On the podcast, [Tom] and I were talking about the new generation of smartphones which are, at least in terms of RAM and CPU speed, on par with a decent …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/14/what-is-a-computer/)

Off-Grid Electricity and Hot Water from Scrap Wood
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/14/off-grid-electricity-and-hot-water-from-scrap-wood/

Cooking with charcoal is a fairly common human activity, as much as others have come to prefer fuels like propane and propane accessories for their outdoor, summertime grilling. Although it’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/14/off-grid-electricity-and-hot-water-from-scrap-wood/)

Take Pi for a Spin in this Orbital Simulator
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/14/take-pi-for-a-spin-in-this-orbital-simulator/

It’s Pi Day, and while we know that many of you celebrate privately, those that take a moment to put aside their contemplation of all things circular and join us …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/14/take-pi-for-a-spin-in-this-orbital-simulator/)

DR-DOS Is Back, But Not Quite as We Knew It
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/dr-dos-is-back-but-not-quite-as-we-knew-it/

If you weren’t around for the early PC era, or were a little more casual about operating systems, you could perhaps be forgiven for not knowing that DOS is not …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/dr-dos-is-back-but-not-quite-as-we-knew-it/)

Disassembling Opcodes with a Font
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/disassembling-opcodes-with-a-font/

Those who stay into the forbidden realm of font rendering quickly learn how convoluted and arcane it can be – LaTeX is a fully Turing-complete programming language, Unicode has over …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/disassembling-opcodes-with-a-font/)

New Aluminum-Based Catalyst Could De-Throne Platinum Group
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/new-aluminum-based-catalyst-could-de-throne-platinum-group/

Platinum-group metals (PGMs) are great catalysts, but they’re also great investments — in the sense that they are very, very expensive. Just ask the guy nicking car exhausts in the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/new-aluminum-based-catalyst-could-de-throne-platinum-group/)

Hackaday Links: March 15, 2026
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/hackaday-links-march-15-2026/

Some days, it feels like we’re getting all the bad parts of cyberpunk and none of the cool stuff. Megacorps and cyber warfare? Check. Flying cars and holograms? Not quite …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/hackaday-links-march-15-2026/)

Building a Rad Bluetooth Speaker that Didn’t Really Exist
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/building-a-rad-bluetooth-speaker-that-didnt-really-exist/