What Is This?
N50.CAMP is a small camping event somewhere around the 50 north line: a weekend of tents, field kitchens, small networks, radio mistakes, battery math, soldering on a folding table, and conversations that start with "this should only take five minutes."
It is not a conference. There is no keynote, no velvet rope, no growth strategy, and no hero button. Think campfire with a switch, a kettle, and one person trying to make DNS work from a chair slowly sinking into mud.
When-ish / Where-ish
The exact date and field coordinates are shared with confirmed campers. This is partly because fields have owners, partly because indexing everything makes places weird, and partly because the planning pad currently contains three arrows and the word "beans".
| time | thing | confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Friday dusk | arrive, stake tents, argue about antenna placement | medium |
| Saturday | workshops if somebody writes them on cardboard | excellent |
| Saturday night | fire, packets, stories, stubborn LED repairs | high |
| Sunday | leave no trace, find lost tent pegs, promise better docs | painfully real |
Bring The Boring Things
- tent, sleeping bag, ground sheet, actual warm clothes
- cup, spoon, water bottle, headlamp, towel you will forget exists
- extension cable if you need power, labeled so it can return home
- projects that can survive dust, drizzle, and people asking questions
- trash bag, earplugs, medication, and a plan for your own food
- curiosity, patience, and a tolerance for DHCP folklore
Do not bring: giant bluetooth speakers, glass in the field, or a drone that "just needs one test flight" over tents.
Unhelpful Field Map
north-ish
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tree line| [quiet tents]
-----------+---------------------------
[radio tarp] x = kettle
\ o = suspicious cable coil
\__ o
\____ [hack table]
\____ x fire bowl
\____ mud that looks shallow
if you find the creek, you went too far or became the network uplink
field note loading from a tiny script...
How To Get Involved
If you know the humans organizing it, ask them directly. If you only found this page by typing a short domain into a browser at 1:13 in the morning, that also counts as a sign. Send a plain message with what you want to build, cook, fix, teach, or quietly observe.
contact route: camp@n50.camp
backup route: pass a note to the person holding the crimp tool
10 Human Amateur Website Hallmarks Deliberately Preserved
- Header layout uses a table because it lined up first try.
- There is a marquee even though everybody knows better.
- The background is tiled-ish and slightly too busy.
- Last-updated text is visible and weirdly specific.
- Visitor counter exists, but admits it is local and silly.
- Guestbook is a text file because databases attract chores.
- Fonts disagree in public.
- ASCII art is doing the work an image would normally do.
- One section is rotated by one degree for no strategic reason.
- There is a fake webring badge at the bottom, as tradition requires.