Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-15
Paver Base Calculator, With Nothing Hidden
A browser-based calculator that estimates gravel and bedding sand for patios, walks, and driveways in cubic yards, tons, bags, and cost.
Why it surfacedIt keeps the assumptions visible: footprint, layer depths, compaction, waste, density, bag size, and price are all editable. The result can be copied or printed as a preliminary material takeoff, while the site plainly separates what the calculator cannot know—drainage, subgrade, freezing, and structural conditions.
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The Two-Tonne Temperature Problem
August 15’s newborn domains include a live-aboard hydrogen airship with a two-tonne lift problem, a Japanese toolbox that explains its assumptions, an advisory-by-advisory Hawaiʻi hurricane archive, and a wedding-gift game about ungrateful poultry.
This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-15 Domain Arrivals issue.