Samuel Pepys now available on Bluesky
You can now get updates from Pepys’ diary throughout the day if you use the Bluesky social networking app/website. Find him as @samuelpepys.bsky.social or at bsky.app/profile/samuelpepys.bsky.social.
Site News: New features
Pepys off Twitter
Today I’ve ceased the posting of tweets to the @samuelpepys Twitter account. I haven’t been happy using the service for a long time now, due to its current owner – and have stopped using it personally – but so many people enjoy Pepys on there that I didn’t want to deny them the pleasure.
Sunrise and sunset times
Every diary entry now displays that day’s sunrise and sunset times in the sidebar, alongside any other related links.
New search page
I’ve just changed this site’s search page to a new version that is hopefully more useful than the previous Google-powered one.
Samuel Pepys on Mastodon
If you use Mastodon you might like to know that Samuel Pepys is now “tooting” there as @samuelpepys@mastodon.social.
A more secure website
I’ve just made this website run over a secure connection (its address now starts “https” rather than just “http”) — you should see a little padlock or similar in your browser.
A new chart of Pepys’ wealth
For a long time the Encyclopedia has contained a chart showing how Samuel Pepys’ wealth increased over time. It was a static image and wasn’t terribly attractive, so I’ve spruced it up and it’s now a little nicer.
Diary search and word frequency charts
John Goldin got in touch as he’s put together a page that quickly searches the diary and shows charts of the frequency of words throughout the text.
Family Tree updated
In case anyone likes to keep a copy of the latest Pepys family tree, I’ve just updated it. The latest addition is that of the Angier brothers (Percival and John), who were distant cousins by marriage of Samuel, Percival being married to a daughter of Thomas Pepys “The Red”.
Wikipedia content returns
Back on the previous site, more than two years ago, some of the topic pages in the Encyclopedia included relevant text and images from Wikipedia. This was reduced to links to Wikipedia when I rebuilt the site. But now, it’s all back.