well, i guess i should welcome you to the new landraider.com. if you're looking for 40k news (you were probably in the wrong place anyway! it hadn't been updated in a year) i apologize for any confusion....

dave pointed this one out. i think it's pretty dang funny. apparently it was recorded by D'Mite (www.notarapper.com) and aired on BET. the good ol' you tube link is pasted below. just a warning, the language is a bit rough....

THQ and GW have announced a new turn-based strategy game for the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS, warhammer 40,000: squad command. this is actually an older, but the site was out of commission when i got the original email....

i'm probably biased, but i like the tile that i came up with for the background on the site, so i turned it into a wallpaper for my PC at home. i decided to post a few different sizes if anyone else was interested. all of the sizes listed below are in *.GIF format. you can right-click "save target as..." or click on the link to view it in a pop-up window....

i already have too many TV shows on my must see list, so i don't add them very often. the last two that made the list were armed and famous and pirate master, both on CBS, and both cut halfway through the season (if that far)....

most of my friends and family know that i have a personal goal to see a baseball game in each of the MLB ballparks. my photos and thoughts from each park will be listed in their own posts (coming soon), but this post will explain why i've decided to do it......

orlando police ran a kicks for guns program that allowed citizens to trade in guns for new shoes or a $50 gift certificate. apparently one man turned in a 4 foot long surface-to-air missile launcher for new shoes for his daughter......

maaaan, nelson's gunna be pissed. apparently c list celeb kathy griffin and apple co-founder steve woz hooked up....

it's like christmas morning in the middle of august......

apparently some dickcheese has come up with the next great scam... and it's working....

i have to appreciate creative editing. this youtube is a must watch....

there are several ways to skin a cat, but the register has an article pointing out one of the easiest methods i've seen by using safari....

ever had to ask yourself, "damn, where my bitches at?"...

He loves Lo now....

two massachusetts fathers have started selling a ballistic backpack for children....

i guess they've just given up. they'd rather golf october away than play baseball....

welcome to the next great GW money grab. i didn't change the format of this page to intentionally bash GW, just like i didn't create the editorial section on the old page to do that either....

iphone unlocking has swept the internet like wild fire, but two would-be unlockers managed to get a step further... they set theirs on fire....

for their 12th anniversary EA is offering command & conquer gold as a free download....

i bought a pirate hat at a local party city store yesterday, and it rang up on the display as a "brown scallywag"....

it seems that dave came across an agent scully card while rummaging through his room and felt the need to send me proof....

apple is set to make an announcement tomorrow, and most rumors point to a new ipod running OS X. pretty much an iphone sans the phone....

what's the best way to fix electrical issues on a boeing 757? kill a goat....

are the rumors true? here's the skinny straight from San Francisco....

the university of detroit mercy as added mens and womens lacrosse as a varsity sport....

i think those keywords alone will drive up some traffic! it seems someone submitted a gnome bug report, unaware that his recent cache was included....

although the quality of news they offer is slowly spiraling down the crapper, a new feature makes me wonder if the public contributers can read....

bun. burger patty. fish patty. burger patty. bun. dear god....

this is a story that's been making the rounds, and i personally find it annoying. ...

MTV is adding a new show called kaya to their lineup. i was rather amused when i saw their commercial that called it a "scripted drama"....

a police officer in Georgia arrested a mcdonalds employee because the burger he was served was too salty....

nintendo has confirmed the release of the wii zapper....

according to ebgames.com and amazon.com the new game, warhammer 40,000: squad command is set to ship in november....

i've been humping along on my busted-ass treo 650 for some time now, waiting for something suitable to support it....

simple, yet effective. i just wonder what happens when someone needs paper....

from time to time you find amusing ebay auctions. ebay user backspingolfer leaves nothing to the imagination as to why he's selling this golf club....

ok, so we're not really talking about guerilla warfare, but this is better....

i gave it another shot, but i just couldn't take it....

i keep telling myself it's over and i won't get excited....

it's nice to finally get what advertising offers....

the latest penny arcade is very reminiscent of my days playing magic: the gathering....

attempt to show up frivolous lawsuits, or sad waste of taxpayer dollars?...

i'm sorry....

#1. the sweetest halloween costume ever:...

today be international talk like a pirate day....

we might as well pack it up, throw in the towel, and hit the road....

i forgot to mention earlier, but kid nation sucked....

i found "irony" in the dictionary today, and this article was printed next to it....

i was trying not to enjoy the detroit lions 2 - 0 start to the season too much....

i'm not really into the action clix/hero clix genre of gaming, but if you are, the site for the new halo-based set went live last week....

has it really been that long? a random conversation led me to look up the original air date of FOX's king of the hill: 1997....

only three words can describe the family guy season premier episode: greatest episode ever....

bear grylls stikes back....

there was a time after hot dog stand was no longer the coolest theme on earth, but before red hat made linux avaialble to joe user....

