TechMailings Guy is not the type of person who amuses himself by obsessing on Microsoft Corp., or trying to figure out the latest permutation in the hijinks of a Donald Trump. But I know there are people out there who do. Those kind of people will find AOLWatch tons of fun.

Here's a sample of the teaser for a recent edition of AOLWatch:

"Everyone hates AOL's 4.0 software. Or so it seems. C|Net described it as 'chock full of advertising' -- and the San Francisco Chronicle decided it 'doesn't deliver any revolutionary breakthrough.'

"But Steve Case's background isn't technology, it's marketing -- and AOL quickly sent out a gushy press release. They went even further, pre-preparing video clips which lazy television prodcuers [sic] could use to tout AOL's software for them on our local television newscast.

"Experienced Web users aren't buying it. One even created a Web page critiquing AOL's 'great reasons' to try AOL -- and another suggested AOL should adopt a different slogan. 'You're so easy to use, no wonder we're #1.' Unfortunately, it'll take more than a press release to save CompuServe..."

That should give you an idea of what to expect here: topical bashing of the world's largest ISP.

Among your choices of subject matter under the "AOL Disks Columns" feature when I checked in were topics like:

• "62 more uses for AOL disks
• "Disk art
• "Mark eats AOL
• "Floppy disk prank
• "Free-trial disks: the downside
• "101 Uses for an AOL disk..."

Somebody out there must think this is clever.

SO if you are the all-AOL-all-the-time kind of person, you might enjoy joining in with these folks. Have at it.