Gates blogging, boating?

Mary Jo Foley of Microsoft Watch, who last week reported in her subscription-based newsletter that Bill Gates plans to start his own weblog, points out this amusing Bill Gates parody blog. The opening line: "First of all, I must say that I am happy to join you in using this interesting brand new technique called Blog (Soon to be called MDD - Microsoft Digital Diary)."

All joking aside, Foley reiterates today that her sources have told her Gates himself will soon start a blog.

Meanwhile, the New York Post, citing no sources, reports today in its Page Six gossip column about some complications that the newspaper claims the Microsoft chairman encountered while boating on a recent Italian vacation. (Update, Tuesday morning: Link to Page 6 now fixed.)