Hello, everyone! I�m Molly Wood and welcome to the CNET Mailbag, the show where
SOMETIMES you sent us email about poo-poo. But usually, we�re reading your
feedback and answering your questions about things we do here at CNET. Let�s do some
of that, shall we?
Let�s start with Leigh, who says:
Just wanted to let you know what a delight it was to watch Mark Licea
present Loaded today. Well spoken, genuine and totally likeable
Also, cute. MORE MARK!
Hey, Leigh? I have some good news for you. Next week, just in time for Earth Day,
CNET will premiere a new show called The Green Show � starring Mark Licea. It�ll be
all about environmentally friendly gadgets, greenwashing, eco-tech, and that kind of
thing. You�ll love it.
Well, actually, Nicholas probably WON�T love it. He writes:
I had a review of a new flat panel TV by David Katzmaier come down in my
prizefight feed. � I was quite bothered by David's fixation on the
environmental impact of the TV's packaging. � I come to Cnet to find out
about the gadgets, not their packaging. As for David, please forward his
resume to Mother Jones Magazine, as that is clearly a journalistic
environment he would feel more comfortable in.
Oooh, snotty. Actually, the video in question was an Out of the Box video on the
Samsung UN46B7000, so it was pretty appropriate to talk about the packaging. It was a
little heavy on the eco recommendations, but it might be intended FOR the Green Show
in the future. Plus, dude, seriously? Caring about the environment? Not actually a BAD
thing.
Moving on, some of you were bummed about some CBS corporate synergy that
happened recently. Antheny writes:
what happened to music.download.com (cnet's music download site). now it just links
me to last.fm. a place where I can only STREAM music, not download legally and free.
that music site was very good and most of my artists came from there.
You can find a post about this at the download.com blog, but basically, yes,
music.download.com merged with last.fm about a month ago. It just made sense. But you
CAN still find free music downloads at last.fm, in addition to all that streaming music.
WAY down at the bottom of the page, under Do More, you�ll find a link to Free Music
Downloads. Plus, of course, all those recommendations and streaming stations and other
cool stuff. Give it a try? You might like it?
Mark writes in with a beef about Top 5. He says:
They all seem to be about smart phones. Since the "Top 5 Most
Popular Products" seem to be all about phones, why is it called "Most
Popular Products"? It really SHOULD be named to "Most Popular smart
phones or cell phones".
Maybe "Most Popular Products" should include the most popular product
from each of the top 5 categories, like most popular Blu-Ray player,
most popular TV, etc.
Tom feels your pain, Mark. The Most popular products list is an actual, undiluted,
scientific representation of what users do on the site. And apparently, all you do is read
phone reviews. It�s driving him nuts, too. I passed on the suggestion about the categories,
though, and we�ll see what we can do.
And now for some AMAZING snail mail. Joe from Honolulu wrote to say this:
I was bored on my last trip to Manila so I figured I would do something constructive. I
decided to make some patches of my favorite podcast. Before you say it, don�t worry, it
was less then a buck a piece.
JOE! Look at these patches! These are awesome!! What do you want me to do with
these? Is it ok to give them away to listeners? Because � I think some people are going
to want them. Except the BOL one. That�s for me. I�ll try to think of a contest while I
wait to hear from Joe. Oh, and yeah � your stickers are on the way.
And FINALLY, to mhess1995, who somehow clicked the CNET TV feedback button
and then sent us an entire scientific paragraph on the nutritional content
of feces � um. How does that happen? And � what are you trying to say?
And that�s it for today�s show! Keep the feedback coming! Email me at
Mailbag@cnet.com, or send your snail mail to 235 2nd St., San Francisco, CA, 94105.
Thanks for watching, everyone.
