purecaffeine.com

the home of nathanael coyne since 2002

links

• medium
  • post-collapse community building
  • why digital rights are worth defending
  • your get home bag
  • my approach to disaster preparedness
• hiking and travel journal
  • my five-point outdoors safety system
• @natcbr@mountains.social on mastodon
• @natcbr on pixelfed
• nat.au8 on instagram
• LLM conversation logs

tag list

• Systems & Complexity
  • Biomimicry
  • Complexity theory
  • Cynefin framework
  • Ecosystems
  • Emergence
  • Entropy
  • Human factors & system failure
  • Information theory
  • Semiotics
  • Symbols
  • Systems thinking
  • Thermodynamics
• Making, Craft & Metalwork
  • Basic blacksmithing
  • Cordage making
  • Cricut paper & vinyl crafts
  • Eco-friendly sustainable materials (waxed canvas, beeswax covers, natural fibres)
  • Historical hand tools
  • Leatherwork
  • MIG welding
  • Resin & timber work
  • Rope & rigging
  • Sewing & repairs
  • Timber stabilization under vacuum
  • Tool sharpening & maintenance
  • Woodworking (bench planes, plywood, pallet wood, joinery)
• Power, Justice & Resistance
  • Alternatives to prison
  • Environmental activism
  • Environmental law & history
  • Ethical business & social good
  • Exploitation
  • Fascism & resistance
  • Humane treatment in detention
  • Human rights
  • Indigenous agency & dignity
  • Indigenous culture & knowledge
  • Insurgencies & counter-insurgency
  • Militarisation of police
  • Public interest journalism
  • Reconciliation
  • Rehabilitation & youth justice
  • Revolutions & rebellions
  • Voluntary assisted dying
  • Worker rights & unions
• Survival & Resilience
  • Bushcraft
  • Civil infrastructure resilience
  • Community resilience
  • Disaster communication
  • Disaster prepping
  • EDC (Everyday Carry) kit & tools
  • Fire & Emergency Management
  • Fire starting methods
  • First aid & wilderness medicine
  • Hunting & fishing
  • Knot tying & paracord crafts
  • Off-grid cooking methods
  • Plant identification & foraging
  • Shelter building
  • Survival skills
  • Track & sign reading
  • Water purification & treatment
• Natural World & Ecology
  • Alpine biomes
  • Biology & evolution
  • Birds
  • Caves
  • Endemic/native timber
  • Eucalyptus
  • Fungi & mycology
  • Hydrology & ecohydrology
  • Indigenous fire management practices
  • Kosciuszko National Park
  • Microbiology
  • Namadgi National Park
  • Reptiles & snakes
  • Restoration of degraded landscapes
  • Rock tumbling
  • Rocks & minerals
  • Tide patterns & coastal ecology
  • Trees & bark
  • Watersheds
  • Wildlife rescue & rehabilitation
• Regenerative Systems & Self-Sufficiency
  • Gardening & vegetable gardening
  • Heritage seed varieties
  • Permaculture & small-scale farming
  • Rainwater collection & storage
  • Renewable energy
  • Seed saving
  • Soil science & composting
  • Solar power & 12v electrical systems
  • Sustainable gardens
  • Traditional & rural skills
• Mapping & Navigation
  • Bush navigation
  • Cartography
  • Data visualization
  • Fantasy map-making
  • Fire & Emergency geospatial mapping
  • History of surveying & map-making
  • OpenStreetMap (OSM)
  • Topographic map reading & compass navigation
• Design & User Experience
  • Accessibility
  • Data visualization
  • Ethnography
  • Service design
  • Typography & fonts
  • UX design
  • Visual facilitation
• Food & Preservation
  • Cast iron cookware
  • Charcoal grilling & hot smoking
  • Coffee & espresso (Flair 58 lever machine)
  • Fermentation
  • Food preservation (dehydration, smoking, salt curing, pickling)
  • Ginger beer
  • Pasta making from scratch
  • Pressure canning & preserving
  • Sourdough
• Music, Sound & Visual Arts
  • Air-dried clay crafts
  • Analog synthesizers
  • Audio engineering & mixing
  • Bass guitar
  • Drums & percussion
  • Kindness rocks
  • Moss terrariums
  • Nature sound recording
  • Photography
  • Rock painting
  • Synthesizers & keyboards
  • Watercolour painting
• Outdoor Adventure
  • 4WD & off-roading
  • Archery (recurve, traditional)
  • Aviation & planespotting
  • Bushwalking
  • Canyoning
  • Fishing
  • Geocaching
  • Rock climbing
• Sciences, Space & Technology
  • Military technology & strategy
  • Physics
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Space exploration
  • Weather & meteorology
• Science Fiction & Speculative Thought
  • Arthur C. Clarke
  • Baudrillard & simulacra
  • Charles Sheehan-Miles
  • Cory Doctorow
  • Daniel Suarez
  • Iain M. Banks
  • Liminal boundaries & liminality
  • Lord of the Rings (Tolkien)
  • Matthew Reilly
  • Neal Asher
  • Neal Stephenson
  • Philip K. Dick
  • Raymond E. Feist
  • Robert A. Heinlein
  • Science fiction as social commentary
  • Societal collapse
  • Ted Chiang
  • The Matrix (film)
  • Tom Clancy
  • Zombies & zombie apocalypse narratives
• Philosophy & Meaning
  • A.C. Grayling
  • Anton LaVey & rational self-interest
  • Baudrillard
  • Bioethics
  • Critical theory
  • Cult survivor experience
  • Descartes
  • Empiricism & David Hume
  • Ethics
  • Existentialism
  • John Stuart Mill (Greatest Happiness Principle, Liberty vs Harm Principle)
  • Ken Wilber: Holons & Integral Theory
  • Nietzsche
  • Pragmatism
  • Secular humanism
  • Skepticism
  • Stoicism
  • Utilitarianism & consequentialism
• Community & Practice
  • Agile & Scrum (software development)
  • BarCamp & unconferences
  • Blogging & public writing
  • Fire & Emergency Management
  • TEDx & community
• Collections & Material Culture
  • Books & reading
  • Feathers, shells & rocks
  • Fountain pens
  • Traditional hand tools
  • Knives
  • Torches/flashlights
• Places & Lived Geography
  • Australia
  • Canberra, ACT
  • Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Christchurch earthquake 2011 #eqnz
  • NSW
• Health & Sexuality
  • ADHD
  • Asexuality
  • BDSM & kink
  • Coarctation of Aorta (CoA)
  • Congenital Heart Defect (CHD)
  • Neurodiversity
• Companions & Daily Life
  • Coffee & espresso culture
  • Dogs & animal companionship