History of Updates

2022-1-29
Behind the Scenes: Added a fact about musical tonality of the opening of each movie (first point in "Trivial Facts" section.

2022-1-25
A piano student of mine came up with three Matrix "yo mama" jokes and inspired me to add Matrix Jokes.

2022-1-23
Smith: Analyst's Prison: Added "Why is Smith baffled by the Analyst's ability to alter DSIs?" section.
Smith: The New Smith: Added "Reason for the Difference" section.
Trinity: Added "Trinity's Powers" section.

2022-1-21
Removed all references to the claim that the Wachowskis originally wanted the purpose of the Matrix to be to provide machines with greater computing power, but that they changed it to the "human battery" explanation to dumb it down for audiences. This appears to have been a rumor that circulated widely on the Internet. If anyone can quote an interview, documentary, etc. to show this rumor was legitimate, let me know.

2022-1-18
Smith: Smith's Survival: Significantly updated.
Smith: Analyst's Prison: Significantly updated.

2022-1-17
Smith: Analyst's Prison: Added "Why did Smith want Neo to stay out of the Matrix?" section and added "The Other Unexpected Alliance" section.

2022-1-15
Analyst: Added "Monitoring of Neo and Trinity" section.
Matrix System: Zion: Added "Built By Machines" section.

2022-1-14
Added Analyst: Fail-Safe.
Deleted the "Neo: Neo dies?" page and replaced it with Neo: Neo's Escape.

2022-1-13
Added Analyst.
Added Smith: Smith's Survival.
Added Smith: Analyst's Prison.

2022-1-12
Oracle: Choice: Added "Oracle the Terrorist" section.
Sati: Added "Sati, Kujaku and the Oracle" section.
Oracle: Baking Cookies: Added "Coffee in M4" section.

2022-1-9
Introduction: Personal Motivations: Added quotations by Silver and Staenberg.
Neo's Powers: Stop Sentinels: Brought up to date with M4.
Matrix System: Agents & Hacking: Brought up to date with M4.

2022-1-8
Added Higher Meanings: More Like the Other.
Added Neo's Powers: Nuclear Despair.
Trinity: Added "Matrix Resurrections" section.
Matrix System: Zion: Brought up to date with M4.

2022-1-5
Matrix System: Natural Redpills: Brought up to date with M4.
Moved some peripheral points about Zion from Matrix System: Zion into their own Seldomly Asked Questions (SAQ) pages: Zion's Atmosphere, Zion's Location, and Zion's Population.

2022-1-4
Introduction: Added "The Role of The Matrix Online" section.
Matrix System: Revision History: Brought up to date with M4.
Matrix System: Mobil Avenue & Exiles: Added "The Merovingian in the Analyst's Choiceless Matrix" section.

2022-1-3
Added Introduction: Matrix Resurrections.

2021-12-31
Oracle: Baking Cookies: Brought up to date with M4.
Behind the Scenes: Added a point at the end, demonstrating that I am in all four Matrix movies.

2021-12-30
Added Trinity.
Introduction: People, Places & Things: Brought up to date with M4.

2021-12-21
Added Higher Meanings: Trans Metaphor.

2021-12-20
Added Comics Vol. 1-8: Get It?.

2021-12-19
Added Comics Vol. 1-7: A Sword of a Different Color.

2021-12-18
Added Comics Vol. 1-5: Burning Hope and Comics Vol. 1-6: Butterfly.

2021-12-17
Added Comics Vol. 1-3: A Life Less Empty.

2021-12-11
Matrix System: Prime Program: Added "Potentials" section.

2021-12-11
Movie Titles: The Matrix Resurrections: Added "My Best Predictions" section.

2021-12-6
Added a Movie Titles: The Matrix Resurrections.

2020-07-30
Movie Titles: The Matrix Reloaded.

2019-11-25
Comics: Bits and Pieces of Information: Significantly updated since the printed version in my comic book is a lot different than the original version published on the Warner Bros. website.

2019-11-16
Placed "previous" and "next" buttons throughout the entire website at the bottom of each page so that a user can read through from beginning to end more easily.

2019-11-11
Neo: Neo Dies?: Updated with a huge supporting point, referencing something from the Matrix Online video game.

2019-11-8
Conversations: Neo & Oracle (M2): Updated in several ways, including a relevant discussion of Rama-Kandra and an update to the main point of the conversation (i.e. getting Neo to take his vision of Trinity seriously).

