The Lame Show

The Lame List

Every episode we each pick something to recognize as a nominee to “The Lame List.” Below are all the nominees to “The Lame List.” Want to know why we nominated something? Listen to the episode!

Episode 54:

• Pat Robertson for his “true story” by Noah
• Movie studios for their “licensing agreements” by Eddie

Episode 53:

• FTC’s new guidelines for bloggers by Noah
• Unnecessary page-flipping animation by Eddie

Episode 52:

• ASCAP & BMI for trying to collect royalties on 30-second song previews by Noah
• Disney for crippling its web site for iPhone users by Eddie

Episode 51:

• Machine-based translation services by Noah
• Radio Shack’s ill-advised new marketing campaign by Eddie

Episode 50:

• Twitter users who spread rumors by Ray (from 2P Start!)
• For the 4th time . . . Apple’s bad policies regarding the App Store by Noah
• A frivolous lawsuit against a University by Eddie

Episode 49:

• Google’s vaporware announcement of Chrome OS by Noah
• Apple’s whining about Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter ads by Eddie

Episode 48:

• Those who overstate Twitter’s importance in Iran by Noah
• Carrie Prejean for her a mistaken claim about the loss of her crown  by Eddie

Episode 47:

• Apple’s App Store shenanigans (for the 3rd time) by Noah
• A pair of thoroughly lame quotes picked by Eddie

Episode 46:

• Unfair judging of “Britain’s Got Talent” contestant Susan Boyle by Noah
• Oprah’s foray into Twitter by Eddie

Episode 45:

• Leakers of the new Wolverine film online by Ray (from 2P Start!)
• URL Shortening Services by Noah
• Package redesign of Tropicana by Eddie

Episode 44:

• WordPress hackers/spammers by Noah
• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by Eddie

Episode 43:

• Patent saber-rattling regarding the Palm Pre by Tim (from 2P Start!)
• Failure of online inauguration coverage by Noah
• Speculation surrounding Steve Jobs’ illness by Eddie

Episode 42:

• iTunes Plus upgrade price/policy by Noah
• Associated Content for believing ‘Where the Hell is Matt’ is a hoax by Eddie

Episode 41:

• Apple for the iPhone SDK NDA and App Store inconsitency by Noah
• Hollywood for bad policies regarding digital purchases and downloads by Eddie

Episode 40:

• Discover Card by Noah
• MySpace by Eddie

Episode 39:

• Gee-whiz technologies used by news networks on election night by Noah
• UPS by Eddie

Episode 38:

• CNN by Noah
• CBS by Eddie

Episode 37:

• Apple’s iPhone App Store debacle by Noah
• Amazon.com’s ‘Video On Demand’ ruining the ‘Recommend For You’ feature by Eddie

Episode 36:

• The passing of Don LaFontaine by Ray
• The green screening of John McCain by Noah
• The Clone Wars “movie” by Eddie

Episode 35:

• Warner Bros. for delaying the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by Eddie
• Prank text messages about Obama’s running mate and the Wall Street Journal for believing them by Noah

Episode 34:

• Apple for their lack of openness by Noah
• Wii Fit resellers (and Nintendo) by Eddie

Episode 33:

• Adium for not making an iPhone App by Noah
• Wikipedia by Eddie

Episode 32:

• TelCel’s (Mexican cell phone carrier) horrible iPhone plans by Noah
• Bugs by our guest Josh
• Ebay’s feedback feedback policy and bad buyers by Eddie

Episode 31:

• Windows Se7en’s lack of substance nominated by Noah
• Nintendo limiting use of WiiMote and WiiFit balance board together nominated by our guest Ray
• Complaints about the realism of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Episode 30:

• NBC for partnering with the Zune marketplace exclusively nominated by Eddie
• Microsoft enabling the broadcast tag on Vista Media Centers nominated by Noah

Episode 29:

• Microsoft’s Remote Access not compatible with Intel Macs nominated by Eddie
• The Guadalajara Reporter’s tech columnist nominated by Noah

Episode 28:

• Very buggy & slow initial backups to the TimeCapsule nominated by Noah
• Yahoo Instant Messenger not Leopard compatible nominated by Eddie

Episode 27:

• Lack of documentation for the Apple TimeCapsule nominated by Noah
• Projectionist which ruined the ending of “No Country for Old Men” nominated by Eddie
• Microsoft for trying to buy Yahoo nominated by our guest Chris

Episode 26:

• The new American Gladiator’s TV show missing classic events nominated by Eddie
• US Customs Service Laptop search procedure nominated by Noah
• The LG Voyager’s $5 a month email application nominated by our guest Tim

Episode 25:

• Apple’s iTunes Movie Rentals not working on older video iPods nominated by Eddie

Episode 24:

• Gizmodo CES prank nominated by Noah
• Boingo Wireless’s unclear charges nominated by Eddie

Episode 23: Holiday Jeers

• iPhones as a Christmas gift nominated by Ray
• Yo Yo Yo Kids album nominated by Eddie

Episode 22: Lamest of the Year

• Engadget being duped by the fake iPhone delay nominated by Noah
• Apple TV picked by Eddie

Episode 21:

• Garageband for its inability to actually record a podcast nominated by Noah
• Adobe’s refusal to make CS2 software compatible with Mac OS X Leopard

Episode 20:

• Whiners about the iPhone 1.1.1 updater nominated by Noah
• Women suing over iPhone pricecut for $1 Million nominated by Eddie

Episode 19:

• Microsoft thinking they know what I want to do, when they don’t nominated by Noah

Episode 18:

• NBC pulling shows from iTunes nominated by Eddie
• Tech media for saying the HP Blackbird is groundbreaking nominated by Noah

Episode 17:

• People who leave the theater before the end of the credits nominated by Eddie

Episode 16:

• Summer movies we have to see, but we think will disappoint nominated by Eddie, Ray & Noah

Episode 15:

• Apple’s denial of the rumors of Leopard delays nominated by Eddie
• Copyright Royalty Boards Net Radio decision nominated by Noah

Episode 14:

• Creepy Orville Redenbacher CGI TV Ads nominated by Eddie
• Internet Shutdown Day nominated by Noah

Episode 13:

• The Apple Blog selling the right to be reviewed nominated by Noah
• IntelliTXT link advertisements nomnated by Eddie

Episode 12:

• RIAA nominated by Noah
• KidzBop nominated by Eddie

Episode 11:

• No ghost tracks on Virtual Consule of MarioCart64 nominate by our guest Ray
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force “bomb” hoax nominated by Noah

Episode 10:

• Non-”squirtable” songs on the Zune nominated by Noah

Episode 9:

• Fergilicious music video & Halo on Nintendo DS rumors nominated by guest host Ray
• Breaking up of stories to gain page views on the net by Eddie

Episode 8: Lamest of the last year

• Lamest of the year for Noah was the FreeGeeks robbery (from Episode 6)
• Lames of the year for Eddie was TiVo To Go for Mac not being released yet

Episode 7:

• Baskin & Robbins not having 31 flavors nominated by Eddie

Episode 6:

• Whoever broke into the FreeGeeks office nominated by Noah
• Trailer for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix released at the Happy Feet website nominated by Eddie

Episode 5:

• Not being able to buy U2 & Greenday’s “The Saints are Coming” on iTunes nominated by Eddie

Episode 4:

• 6 versions of Vista nominated by Noah
• Product activation by Eddie

Episode 3:

• DHL Delivery man nominated by Eddie

Episode 2:

• No earbud covers on iPod earbuds nominated by Eddie
• Mac WiFi exploit “soap opera” nominated by Noah

Episode 1:

• The name of the Zune nominated by Noah

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