1660 Diary Becomes 2003 Weblog

Posted by michael on Friday January 3, 2003 @03:30AM from the plus-ca-change dept.

EnlightenmentFan writes "When technology improves a book that was already good, that's good news for nerds. I'm not talking about the Two Towers, but the diary of Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) (pronounced Peeps, as in marshmallow peeps), whose diaries record not only the Great Fire of London and the plague but his many seductions, trickeries, encounters with the king, almost getting executed, etc. Brit blogger Phil Gyford realized that this diary would make a great weblog--clickable footnotes, online feedback and all. So now he is serializing it daily, starting Jan 2, 1660, supposedly over the next ten years. The BBC has the backstory. I hope Gyford will deviate from Gutenberg's 1893 version to include some of Pepys's more outrageous sexual adventures, reduced by the 1893 version to "....""

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IN SOVIET RUSSIA... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-03 03:56 · Score: -1, Troll

2003 weblogs become 1660 diaries!
True by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-03 05:15 · Score: -1, Troll

Though some tidbits are pretty graphic. For instance

"the Rump, after being disturbed by my Lord Lambert, was lately returned to sit again. "

After getting a thorough anal pummelling by the Lord he finally recovered enough to sit again.
who cares by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-03 05:26 · Score: -1, Troll

who gives a crap about this anyway
he made marsmellow peeps? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-03 05:37 · Score: -1, Troll

I hate those they are always stale. you suck
sir peeps.
YOU ARE SO FIRED! by YOU+ARE+SO+FIRED! · 2003-01-03 05:48 · Score: -1, Troll

I don't know what you even do around here. Good luck finding a job, asswipe. Now, get the hell out of my office! NOW!