I cannot rely on going back to those blog posts. I know for a fact that Mr A deletes posts. Not often, but he does. What is to stop him from changing them as well?
Through the brief search, there is another post where the number 1044 is being brought up again, clearly. Likely the disconnect is people following MA's opinion, not the number. This post is actually on the last day of 2015, for yearly closings.