Generic Info:
Name: Timothy S. Kimball
General Avatar and Forum name: T_S_Kimball (this includes my avatar in There)
Avatar (Eve Online): Alain Kinsella
Avatar (Second Life): Alan Kiesler
Location (RL): Northern New Jersey, USA
Home Points (in Second Life): The island of Numbakulla & the Hollywood / Holly Kai sim complex
Profession: UNIX SysAdmin, 3rd/night shift
What I’m doing here:
I’m a night admin, and like it. Rare thing I admit, and not as lonely as you may think; Now and then work moves into the daytime as well. It’s normal for me, since I’m involved in some fairly important stuff (all of us are). And so I need somewhere, or something, to get my mind off work from time to time. I learned the hard way (the week after 9/11) that focusing my feelings into work is a very bad idea, and one I don’t intend to repeat.
The writings here are related to various MMO ‘meta worlds’ such as Second Life and There. I have over 12 years hands-on experience with UNIX (specifically Solaris), and over nine of those as a SysAdmin. I like to use my skills off-hours on interesting problems that I run into, as I’m always interested in doing new things with old info. Second Life (or SL as its known internally) is one way I’ve found to exercise those skills while at the same time getting my mind off work (which, frankly, I do way too much anyway, and SL has been a godsend in that respect). I’ve only recently added There to my repertoire of meta worlds, and will compare the two as time goes on.
I also participated in another meta world of sorts (though in the shard format), known as Until Uru (and again in the re-launched and re-shutdown Myst Online – Uru Live). General Info on Uru and its ’spinoffs’ can be found via one of my Sidebar Pages. I’ll be posting about this place when possible, since it has become my main motivation for visiting other online worlds – especially after two MMO instance shutdowns.
Note that I refuse to post anything directly related to my line of work, or my company. This is purely an ethical stance, but I do like my job and have no gripes with it anyway; This place is purely to get my mind *off* work, not focused on it. Vendors on the other hand, well, I’m thinking about how to approach that…
Why a Kind Healer?
My Second Life and Uru avatars, as well as the RPG characters I play, tend to focus on the aspect of the Healer. Someone who is kind, caring, and wanting to help. This is, in fact, my RL attitude (when not distracted, pissed off, or otherwise pressured – which is, now, quite rare).
I personally don’t care if anyone reads this. It’s mostly for my own relaxation. Any help it brings others is a bonus. And if it does help you, please let me know. Comments should be properly working now for everyone (In theory).
Pics
Alan Kiesler (in Numbakulla):
Me, in my ‘datacenter’ gear (yes its the same shirt :p ):
Last Update: Aug 2009 – Added Eve name
