Samuel Pepys' diaries come to Twitter

Seventeenth century diarist Samuel Pepys has joined micro-blogging site Twitter.

Though the messages posted under his name aren't actually being posted from beyond the grave, they do come from his famous diaries.

Dates in the diary are synchronised with today’s date; for example an entry on 3 July 1666 would be listed as 3 July 2009.
 
Tweeting his daily activities around twice a day, the action is certainly hotting up as 'Pepys' is twittering hourly about the Great Fire of London that started on 2 September 1666, 343 years ago today.
 
The old-school blogger kept a diary from 1660-1669 keeping a detailed record of daily life in 17th Century London. Day-by-day accounts are published on The Diary of Samuel Pepys website, managed by Phil Gyford, who also controls Pepys' Twitter account.
 
Although Pepys' diary contained accounts of the Great Plague, the Great Fire of London is possibly the highlight of his daily records.

The juxtaposition of the archaic 17th Century eyewitness account with the modern 21st Century aspects of Twitter offers an original and entertaining twist to the old historic tale.

Pepys can be followed at http://twitter.com/samuelpepys.