My No. 2 unfoe at WordPress, Matthew Mullenweg (self-imposed Authoritarian Matt) has been blogging (not ranting) at his finely carved, design rich blog PhotoMatt, since ages.
But one of the best kept secrets by the WordPress Team is that, sometime in early 2008 he (Matthew) was kidnapped by Aliens, who infused in him the importance of being Matt and not PhotoMatt. Deep Sources at WP reveal that a certain kind of super ultrasonic, poetry-coded machine was used for this top secret operation.
Officers at the Central Commandos of Internet Alien Agency (CCIAA) rescued him on January 23 at 2:34pm, while the spaceship was flying over Trinidad and Tobago; he (Matthew) had already taken the first step of being Ma.tt, and not PhotoMatt.
The word ‘Ma‘ in Hindi, an Indo-Aryan language, means ‘Mother’. (It’s interesting that the word Hindī is of Persian origin and Matthew’s blog design - the background - is based on Persian Architecture).
Experts believe that Matthew had sent an encoded beam of sound-waves (thanks to his upgraded, yet to be released, iPhone) to his Mummy, as the extraterrestrial flying saucer was over tt (Trinidad and Tobago). But the National Mumma Specific Domain Registrars (NMSDR) misunderstood the waves and decoded them into signals, and hence the world saw the birth of ‘Ma-tt’ infused Ma.tt.
The CCIAA commandos sent me a few sketches that is believed to have been the source of reference for Aliens, before the operation was executed.
Disclosure: Matthew would have declined to comment, provided I sent him an unofficial, informal postal mail at his Royal Texas Mansion, whose nameplate simply reads, “Google, Matt” (this one doesn’t bounce back).
Note: Sources close to the matter reveal that Matthew is secretly receiving free tuition’s in basic Hindi from a close associate at WordPress Headquarters, who also happens to be a graduate from the prestigious St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi, India.
The tutor, who wished not to be named, revealed that Matthew has allegedly skipped 4-5 sessions in the past; the reason why he misspells “Namaste” as “No Masti”.
October 9, 1940 - As sirens wailed during a German Luftwaffe attack, John Lennon is born at Oxford Street Maternity Hospital in Liverpool, England to Julia Stanley and Alfred Lennon.
1956 - John’s mother buys him a guitar. He forms his first group, the Quarrymen, with pals Pete Shotton, Nigel Whalley, and Ivan Vaughan.
July 6, 1957 - John meets Paul McCartney at the Woolton Parish Church in Liverpool during a performance by the Quarrymen.
1958 - John writes his first song, “Hello Little Girl,” which is later recorded by the Beatles at their 1962 audition for Decca Records.
July 15, 1958 - John’s mother is killed while crossing the road by an off-duty policeman.
1960 - In his final year of art school in Liverpool, John forms a group with Paul, George, and Stu Sutcliffe.
August 1960 - Pete Best joins The Silver Beetles as drummer for their six week residency at a strip bar in Hamburg. Stu eventually leaves the group, and Paul takes over on bass.
January 1961 - The Beatles debut at the Cavern Club, Liverpool.
January 24, 1962 - The Beatles agree verbally to be managed by Brian Epstein
June 4, 1962 - George Martin signs The Beatles to Parlophone EMI.
August 23, 1962 - John marries Cynthia Powell as news hits the press that Brian Epstein has fired Pete Best.
February 1963 - The Beatles begin their first U.K. tour. They take one night off to record the album Please Please Me in one session.
April 8, 1963 - John Charles Julian Lennon is born to Cynthia and John at Sefton General Hospital, in Liverpool.
August 3, 1963 - After almost three hundred performances at the venue, The Beatles play their farewell show at the Cavern Club.
February 7, 1964 - The Beatles embark on their first US tour.
February 9 and 16, 1964 - The Beatles headline twice on the “Ed Sullivan Show.”
March 1964 - With “Can’t Buy Me Love” topping the charts both in Britain and America, shooting begins on the Beatles’ first feature film, A Hard Day’s Night.
April 1964 - John’s first book of stories and poems, In His Own Write, is published.
August 1964 - After touring Austrailia, The Beatles visit the U.S. for a 32-day tour. Bob Dylan introduces them to marijuana.
January 1965 - John composes “Help!”
Spring 1965 - A friend of George Harrison’s secretly spikes coffee with LSD, sending John, his wife Cynthia, George, and Patti Boyd on their first LSD trip.
June 1965 - John’s second book, A Spaniard In The Works, is published.
July 29, 1965 - Help! premieres in London’s West End.
