PhD • Study • Tech • Sustainability
Plan your first holiday light display with confidence. From measuring rooflines to ladder safety and choosing between DIY or professional help.
Find 60 thoughtful PhD graduation card messages for friends, family, partners and colleagues, plus a simple formula for writing your own.
By Jack Shaw, senior writer and editor at Modded Finally moving into a space you can renovate and call home can be such a monumental part of your life. Granted, it can feel more intimidating, even if you have experience with a dorm apartment rental that allowed renovations on a with-permission basis. Owning the property gives you … Read more
Build a study space that transitions into your remote work career. Design tips for creating an adaptable workspace that lasts beyond graduation.
Transform your tiny London flat into a productive workspace with smart design tips for lighting, storage and creating work-life boundaries.
By Jack Shaw, senior writer and editor at Modded Furnishing your first flat often comes with tight budgets and quick decisions, making cheap, ready-made furniture an easy choice. However, while fast furniture can solve an immediate need, lower-cost pieces are not always designed for repeated moves, repair or long-term use. Understanding its hidden costs can help you … Read more
Learn what green software is, how it reduces energy, hardware and carbon impacts, and the practical principles developers can apply.
Learn what makes code energy efficient, what to measure and which practical changes can reduce compute, data transfer and wasted work.
Use eight practical low-power coding techniques for embedded systems, including sleep states, event-driven design, batching, peripheral control and measurement.
Understand how data centres use electricity and water, what PUE and other metrics mean, and how to evaluate sustainability claims.