#1. ed wants nachos. not just any nachos, he wants nachos from yankee stadium. that's difficult living in detroit....

why does everyone think it's their right to unlock the iphone?...

this will be short. if you didn't watch kitchen nightmares yesterday, i hate you....

i've decided that i don't like the new reebok edge jerseys that the NHL will be using this year....

i mentioned the treo 500v that will be released in europe a while ago, but palm has responded with their answer for the US....

we have XM radio in one of our cars. ...

yesterday capped off a semi-successful season for our detroit tigers....

if dave ever, EVER, sends you a link to www.manhunt.net, please don't assume that it is related to the manhunt video game franchise....

excluding the abomination that happened in the UK this weekend, tonight is opening night for the 2007 NHL season....

i knew that they were planning this, but it went public pretty quietly....

shawn sent this along, although he included more than 9 people so i think it violates the rules....

aren't national sports broadcasts supposed to be unbiased?...

i think the kids would be more understanding if this happened in high school....

i already touched on this subject when i talked about the iphone a few weeks ago....

apparently it's not easy being a superhero and fabulous at the same time....

there are some horrible, horrible rumors swirling about that former VP al gore is in line for a nobel prize....

i decided (pretty randomly) to go camping this weekend. i can now pass on two very important items:...

this is a followup to my previous palm centro post....

taco bell won me over with their cheesy beefy melt, and had a very good chance to do it again with the new chili cheese nacho bell grande....

i've never hated bowling more than i do right this second....

for a second i thought that i hated bowling a little bit more than i did in my last post....

now i need to preface this with a very strong warning....

so the guy that created girls gone wild has ended up in jail for tax evasion....

fox's new series the next great american band fires up tonight....

this dude builds a 747 in his bedroom....

if apple can make those pimp new keyboards, why can't any of the world's "pretty" technology make it over to the PC side?...

we find ourselves rooting for either the red sox or the rockies in the MLB world series this year....

this is a big weekend for new releases....

i got to spend time today playing guitar hero III a few days before it came out (don't ask), and overall, i was pretty impressed....

the latest addition to the saw franchise hits theaters today....

if you're still looking for a halloween costume, man do i have the guy for you....

i'm not sure about the commercial disney injection, but the new set for the pirates constructable card game is set for release on november 7th....

contrary to several articles i read prior to the GH III release, the guitar that ships in the wii bundle does offer a removable faceplate....

i guess this was bound to happen....

singer/actor rober goulet died at the age of 73 while waiting for a lung transplant....

in a tale that is becoming a bit too common for the detroit tiger faithful, news is streaming in about a severe injury to pitcher joel zumaya....

the long-delayed, unhappy user base club has a new member....

a UK data recovery firm says that there is a flaw impacting hard drives used in apple laptops and mac minis....

don't waste your time reading about his man-crush on always sunny, but dave stumbled on a gem with this one:...

well, i just spent about 30 minutes preparing my last entry, but IE felt it a requirement to crash when i fired up winSCP and make me start over....

where were we? ah, yes. i didn't notice this earlier, but apparently asus and intel have teamed up to bring us the eee pc....

friends, tradition is near its end....

if you missed south park tonight, i pity you....

when they're not busy adding high levels of lead to american-bound products, the chinese are a very industrious people....

if you're too busy stalking a grown man, you don't have time to molest children, do you?...

apparently the tampa bay devil rays have rebranded....

time is running out to bid on a 44 pound hunk of celebrity cheddar....

damn todd jones....

i commented on the nintendo wii zapper earlier....

what would 24 look like if it had been filmed in 1994?...

farmers need love too? well not robot farmers, but human farmers do....

the release of warhammer 40,000: squad command for the nintendo DS has been delayed....

presidential candidate mike huckabee has enlisted the help of chuck norris....

what?...

but i was just looking....

the 80s band the romantics has sued the makers of guitar hero III for the use of "what i like about you" in the game....

yeah, you read that right....

sony is offering a downloadable demo of squad command for the PSP....

the MLB schedules for the 2008 season have been posted....

sorry for the outage, my host seems to have suffered a bit of a hiccup....

local woman orders pizza and refuses to pay. hilarity ensues....

evel knievel died tonight following a long bout with poor health....

who doesn't want to know?...

rumor has it that pepsi will join with amazon to launch a new promotion during this year's super- er- really big football game....

nbc is bringing the classic back this january....

i touched on the soon-to-be-infamous vii earlier....

unless you live under a rock (or don't care in general) you know that the tigers completed some wheeling and dealing yesterday....

not the movie, the MS LIVE bot....

what, that's not enough?...

adam west. damn you adam west....

the baby berryhill has been born....

alex trebek's people have confirmed that the 67 year old jeopardy host suffered a minor heart attack yesterday....

just in case a trip to white castle wasn't enough, there's more....

i'm normally not a very charitable person, but i guess i'll bring this up....