August 1965 - The Beatles visit Elvis Presley at his home. Elvis refers to each of them as “Beatle,” not knowing their individual names.
December 3, 1965 - Rubber Soul is released.
June 20, 1966 - The American album Yesterday and Today is released with the infamous “butcher cover.” It was later recalled after complaints.
August 5, 1966 - Revolver is released.
August 29, 1966 - After major difficulties on the road, including death threats, The Beatles perform their final concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. They are now solely a studio group.
November 1966 - Yoko Ono and John Lennon meet at Indica Gallery in London.
February 1967 - John and Paul receive the Song of the Year Grammy� Award for “Michelle.”
June 1, 1967 - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.
September 1967 - John writes “I Am the Walrus.”
November 27, 1967 - Magical Mystery Tour is released in America.
February 1968 - George convinces The Beatles to visit the Maharashi in India.
August 22, 1968 - Cynthia files for divorce. Paul soon writes “Hey Jude” to comfort Julian.
November 11, 1968 - John and Yoko’s first of three experimental albums is released. The cover of Two Virgins is a photograph of the couple standing naked.
November 22, 1968 - The Beatles [The White Album] is released.
January 13, 1969 - Yellow Submarine is released.
January 30, 1969 - The Beatles perform together as a group for the final time on the roof of the Apple building, during the filming of Let It Be.
March 20, 1969 - John and Yoko marry in Gibraltar.
May 26, 1969 - Life with the Lions, the second experimental collaboration between John and Yoko, is released.
September 1969 - Lennon releases the single “Cold Turkey,” about his heroin withdrawl.
September 26, 1969 - Abbey Road is released.
October 20, 1969 - Wedding Album is released.
December 12, 1969 - Lennon’s impromptu concert in Toronto with Eric Clapton assisting on guitar is released as Live Peace in Toronto, 1969.
December 11, 1970 - Plastic Ono Band is released.
May 8, 1970 - Let It Be is released.
September 3, 1971 - John leaves the U.K. for New York, never to return.
September 9, 1971 - The album Imagine is released.
June 12, 1972 - John and Yoko release the more mainstream Sometime in New York City/Live Jam.
October 1973 - John travels to Los Angeles, later calling his eighteen-month separation from Yoko his “lost weekend.”
November 2, 1973 - John releases the album Mind Games.
September 26, 1974 - Sessions from the “lost weekend” are released as Walls and Bridges.
February 17, 1975 - Rock ‘N’ Roll is released.
October 5, 1975 - U.S. Court of Appeal overturns John’s deportation order, granting him residency.
October 9, 1975 - Sean Taro Ono Lennon is born at New York Hospital on John’s thirty-fifth birthday.
November 17, 1980 - The Double Fantasy album is released.
December 8, 1980 - Returning home from the studio with Ono, John Lennon is assassinated by Mark David Chapman in New York City while walking toward the entryway of his building.
Entrance to the Dakota building (1 West 72nd Street) where Lennon was shot. Photo by David Shankbone.
February 1982 - John posthumously wins the Album of the Year Grammy� for Double Fantasy.
January 27, 1984 - Milk and Honey is released.
February 10, 1986 - A concert recorded on August 30, 1972 is released as Live in New York City.
November 3, 1986 - A collection of alternate takes from Rock ‘N’ Roll and Walls and Bridges is released as Menlove Ave.
February 1992 - John receives the Grammy� Lifetime Achievement Award.
January 1994 - John is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist.
November 2, 2004 - A collection of recordings with John performing solo with a guitar is released as Acoustic.
Here’s what Scott Kirkwood, Software Engineer at Orkut (Google Inc.) has to say,
We all love receiving scraps, but constantly checking back to your scrapbook page can be tedious. How many of us have our scrapbook page open and are clicking refresh on it constantly!
With scrap alerts you can be on any orkut page and find out that you have received a scrap - that very minute. You could be browsing your friend’s photos, and find out “hey! I just got a new scrap.” Then you can click on the “Scrapbook” link to reply on the spot. This way you’ll be free to explore all of orkut, comforted in the knowledge that when you have received a new scrap, you’ll know about it that moment.
We’ll be rolling this feature out over the new few days for all users, but If you really prefer clicking the refresh button all day long, you can go to settings to disable to the feature.
I bet, this new feature with sky-rocket the phenomenal, Orkut Addiction. If not, help boost one’s daily dose of Social Networking.
Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a Welsh novelist, short story author and screenwriter of Norwegian parentage, famous as a writer for both children and adults.
His most popular books include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Witches and The BFG.
