Lego loses EU trademark on bricks, prepares for Clone Wars

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the EU … ruled that the beloved Lego brick design was not a corporate trademark. While Lego imitators still can't use the name, they can now replicate the exact measurements and design of Lego bricks with impunity. Bring on the cheaper bricks!

The Criterion Collection on Sale, up to 40% off

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They have 20% off their store and then take off 20% more when you order over $50, which is easy to do with a Criterion disc and you get free shipping too!

The 30 Greatest Hip Hop Drum Breaks & Samples of All Time!

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Thanks to the comments in Digg, here’s another list of great samples for your listening pleasure.

Mike Long dances to George McCrae – I Get Lifted

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Found this on YouTube while looking up the original videos/music from the samples post. Any man who pimps out his dancing skills in a mall that’s not staged has balls. And it’s funny to see the weird looks people give him, not to mention the security gaurd.

5 Great Garage Theaters

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Man, this list fell flat, however the DIY Guy install is nice and shows what a normal person can do. I went looking for DIY installs on this site and the Old-World Italy Theater and the Texas Themed Theater stand out also as very inline with what I would like my theater to be.

8 Most Over-used Samples In Hip Hop History

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THC loves some samples, a great list to:

Joe Tex  – Papa Was Too

Kool & The Gang – NT

Billy Squier – Big Beat

James Brown – Funky President

Melvin Bliss – Synthetic Substitution

Zapp and Roger – More Bounce to the Ounce

Chuck Brown and The Soul Searchers – Ashley’s Roach Clip

The Honeydrippers – Impeach the President

hit the jump for a whole bunch more info and as the comments point out this list is missing The Amen Break from The Winstons – Color Him Father and also one of our personal fav’s The 45 King’s – 900 Number which is a sample itself of Marva Whitney – Unwind Yourself.

Battlefield Heroes beta in ceasefire until early 2009

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Yup, no BF Heroes, oh wait, you’re all already forgotten about it? Yeah it’s ok, it wasn’t all that great anyway. Maybe this will give them some time to take a long look at this game and put the fun back in it. And you know it’s bad when they take a beta offline, jeez!

The 5 Weirdest Skittles Commercials

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Did you know there's like, an insane amount of weird commercials about Skittles? Like, really weird? Sleep-with-a-nightlight weird?

I watched them all for you. You can thank me later. For now, here are the top five.

Super Street Fighter II HD – Trailer

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Mad props to Capcom for using Joe Esposito’s “You’re the Best Around” from Karate Kid, the perfect song for this trailer.

Ridley Scott is Directing Monopoly Movie

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Ridley Scott is now OFFICIALLY attached to direct a big screen movie based on Hasbro’s popular board game Monopoly.