James Fee GIS Blog

Well the house is no longer mine and the moving van has left. I’m glad that is over, but I’m only halfway there.

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OK, I’ve lived in Southern California and Arizona all my life so I’m like a fish out of water right now. Global warming has caused ice to form on the streets of Tempe, AZ (I have that right I think, I saw The Day After Tomorrow). I almost fell over trying to get [...]

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Merry Christmas Everyone!

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I’ve been tagged by a couple of people so I guess I’d better join the party. Here are five things you probably didn’t know about me unless you are related to me.
1. The main reason I picked Arizona State University for my degree in Geography was the golf course.
2. I am claustrophobic [...]

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My admin has been on my case all week (I’ve been in a foul mood for stupid reasons) about getting into the Christmas spirit. Fine, I got a Christmas tree on my desk now. Ho Ho Ho!

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I’m not sure what to say. Maybe an effective use of the ESRI Support Forums?
Looking for Female dates to Business Dinner…
We are 4 young GIS/ engineering professionals looking for female dates. The event is a company dinner with an expected attendance of 60 people. This is a formal dinner at a very nice restaurant [...]

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Arizona State again takes care of Arizona. Nice to keep that Territorial Cup, the Cup is the oldest (1899 - Arizona became a state in 1912) trophy for a rivalry game in NCAA football, from going down to Tucson again. Plus ASU basketball beat Iowa. What a night!

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I never want to see another Butterfinger ever again. Connor had a great time though and that is all that matters.
Connor as a Green Power Ranger

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I’m heading out for a 4 day weekend vacation. Have a great rest of the week.

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Well we did it again!
Thursday marked the 100th day of 100-degree temperatures, and there are likely more on the horizon.
Friday’s forecast calls for sunny skies and a high of 102, with Saturday’s the same except for a high of 101.
The National Weather Service reported that the 100th day of 100 degree days puts Phoenix ahead [...]

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The pause that refreshes, I guess….

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I’ve got 3 Vox invites for anyone who wants them. For those who don’t know, Vox is Six Apart’s new “personal blogging service; sort of an adult MySpace/LiveJournal/Typepad combo (if that makes any sense). Just post in this thread and make sure the email field is correct (the email field is hidden to [...]

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Great job everyone, lets see what we can do with July.
Last month was the warmest June ever, with an average mean temperature of 94.6 degrees, almost 5 degrees above the normal mean of 89.8 and almost a full degree higher than the previous warmest June, 93.8 in 1990.
Time to move my retirement investment into antiperspirant.

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I’m unsubscribing. I’ve enjoyed Robert’s blog ever since I discovered it while researching Tablet PCs years ago. I’m not sure what PodTech is, but it sounds like podcasts and I don’t bother listening to them anymore. I’ve discovered that I’d much rather listen to music while traveling than someone talking (if I [...]

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So I was updating my Windows Messenger Live (aka MSN Messenger) and I got an interesting dialog:

Microsoft recommends that I close Windows Live Messenger Setup Wizard before continuing the install of Windows Live Messenger. Of course it never asked me to close Outlook which if anything I would think would need to be closed [...]

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I was beginning to wonder if we’d be warming up or not this year. Of course early May is usually the time it first hits 100 degrees, but we’ve had a “cold spell” the last couple week so I was getting worried.

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Its raining today, finally. After almost 5 months of no rain I’m so happy to be able to walk outside and get wet. My son seemed to have forgotten what rain was really like because he kept asking me why it was so wet outside and where it was coming from.

Somewhere out there [...]

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I can’t believe how quickly it has all happened. Happy 3rd Birthday big guy!

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Yes, you read that correct. Even though there were sprinkles on my windshield yesterday, it still wasn’t enough to measure as rain and the Valley of the Sun continues to go without rain. I might have to take a “rain vacation” just to remember what it looks/feels like.

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I’m at home today even though my company doesn’t have the day off. Our office is right across the from the Fiesta Bowl and with two teams like Ohio State and Notre Dame, I’m not getting near there with those fans. It seems like I’ve been on vacation for weeks, but the run is over [...]

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