I guess everyone should have a home page, particularly if they have it by virtue of having an account somewhere. Of course, having a home page doesn't necessarily mean one has a life as well. There are probably a good number of people who would, in fact, argue that the possession of a web page actually implies the lack of a life...
Born in South London, lived in the South East of England for thirty years or so, then moved to Minnesota for the last thirteen years. Computer geek by trade... learned my trade working for Hawker Siddely Aviation, Ham Common (between Kingston and Richmond), later becoming British Aerospace (now a Barratt housing estate). Joined Cray Research, Bracknell, in 1986. Moved to Minnesota to work for Cray in the USA at the end of 1988. Cray was bought by SGI in 1996. I left SGI in 1998 to work for WAM!NET, building a backline engineering team for the several thousand systems on their network. I lucked out and managed to hire some very talented people, who made me look very good... but not, apparently good enough since, in June of 2001 - in the twelfth set of layoffs I've seen since coming to America - I stopped a metaphorical bullet for the first time. While I was doing the WAM!NET thing, a small kernel (sic) of Cray was apparently found to be indigestible by SGI and was spun off as a separate company again - bought by Tera Computer in 2000 and now operates as Cray Inc.
I'm married to Mary, our pride and joy is Hannah, born Labor day (September 3rd), 2001. I stayed at home with Hannah for about 14 months, but just took up a position with Cray Inc. Playing the role of Primary Caregiver - as in "Stay-at-home-Dad" was the hardest job I've ever had - and the most rewarding. I miss it, but happily I have very flexible hours and a very short commute, so I'm still getting to spend time with Hannah.
For fun I amuse myself with miniature live steam locomotives. If you're curious, there are pictures...
In December 2001 I got to indulge a love of wildlife by being part of an Eagle Release through the University of Minnesota Raptor Center .
Tim Kirby - trk@kirbys.org