2019-11-8
Updated CSS code on the website so that the scrollbars look better. Want the best experience on this website? Use Opera - it's my favorite web browser by far. Check it out for both desktop and smartphone. Includes free integrated VPN, flow between devices, speed dial, and pretty much everything that every other browser offers. Even though many websites say that Opera is not a "supported" browser, what this really means is the webmaster didn't test the website with Opera. Despite being ignored by many webmasters, Opera still manages to offer the same robust compatibility with websites that other browsers offer.

2019-11-6
Animatrix: The Second Renaissance: Updated, adding a new argument contributed by a reader regarding war crimes of world leaders.

2019-10-21
Animatrix: The Second Renaissance: Updated, answering a reader's question about why the machine ambassador killed all world leaders after the document was signed.

2019-10-20
Seraph: Updated page with new "Who's the Badass: Neo or Seraph?" section.

2019-10-12
Movie Titles: The Matrix Revolutions: Added "re-evolution" bullet point.

2019-10-11
Architect: TV Screens: Added "Current Neos? Past Neos?" section.

2019-06-20
Added FAQ: RSI of the One.

2019-05-31
Oracle: Added "Order and Chaos" section.

2018-11-07
Added (but also debunked) an interesting theory from a reader about Merovingian being an anti-virus program to the end of the Merovingian page. .

2016-06-30
Added a quotation from a Sparknotes article as well as an image of a Matrix-referencing SEO marketing e-mail to Introduction: Personal Motivations.

2016-06-24
Added "Why Are Humans Green?" section to Neos Powers: Blind Sight.

2016-06-24
Clarified in Matrix System: Agents that while Agents and Sentinels are in close contact with each other, they are not one and the same.

2016-01-25
After news of Larry Wachowski changing to Lana Wachowski, globally replaced all occurrences of the phrase "Wachowski brothers" with "Wachowskis."

2016-01-19
Added a Testimonials page to the Introduction section.

2015-10-27
Added SAQ: Neo's Secret page.

2015-03-28
Updated Sati to indicate that she is the first program to be created without a purpose rather than the next prime program as previously argued. Thanks to a reader named Logan who brought this idea to my attention.

2015-03-27
Added a sentinel-Smith discussion to the "Countermeasures" section of Neo's Powers: Stop Sentinels.

2015-03-25
Added a lot of supporting arguments to the Debunked: Previous Smith Viruses page.

2014-09-23
Added a link to Kabbalistic Matrix Study to the Philosophy & Religion section of the Links page.

2014-09-12
Added a more robust explanation to the "Enabling Factors for Neo's Connection" section of Neos Powers: Stop Sentinels.

2013-06-17
Added "The Architect on the Oracle's Dangerous Game" section to Architect page.

2013-06-14
Via the suggestion of Eric Vinyard, updated Oracle the Believer with an additional example of how Neo could communicate with the Source wirelessly: quantum entanglement.

2012-10-15
Added user feedback and my response to Debunked: Cancelling Opposites.

2012-02-22
Added a paragraph referencing the kid from "Kid's Story" (from Animatrix) to Neo's Powers: Back to Life.

2011-03-05
Added baked noodle point to Oracle: Baking Noodles (Neo's decision to sacrifice himself for Morpheus in M1).

2010-06-20
Added user feedback to Smith: Smith's Defeat.

2010-06-20
Moved "Seraph: Former One" page to Debunked: Seraph Former One.

2010-06-20
Updated Seraph page. It used to discuss Seraph being a former One. Added my hardware firewall idea and discussed why Seraph's fighting skills exceed Neo's.

2009-12-5
Added "Other Examples" section to Matrix System page.

2009-12-5
Added "Importance of Understanding" section to Oracle: Choice page.

2009-12-5
Added "Another Possible Motivation" section to Smith: Purpose.

2007-7-27
Added summary of "Morning Sickness" comic to Comics Vol. 1.

2007-7-21
Added summary of "Deja Vu" comic to Comics Vol. 1.

2007-7-20
Added summary of "Sweating the Small Stuff" comic to Comics Vol. 1.

2007-7-18
Added summary of "System Freeze" comic to Comics Vol. 1.

2007-7-4
Added point about purpose to Neo: Neo's Opposite.