forget the charity crap i mentioned earlier. this is a faaar better use of time....

i kid you not. the image below was actually included with an inflatable coors light beer can....

apparently the folks over at nick forgot how to count....

it has now been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that a scorched earth policy is the only method that will successfully cleanse the spears genetic code from the planet....

ok, next post. i didn't want the last on sitting at the top of the page for too long....

the ongoing WGA strike has angered TV viewers across the country, but provided some interesting info....

squad command is now officially available for both the PSP and the Nindendo DS....

depending on your view, this is either genius or the ultimate lump of coal....

chuck norris has sued penguin and an author that published a book listing "chuck norris facts" that have been rounding the internet for the last few years....

nelson has brought it to my attention that blades of steel is now available for the wii's virtual console....

the guy that runs the steampunk workshop site has had some nice mods in the past, including a great keyboard mod....

i've read about it, i've posted about it, but finally, i get to play it....

apparently gamefly is offering an end-of-year sale to get rid of some older games....

first a bit about myself. i hate best buy. no one should shop there. they should be forced to close all of their stores. it would be nice if their board of directors were consumed by some godzilla-like creature....

i know that the game's been out for about a month now, but just like squad command, it got pretty mixed reviews so i was a bit slow to pick it up....

hopefully everyone had a good new year. i spent the first removing the christmas tree and decorations until the holiday is again commercially-induced this october....

a louisiana man claims that he was unfairly targeted by a chinese buffet because he was large and liked to eat....

most of the late-night hosts made their returns earlier this week....

if you're unaware, a new codex: orks book is due out from GW early in 2008....

it appears that a new game for the DS and wii platforms based on TV's iron chef is in the works....

WQAD has taken the guess work out of the topic that few americans spend that much time thinking about in the first place....

MLB has announced that pitchers and catchers can report to spring training beginning february 15th, and full team workouts can begin february 20th....

as a wii owner, i'm getting tired of watching others play rock band, knowing that we'll never have our own version to look forward to....

my dog tried to jump out of a second floor window tonight....

this june rock band will release an expasion pack that includes a fog machine and a laser light show....

the latest smash bros. title for the wii has been officially delayed again....

macbook air...

i noticed that zach braff of TV and bigscreen fame is doing voice-overs for toilet paper commercials....

well, actually his dad said that....

apparently the GUI interface is only a fad....

this would be a pretty fortunate find....

this past sunday marked the premiere of AMC's original show, breaking bad....

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fox premiered the moment of truth yesterday....

the macbook air has been taking a pretty good beating by the press since its announcement....

when i read the description, Waterproof Digital Wrist Camera, i think of something cool and james bond-like....

just when you thought you knew everything about marge and homer's past, yesterday's episode happens....

they're auctioning off one of the two puppets built for, and used in, the last movie from the saw franchise....

i think that this is as self-explanitory as it gets....

this video was filmed and posted by one of hoopty's friends....

i know that you all watched it....

the wii will get its own version of rock band....

ha....

i know it's a low-rated showing, but i'll guess a few of you watched the big game tonight....

i'm sure that this isn't bound to last, but amazon is offering a rather interesting book for pre-order....

no, not johnny lee miller....

apple has released higher capacity versions of the ipod touch and the iphone....

it looks like THQ will hold to their Q1 2008 release estimate....

the time to play real guitars is upon us....

clark manages to combine two of my favorite sports into a rather entertaining package....

roy scheider dead at 75....

on march 4th, the detroit tigers will hold open tryouts in lakeland, florida....

the WGA strike is over, but what about our TV?...

not yur hair, eh. we're talkin' aboot the sport....

i'm slower than i'd like to admit on this, but it's worth reading....

that ain't no botany research station....

the company made famous by instant film is leaving the technology behind....

castro resigns his role as president and military leader in cuba....

no one says that the lawyer will be any good....

i had something picked out to ponder in today's entry, but i seem to have forgotten it over the last few hours....

it's become official, all 162 regular season games for the detroit tigers will be broadcast....

i'm sure someone thinks this is a good idea....

there's a new elmo toy that can interact with your children. one in florida has gone mad with power....

it's mid-30's and snowing here, but the detroit tigers played their first exhibition game of 2008 today....

a three year old had applebees on his mind, so he jacked a car and made a break for it....

i hate snow now....

it seems that cosmo magazine has picked the apple store as the best place for women to meet men....

a study by buffalo university finds that active kids are more likely to lose weight....

we've finally hit the expected launch date for DoW: soulstorm, and the big online retailers have it listed as shipping....

it's been off for a while, but i booted up my good ol' G4 today....

DoW: soulstorm is indeed available in stores for about $40 USD. not happy it's so much more than the previous expansions....

i wasn't going to touch on this until we got some commercial support. let's get the ball 'o wax rolling....

the new york yankees are scheduled to begin next season in the new yankee stadium, mea