speaking of serendipity

[truepenny]

Some brilliant human being (Phil Gyford would be his name) has decided to put up Samuel Pepys's Diary as a blog, starting 1/1/2003 (in fact, Pepys's entry for 1 January 1660 is up right now). Neil Gaiman (whose journal is of course where I found the link) has a thought or two about Pepys as diarist and blogger which chime interestingly with what I've been mulling over re: public vs. private narrative here.

And I have to say, I think translating the Diary into a blog is about the coolest thing since roller skates.