2007-7-1
Added Trivial fact about lumber donation to Behind the Scenes. Added Trivial Fact about antique cadillacs to Behind the Scenes.

2007-6-30
Added Geoff Darrow "cave/NASA" Technical Fact to Behind the Scenes. Added Technical Fact about the movie Bound to Behind the Scenes. Added Buddhist feast/celebration Trivial Fact to Behind the Scenes. Added Actor/Actress Fact about Dojo scene to Behind the Scenes. Added Actor/Actress Fact about M1 bathroom fight scene to Behind the Scenes. Added "Masculine and Feminine Sides" section to Morpheus. Added Technical Fact about research required for helicopter crash to Behind the Scenes. Added Trivial Fact about woman in the red dress to Behind the Scenes.

2007-3-2
Added user feedback to Matrix System: The One. Added user feedback to Neo: In Mobil Avenue Added "Neo's Differences" section to Neo page. Added "wingless" bullet point to Seraph: Former One.

2007-2-26
Reinforced argument that the Oracle's code is gold at the end of the Oracle page. Added clarification of the meaning of gold code to the end of the Seraph page. Added user feedback on Buddhism symbolism to the end of the Seraph page.

2007-2-23
Elaborated my "Keeping Higher Meanings in Their Place" argument on Higher Meanings page.

2007-2-21
Clarified and supported that the Merovingian is not as old as the Oracle on Merovingian page.

2007-2-20
Added Mxo screenshot to Neo: Neo Dies showing text from tabloid clipping about Sarah Edmontons.

2007-2-19
Added user feedback to Oracle: Baking Cookies.

2007-2-16
Added user feedback to Movie Titles: The Matrix.

2006-12-2
Added links to Matrix Ping Pong and "Buddhism in the Matrix" essay in Links.

2006-11-24
Got random image generator code on the main page to work (thanks to my friend Eric for writing it!).

2006-11-22
Added merchandise shopping links throughout the site at the bottom of each page. Finished adding screenshots throughout the site.

2006-11-18
Added a thorough and organized Shopping section for books, video, audio, games, and merchandise.

2006-11-14
Added Osiris, Logos and Vigilant inscription meanings to Introduction: People, Places & Things.

2006-11-12
Added gold/yellow fumes point to Colors.

2006-11-11
Added "Deletion Codes" section to Sati: Sati's Parents. Added "Creating, Driving and Defining" section to Smith: Purpose. Added Matrix feed and heartless devil symbolism to Cypher.

2006-11-10
Added "Chronology of Story (Hovercraft Point of View)" section to Introduction: People, Places & Things.

2006-11-8
Deleted FAQ: Agents Find Trinity and made it part of Cypher page. Deleted FAQ: Seraph's Gold Code since it is already covered in Conversations: Neo & Oracle (M2). Moved FAQ: Clean Skies to SAQ: Clean Skies.

2006-11-6
Added Hermitage/Versailles fact to Behind the Scenes.

2006-11-5
Added new Debunked: Cancelling Opposites page.

2006-11-3
Added Neo's vision of Trinity falling and timing of Vigilant destruction to Oracle: Baking Noodles. Split old "Sati & Parents" page into Sati and Sati: Sati's Parents pages.

2006-11-2
Added new Keymaker page.

2006-11-1
Added "Back to" links at the bottom of every page on this site.

2006-10-30
Added two foreshadowing facts and meaning behind the "landlady carry out her garbage" phrase to Neo. Added Mark 3:11 information to the Nebuchadnezzar entry to Introduction: People, Places & Things. Deleted "Cypher's Betrayal" from the FAQ section and made a separate Cypher page. Added "What Makes us Human" section to Other Theories: Free Will. Added Oracle's "fate crap" quote to Oracle: Choice. Added wizard reference to "Delphic Oracle" section of Higher Meanings. Added Enter the Matrix fact, M1 DVD sales fact, and Warner Brothers $1 billion fact to "Awe Inspiring" section of Behind the Scenes.

2006-10-29
Added 555 prefixes fact and window washers fact to the Trivial Facts section of Behind the Scenes. Added examples of Agent communication using earphones to SAQ: Agent Earphones. Added new SAQ: Mind Makes it Real page. Updated my answer on the SAQ: M3: Twitch Neck page. Added new FAQ: M1: Mirror Replication page.

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