso” (via @MetroLibrary):

Railway fan and Angeleno Heights resident Kevin Kuzma was checking out a railroad preservation forum when he came across a recent photo of the Descanso, a 101-year-old Los Angeles street car built to transport mourners as well as the deceased to burial services.

CarFree.us: “By the Numbers: My Financial and Environmental Impact of Commuting by Bicycle” (via @bikecommutenews):

I knew I was benefiting myself and the environment by commuting without a car, but to see the real impact is very amazing. These numbers don’t take into account the savings because of improved emotional and physical well being I am getting because of the exercise. They also don’t take into account the benefit to my community from interacting with my neighbors and fellow commuters. These numbers don’t measure the impact of the 40,000 people every year who’s lives are cut short because of car crashes.

LA Times: “Women pilots from World War II to be honored”:

The groundbreaking Women Airforce Service Pilots were buried without military honors and long denied benefits. But now they’ll receive the Congressional Gold Medal.

Several of his movies are on my list of all-time favorites, so it’s a pleasure to hear about the origins of his stories and storytelling.

James Cameron’s big-budget (and even bigger-grossing) films create unreal worlds all their own. In this personal talk, he reveals his childhood fascination with the fantastic — from reading science fiction to deep-sea diving — and how it ultimately drove the success of his blockbuster hits “Aliens,” “The Terminator,” “Titanic” and “Avatar.”