Today marks the one year anniversary of the first post on Nexcidia. Though simply stating “Nexcidia is now live.” is hardly a post, it was the start of something. That something is what I hope would be my gateway away from being a working stiff, a code monkey, or any form of a corporate drone.

Sadly I have pretty much ignored Nexcidia over the past year, only making a pathetic 29 posts. If I were awesome I would be doing that many a day.

But that year is now behind me, and I am looking to the future and all the changes that will come.

I have many plans for Nexcidia over the next few months, a complete redesign, advertising, and for the most part… post… lots of posts.

And now to make up for lost time, here is a very brief review of everything I can think of that I planned on doing a write up on, but didn’t for whatever pathetic reason.

• HTC Diamond - Wish I bought an iPhone
• Wolverine Origins - Shit
• Dell Mini 9 - Awesofucktackular, though if I bought one today I would buy a Mini 10
• Star Trek - Awesome, however if errors in the Star Trek continuum, piss you off in any way, then stay home.
• Fan Boys - Almost worth the ridiculous wait, however very entertaining. Cancer kid was needed for the story.
• Bavaria Beer - Taste great right now.
• GMail/Reader/Docs/Cal - How did I live without.
• Transformers Veiled Threat - Shitty writing, but enjoyable story
• Transformers Defiance Series - wOOt
• Star Trek NCC-1701 Pre-Refit 16 inch Diamond Select- Sooooo Pweeety!!!!!!
• Transformers Unicron Figure - Big, Awkward  and menacing.
• Nerf Vulcan - Cool, but no idea why I bought it or what I am going to do with it.
• Empire Total War Demo- Great, wanted to buy but then my desktop died. Sadly my mini 9 cant play it.
• Wanted Weapons of Fate Demo- Cool, should of played the tutorial but didn’t want to look like a pussy.
• Wheelman Demo - If you are going to have another character that insults you repeatedly during game play, then please for gods sake come up with more then 10 insults.
• Battle Stations: Pacific Demo: I suck at flight simulators, but its probably a cool game.
• Lord Of the Rings Conquest Demo: You seemed cool, but every one hates you. Damn you.

That’s all I can think of right now. So here’s to one year down, and lets hope in one year from now, there is more then two of you reading this.

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I have recently purchased Pineapple Express DVD which included a bonus digital copy. I never used a bonus digital copy before; I would simply download a version, if I wanted it on my computer. However this time I decided that I would rather try the legal alternative. And after 45 minutes of DRM, confusion, and a new found account with iTunes, it is finally in the download stage.

Unlike the 90 some odd percentage of people who own an iPod; I own a Zune. I am aware of the repercussions of not owning a mainstream product. My first MP3 player was a Dell.

At the beginning of the process, I inserted the DVD. Found a questionable looking .exe file, which brought up a tyrannical demand that I use Internet Explorer. Ignoring the order I happily continued typing in my codes using Chrome. Hitting the submit button I found myself bitch-slapped with another order to use IE. Those orders alone nearly caused me to forgo my newfound legal path and reunite with my questionable yet path of ease.

Re-typing every-thing using I.E. I found myself with the option of obtaining either the PC or PSP version. I first opted for the PC version and finding a .wmv file on my desktop; incompatible with the Zune.

Next option I could obtain an .mp4 PSP version. Since the mp4 version is what I need; I chose the PSP version, after I typed my code for the third time. I found a program searching for my non-existent PSP.

Third and final option being solely listed on the DVD label, not in the DVD, iTunes. Now curious to see how far this excruciating process would last. I grudgingly installed iTunes. Typed my code, and then forced to create an account, which includes credit card.

Through all the useless steps I have taken thus far, this was the first step that offended me, with how far the stubborn scared companies are of the internet. However for the sake of seeing how long this would take, I registered.

As of right now Pineapple Express is downloading from the iTunes store, with 45 minutes remaining. Once this finishes, and if it works flawlessly, then the process of obtaining this movie will be about two hours. In that time I could of found a torrent, downloaded, converted to mp4, and transferred to my Zune.

Explain how the legal method is the best?

EDIT: The iTunes version is not recognized by the Zune software; claiming “The file was obtained by an online store that Zune does not recognize.” I am now converting the file on my own.

EDIT AGAIN: It refuses to convert to any compatible file. This is the first time I have had this problem. I will assume it is due to the DRM embedded into the video file.