This site is a presentation of the diaries of Samuel Pepys, the renowned 17th century diarist who lived in London, England . . . . A new entry written by Pepys will be published each day, with the first appearing on 1st January 2003.Bruce and I had a great conversation about how the founding fathers would react to blogs. We agreed (as our bus would its way up Broadway) that Jefferson would see its merits, but would be irritated by electronic communication and the hustle and bustle of 21st century Manhattan, and would desire to retreat to Monticello where he could think at his leisure. (He would take a subscription to New Scientist, however.)
We also agreed that Franklin would love modern-day New York and would take to the internet like a duck to water. Franklin would immediately want to learn how to use a cell-phone and a computer, and would have his own blog up inside of 15 minutes. We thought that it would be fun for some Franklinphile to write a blog in Franklin's voice, as if he were actually revived in the present day. Well, Pepys' Diary isn't quite that, but it's a pretty cool idea and excellently executed.
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