News You Can Bruise for 2000 January 14

Fri Jan 14 2000 06:10: OK, this is good news. I've plugged for Steve Ballmer in this space in the past, and I'm doing it again. Steve Ballmer is perfect to head up Microsoft. He's evil, he knows he's evil, and he's got a sense of humor about it. He's like the ultimate Bond villan. Gates was just some dork who tried to pretend he was a regular guy. You felt bad ridiculing him, just because it was so easy. Ballmer knows where he stands and he can take it as well as he dishes it out. Ballmer knows the score.

Fri Jan 14 2000 06:22: I have a strange tendency toward beginning entries with "OK," or "Hey,". I think it's because when I write one of these entries I feel like I'm sitting down at a table where you are already seated and bringing you up to speed.

Fri Jan 14 2000 16:45: Mike writes to say "btw, congrats on your 'Beanie' nomination". I can't find any references to this so-called nomination on Slashdot, and I even logged in on my account and everything. I await something less vague from Mike.

Fri Jan 14 2000 16:53: OK, the nomination is for me personally, "Best Deserving of a $2000 Award". at this looooong URL which I had to type in because GPM isn't working on kuato. Vote for me, even though I won't win, and even though I couldn't tell you how to go about voting for me if my life depended on it.