INFOHIGHWAY MERGE: Proving that the Internet is even better than television for those of us with Attention Deficit Disorder is Real-Time Magellan Searches (http://voyeur.mckinley.com/voyeur.cgi), which simply posts, as live links, the results of 20 searches that are currently in progress on the Magellan search engine. A voyeur's delight waits for you there as you eavesdrop on other, unsuspecting web searchers and their often oddly worded queries. A random look at the page brings up links for: black sex; pamela anderson; hatred police cops pigs; child nude; pantyhose fetish; blues guitar tab; widget grass; convert html to text; transgender; thomas covenant; newfoundland the mathew; aol and hacking; nephroblastoma; bikinis; lesbian stories; mental health conferences; monopoly game; commercial property management companies in dallas texas; and non-traditional college degrees. The page automatically updates every 20 seconds, and just watching it change is more fun than any five episodes of Suddenly Susan. If you're desperately wondering what happened to Mike Farrel after his brilliant performance as Captain B.J. Hunnicut on the bizarrely over-rated "comedy" series M.A.S.H., we implore you to look at the Washed-Update (http://us.imdb.com/washed-update). This page tracks the ups and downs of those stars whose careers have led them from obscurity to fame and back again. Greg Bulmash, who maintains the page, keeps track of the faded stars' appearances on Murder She Wrote (the '90s equivalent, apparently, of The Love Boat) and the asking price for their autographs, all while remaining affectionate in his sometimes painful stories of fame gone south. INK SPOTS: A slew of signings grace the Old Pueblo this week, starting with a pair of Western ditties at The Book Mark, 5001 E. Speedway. Cattleman and Tucson author George Hilliard signs A Hundred Years of Horse Tracks: The Story of the Gray Ranch, from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, February 1. This history of the western rangelands begins circa 1864, when the territories were still teeming with wildlife and "the country was new to cattle grazing." Imagine that. In his tale of one mountain man who rode from El Paso to Animas Valley "without his stirrups ever leaving the grass," Hilliard documents the beauty and destruction of the open range; and his conviction that responsible cattle ranching still holds an important place in the American economy and way of life. For more information, call 881-6350. And fans of Pretty Boy Floyd will be pleased to learn that Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana have teemed up again with Zeke and Ned, the last two Cherokee warriors. This fictionalized account of real-life people and places is said to be "filled with powerful women and rich in interwoven stories." The authors will give a reading and signing from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 5, at The Book Mark. They'll give a repeat performance at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 9, at The Haunted Bookshop, 7211 N. Northern Ave. Call 297-4843 for information on the Sunday signing. Mystery author Laurie King unleashes a new whodunit with A Letter of Mary, in which series heroine Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are confronted with a manuscript apparently written by Mary Magdalene (historically lesser known for her literary talents). Meet the author at a signing from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, February 4, at Clues Unlimited, 123 S. Broadway Village. Call 326-8533 for information. And finally, short story maven Meg Files makes an appearance at Borders Books and Music, 4235 N. Oracle Road, to sign copies of her new collection Home Is the Hunter from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, January 30. Call 292-1331 for information.

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