For those of you who think Bill Gates is a genius, take a look at
[this](http://www.mackido.com/History/Gates*a*Genius.html.)
On the whole a balanced look at the history of personal computing that
acknowledges what Bill has accomplished, but despises the way
he went about it.

The Sharks start their playoff run
[beating the Oilers 3-2](http://www.sjmercury.com/sports/sharks/season/docs/sha012498.htm)

Bud Geracie of the SJ Mercury News:
[In the Wake of the Week (1/23/1998)](http://www.sjmercury.com/columnists/geracie/docs/bud012498.htm)

GolfOnline poll:
[What do you think about Tiger?](http://www.golfonline.com/polls/1998/tiger0120/index.html)

Reasonable sci-fi/action-adventure movie. Bruce Willis must recover some stolen rocks that are the key to saving the Earth from a planet-sized mass of pure evil.

Pierce Brosnan is back as James Bond, 007, with bitchin babe sidekick from Hong Kong.

I’ve always enjoyed Bond movies (even the embarassingly silly
ones from the late 70’s and early 80’s). Some were great, some not so
great, but all of them were fun.

I’ve been sick in bed with the flu for most of the last week (which is why there
haven’t been any updates here). Thankfully, I’m feeling a little better now.
I hope that none of you out there have to deal with this years flu strain.

Anyway, Here’s a little bit of interesting stuff from around the net:

Lorne Rubenstein:
[Unlike the PGA Tour, Martin didn’t choose to be crippled](http://www.golfweb.com/library/lorne/lorne980115.html)
“Now that Martin is competing on the Nike Tour, now that he is

showing us that golf really is about hitting the ball and not

about walking to it, shouldn’t the golf world simply enter the

bigger world? The world where people are allowed to pursue

their dreams. The world where things change. The world

where anything’s possible.”

Mike Mayo thinks the PGA’s inconsistent use of carts will be the
[key to the case](http://www.golfweb.com/library/mayo/mayo980114.html)

GolfWeb Poll:
[Carts on the PGA tour?](http://services.golfweb.com/cgi-bin/gwpoll/index.html)

GolfOnline Poll:
[The Casey Martin Case](http://www.golfonline.com/polls/1998/martin0113/index.html)

Some thoughts from the San Jose Mercury News on what happened to the 49ers:

• [Mud spells another defeat (1/11/1998)](http://www.sjmercury.com/sports/niners/1997/0111/purdy.htm)
• [Offense spins its wheels (1/11/1998)](http://www.sjmercury.com/sports/niners/1997/0111/killion.htm)
• [Emotional end to strange season (1/11/1998)](http://www.sjmercury.com/sports/niners/1997/0111/geracie.htm)

This just cracked me up:
[Flash Mountain – Flashing at Disneyland’s Splash Mountain](http://www.flashmountain.com/)

And in golf news,
[Mickelson fights off a charging Tiger](http://www.golfweb.com/ga/pga/1998/0102/)
to win the Mercedes Championship

But… with Tiger’s top 2 finish, he’s back on top of the
[Official World Golf Rankings](http://www.golfweb.com/ga/pga/ranking/1998/current.html)

[[duval_david]]
Can David Duval make it 4 in a row (which hasn’t
been done since Hogan in his prime)? he’s only
The [one stroke back](http://www.pgatour.com/pgatour/html/stories/1207.htm)
of Phil Mickelson going into the final round.

Arnold Palmer to Tiger Woods:
[It’s on your shoulders now…](http://www.golfweb.com/library/sirak/palmer980110.html)

[Tiger Woods voted Player of the Year](http://www.golfweb.com/news/tiger980109.html)
by his fellow competitors on the PGA

Bud Geracie of the San Jose Mercury News believes that Steve Mariucci should be voted
[Rookie of the Year](http://www.sjmercury.com/sports/niners/docs/bg011198.htm)

[Packers, 49ers will settle who’s No. 1 (1/10/1998)](http://www.mercurycenter.com/sports/niners/docs/settle011198.htm)

Mark Purdy believes that the 49ers and the Packers are so evenly
matched in todays NFC Championship game that we should
The [Get ready for overtime](http://www.mercurycenter.com/sports/niners/docs/purdy011198.htm)

Wired news:
[Apple puts the brakes on the bloodletting](http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/9501.html)

If you have too much time on your hands, and are a [[Babylon 5]] fan,
take a look at
[Born to the Purple](http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/guide/003.html)
at the Lurker’s Guide for information about tonight’s episode on “TNT”.

Tomorrow’s episode is
[Infection](http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/guide/004.html)

Mike Mayo gives out his yearly awards for the
[best and worst](http://www.golfweb.com/library/mayo/mayoawards980106.html)
in golf for the year.

Ron Sirak has some thoughts on last years
[two hotest players](http://www.golfweb.com/library/sirak/duval980106.html)
and their goals for this year

Mike Mayo wonders,
[What will 1998 be like](http://www.golfweb.com/library/mayo/pgareview971226.html)
on the PGA tour?

Keep an eye on
[this](http://www.golfweb.com/ga/pga/1998/0102/)
for up to the minute results in the first tournament of the year, the Mercedes Championship.

[[front_tree]]
This is a picture of the tree in my front yard
taken last October. This may not seem like much to some of you,
but the colors were amazing to someone not from New England.

For those of you who have been, like me, waiting for the return of
the best show on television, the wait is over. Tonight on “TNT”,
[[Babylon 5]] makes its return with a new made for TV movie,
[In The Beginning](http://TNT.turner.com/babylon5/isn_itb.html)
followed by a special edition of
[The Gathering](http://TNT.turner.com/babylon5/episodes_001.html,)
the pilot of the series. Then, starting on Monday, the entire series
will be rebroadcast from the beginning and in order. And on
January 28th, the fifth and final season will begin.

If you can’t wait to watch the rebroadcast of *The Gathering*,
take a look at “The Lurker’s Guide to Babylon 5” and
[The Lurker’s Guide Synopsis: The Gathering](http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/guide/000.html.)

[[woods971230a]]
Is it a coincindence that on January 28th, the Chinese calendar starts
the “year of the Tiger”? Actually, in many ways (at least in the golf universe),
1997 was the year of the tiger. Lorne Rubenstein, GolfWeb editor,
reflects on
[a talk with Tiger](http://www.golfweb.com/library/lorne/lorne971231.html.)

If you’re still not sure, take a look at
[GolfWeb – 1997 Countdown — Your Year in Golf](http://www.golfweb.com/ga/countdown/1997/.)
and see how many times Tiger ended up on the list.