Blimey, what a couple of weeks it’s been! I honestly wasn’t expecting quite this level of activity on nerdydaytrips.org when I last posted on earlier in the month. Turns out when you give nerds a map and ask them to add their favourite geeky destinations, they really go for it. Who knew?

The Numbers Game

Let’s dive into the stats, because I know at least three of you reading this will appreciate them:

Hello Day Trippers!

Just a quick note to mention that popey (one of the maintainers of this website) briefly talked about the site origin story and setup on Linux Matters Podcast, episode 57.

The segment is in the middle, from 13m12s to 24m26s, sandwiched between Martin’s GitHub topic, and Mark’s bit about playing Avowed on the Steam Deck. It’s not too Linuxy, honest!

… but none so far in Sparta.

This NerdyDayTrips ‘reboot’ has only been live for a couple of weeks, without too much fanfare. However, we’ve seen plenty of activity in that time. As mentioned above, we’ve had over 300 new venues added, over 100 edits, 30 deletions and a bunch of minor code edits. Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far.

Looking at the summary of activity (below) so far, clearly 29th May was the busiest day (for additions) we have had. There’s also been quite a bit of venue data clean-up across both the mass-imported, and new venue submissions. Thanks to Hugo for leading that charge!

What a week!

First, thank you to everyone who has added new venues, filed bugs, reviewed & edited locations, and provided feedback and support. Thank you so much. I had no idea whether people would actually want to contribute to something like this. I’m delighted you all have.

We have had contributions from around the globe, including from the USA, UK, Japan, Croatia, Germany, Canada, and no doubt more I missed.

We’ve also had conversations with other people who were also enthusiastic to revive this type of resource. I had no idea other people were so passionate about this too! That’s so validating to hear.

Back online

After years of “we should really bring back Nerdy Day Trips” conversations, we’ve actually done it. The beloved crowd-sourced map of fascinating places to visit is back, rebuilt from the ground up.

For those who remember the original site, this should feel familiar. For newcomers, you’re looking at a global map of intellectually interesting destinations - science museums, observatories, maker spaces, research facilities, and other places worth visiting if you’re curious about the world.