I presume I’m not spoiling anything when I post the screenshot above from The Matrix Resurrections. Close to the middle of the frame is the distinctive, rounded casing of a Commodore 1530 (C2N) Datasette. It’s the cassette player the Commodore 64/Vic 20/Pet used for storage way back in the 80s and early 90s. This Wikipedia page has more if you’re interested.
I’ve searched online, but so far only found one person who thinks the same as I do. If it’s not a C2N cassette player, then what is it?
Fan of the US Office? Check!
Fan of the Matrix movies? Check!
Here’s a never-before-seen cold open from the US Office that was only released on January 1st 2021!
Behind the Scenes of the Shooting scene in the Matrix. At about 2 minutes in Keanu Reeves slips and falls. In the final scene they switched camera view.
Via this Reddit post.
This is new to me, even though others have known about it for months. There’s a Matrix Easter Egg in WordPress 2.6 and in the betas of WordPress 2.7. To activate it:
Danger !
Self-comparison detected.
Initiating infinite loop eschewal protocol.
Self destruct in… 3
2
1
Wake up, Donncha…
The Matrix has you…
Don’t let this happen again. Go Back.
What would the Matrix be like if it ran on Windows XP? Very silly, but I love the ending! (Thanks Aehso!)
PS. Jason Roe is organising a blogger/webby meet up in Dublin on Thursday the 27th. I won’t be there but he’ll have some WordPress stickers and badges to give away!