About the author

J Sawyer is a developer based in Houston, TX who absolutely loves to write code. After spending 9 years at Microsoft, he moved on to other things and is currently the Lead Developer for the RealTime Data Management team at Logica US. He spends his days building Really Cool Things around StreamInsight and having a blast doing it.

He has been involved with HDNUG, one of the oldest and largest .NET-focused user groups in the US, since its inception in 2001 and has watched it grow from 5-10 technologists meeting around a conference table to a thriving community of over 5000 with regular meeting attendance averaging 100 attendees. He currently serves as the Vice President. You can join him at HDNUG on the second Thursday of every month at the Houston Microsoft office.

He also loves to ride his Yamaha FZ1. And sometimes his Ninja 650. And also his Honday XR-400 dirt bike. But he doesn't code and ride at the same time. That would be bad.

Update on Pie Run/Geek Ride

March 27, 2009 2:10 PM

A quick update on my previous entry on the Pie Run/Geek Ride. It’ll be KSU at 9:00 AM sharp at the Valero station north of I-10 on Westgreen (at the corner of Westgreen & Park Row). I’ve also planned and mapped out the routes. Each way is about 100 miles … so that should be about 2 hours and no fuel stops. :-)

Route out: http://rideplanner.harley-davidson.com/rideplanner/share/207073. This meanders a bit to the north, goes completely past New Ulm and then comes into town from the west. FM1291 looked too good (and twisty!) to pass up.

Route back: http://rideplanner.harley-davidson.com/rideplanner/share/207083. This is a more southerly route, going through Eagle Lake, Simonton and Fulshear. I ride some of these roads pretty often and they can be a lot of fun.

For those of you wondering … no, I don’t ride a Harley. I ride a Kawa Ninja. But HD has a very cool ride planner on their site and it’s all built with Virtual Earth! The GPS synchronization is a VERY cool touch too. BUT … whatever type of bike you ride, if you ride, you are welcome to join us!

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