Dwight Silverman has exactly the right reaction to this story. Would you download a ‘pod mercial’?
As a tech columnist, I get bombarded with news releases. Every now and then, I get one that totally confuses me. Should I laugh out loud? Weep? Be frightened that these folks might actually be serious?
The one I got today from Diskeeper Corp. — formerly Executive Software — belongs in this category.
They’re offering “Pod Mercials” — commercials for their products you download and listen to on your portable music player.
That’s right. You got it. Annoying commercials you download by choice.
What is completely baffling to me is that 16,500 people downloaded this thing.
Ed Bott 
Well, I guess we now have definitive proof that there are at least 16,500 really bored people that own iPods.
Probably all CoS members..
Maybe its not boring… maybe you should download it and see what the fuss is about?
I listened to it. “Boring” doesn’t even begin to describe this thing. It’s basically some guy reading the Diskeeper product backgrounder.
Crapola.