Adam Gripton
@dradam676.bsky.social
Norfolk-bred Scot, software engineer, passionate about maths, maps, better public transport, and xkcd references. Bluesky now my main source of witterings, with occasional drip-feed of migrated content such as maps I'm pleased with.
ScotRail Far North Line on the same zoom scale as the entire Greater Anglia network.
Scotland is really big.
Scotland is really big.
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
ScotRail Far North Line on the same zoom scale as the entire Greater Anglia network.
Scotland is really big.
Scotland is really big.
What do these people have against Sheringham?? Literally every single passenger service to Cromer continues on to there. No excuse!
November 30, 2025 at 11:09 AM
What do these people have against Sheringham?? Literally every single passenger service to Cromer continues on to there. No excuse!
AGH OH GOD NO HOW IS THIS EVEN LEGAL IN THE UK AGHH NO KILL IT WITH FIRE KILL IT KILL IT
November 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
AGH OH GOD NO HOW IS THIS EVEN LEGAL IN THE UK AGHH NO KILL IT WITH FIRE KILL IT KILL IT
LOOK AT THIS GRAPH
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
LOOK AT THIS GRAPH
Yeah, random Spanish conference spam invitation, you may wish to think about how that acronym looks to English speakers... 💩
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Yeah, random Spanish conference spam invitation, you may wish to think about how that acronym looks to English speakers... 💩
Interesting result on this: the main dimension that's changed appears to be the width. The 2026 Micra is actually slightly shorter than the 2011 model, 1% longer, but 6.2% wider. It's even wider than the 2014 Juke:
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Interesting result on this: the main dimension that's changed appears to be the width. The 2026 Micra is actually slightly shorter than the 2011 model, 1% longer, but 6.2% wider. It's even wider than the 2014 Juke:
Just for clarity - is "sufficient" a worse category than "poor" in this context?
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Just for clarity - is "sufficient" a worse category than "poor" in this context?
An apposite time to repost this classic
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
An apposite time to repost this classic
"I'm playing the right chords. Just not necessarily in the right order."
November 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
"I'm playing the right chords. Just not necessarily in the right order."
Anything from a Mars bar to a house.
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Anything from a Mars bar to a house.
Just spotted an aerial shot of an American road junction on Facebook that gave me the urge to do another size comparison, so here it is.
The intersection of Yacht Club Drive and I-10, Diamondhead, Mississippi... and Amsterdam, at the same scale.
The intersection of Yacht Club Drive and I-10, Diamondhead, Mississippi... and Amsterdam, at the same scale.
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Just spotted an aerial shot of an American road junction on Facebook that gave me the urge to do another size comparison, so here it is.
The intersection of Yacht Club Drive and I-10, Diamondhead, Mississippi... and Amsterdam, at the same scale.
The intersection of Yacht Club Drive and I-10, Diamondhead, Mississippi... and Amsterdam, at the same scale.
Oh gee I wonder why
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Oh gee I wonder why
Me in the winter when it gets to 11am on a WFH day after breakfast, coffee, a biscuit and a snack
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Me in the winter when it gets to 11am on a WFH day after breakfast, coffee, a biscuit and a snack
As a Norfolk bor by birth, can confirm our literal actual motto is "do different". It even pays respect to this on the UEA website!
This is entirely consistent with this philosophy.
This is entirely consistent with this philosophy.
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
As a Norfolk bor by birth, can confirm our literal actual motto is "do different". It even pays respect to this on the UEA website!
This is entirely consistent with this philosophy.
This is entirely consistent with this philosophy.
on an entirely related note: wheeeeeeee
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
on an entirely related note: wheeeeeeee
The cheery "We are recruiting - join our team!" message that seems to have crept onto Lothian Buses displays when not in service... kind of hits different when said not-in-service bus is blocking a vital artery into Edinburgh and causing massive queueing traffic behind it
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The cheery "We are recruiting - join our team!" message that seems to have crept onto Lothian Buses displays when not in service... kind of hits different when said not-in-service bus is blocking a vital artery into Edinburgh and causing massive queueing traffic behind it
Now at a 7-month lol and falling fast.
Oh, sorry, low*.
Oh, sorry, low*.
November 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Now at a 7-month lol and falling fast.
Oh, sorry, low*.
Oh, sorry, low*.
New reaction gif / catchphrase just dropped
November 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
New reaction gif / catchphrase just dropped
Estate agent had a long lunch break and unfortunately your bitcoin bid on the house is now only worth $320k and so now you've been outbid. damn. shouldn't have had the dessert I suppose *burp*
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Estate agent had a long lunch break and unfortunately your bitcoin bid on the house is now only worth $320k and so now you've been outbid. damn. shouldn't have had the dessert I suppose *burp*
"did I say 330? sorry I meant 325"
November 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"did I say 330? sorry I meant 325"
"I was just about to exchange missives on my Bitcoin-denominated house sale when I suddenly looked and my $350,000 was suddenly worth $330,000 because no reason at all"
November 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"I was just about to exchange missives on my Bitcoin-denominated house sale when I suddenly looked and my $350,000 was suddenly worth $330,000 because no reason at all"
An all-too-rare example of a corporation being of the opinion of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"; and as a society we desperately need this attitude to be more mainstream (as opposed to "if it ain't broke, release a new version crammed with AI slop"). Credit to them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
An all-too-rare example of a corporation being of the opinion of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"; and as a society we desperately need this attitude to be more mainstream (as opposed to "if it ain't broke, release a new version crammed with AI slop"). Credit to them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Latest in "you can literally buy anything from a Mars bar to a house with it" news:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Latest in "you can literally buy anything from a Mars bar to a house with it" news:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...