I edit science words for a very large dictionary in Oxford. I currently live in Reading.Tumblr (3.0; @richardholden)http://richardholden.net/“The U.S. government has no evidence that any life exists outside our planet, or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>Oh come on, you can tell us really.</p> <p><a href="https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/response/searching-et-no-evidence-yet">Searching for ET, But No Evidence Yet | The White House</a></p></em>http://richardholden.net/post/12428457646http://richardholden.net/post/12428457646Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:46:13 +0000<a href="http://www.linkbanana.com/2011/09/03/how-to-internet/">How to Internet</a>: <p>Useful guide to getting more out of the web.</p>http://richardholden.net/post/9786763383http://richardholden.net/post/9786763383Sun, 04 Sep 2011 13:41:53 +0100<a href="http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/20/video/">Hubble Movies</a>: <p>Decades turned into seconds.</p>http://richardholden.net/post/9752614658http://richardholden.net/post/9752614658Sat, 03 Sep 2011 18:55:36 +0100<a href="http://www.paleofuture.com/blog/2007/9/10/french-prints-show-the-year-2000-1910.html">Prints from 1910 showing life in the year 2000</a>: <p>The flying policeman looks like an early Batman.</p>http://richardholden.net/post/9546149510http://richardholden.net/post/9546149510Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:48:10 +0100<a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/node/28121/print">They write the right stuff</a>: <p>Developing the incredibly reliable software used in the Space Shuttle.</p>http://richardholden.net/post/8468343371http://richardholden.net/post/8468343371Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:12:39 +0100<iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FmboEjwJwFU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The Internet in 1995 on MTV News.</p> <p>“Are you jacked into the Internet?”</p>http://richardholden.net/post/8221250794http://richardholden.net/post/8221250794Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:43:50 +0100<a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/07/paul_ford_facebook_and_the_epiphanator_an_end_to_endings.html">Facebook and the Epiphanator: an end to endings?</a>: <blockquote> <p>Social media has no understanding of anything aside from the connections between individuals and the ceaseless flow of time: No beginnings, and no endings. These disparate threads of human existence alternately fascinate and horrify that part of the media world that grew up on topic sentences and strong conclusions. This world of old media is like a giant steampunk machine that organizes time into stories. I call it the Epiphanator, and it has always known the value of a meaningful conclusion.</p> </blockquote>http://richardholden.net/post/7898213160http://richardholden.net/post/7898213160Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:04:22 +0100<a href="http://dashes.com/anil/2011/07/if-your-websites-full-of-assholes-its-your-fault.html">If your website's full of assholes, it's your fault </a>: <p>I wish news sites would just close their comment sections so I didn’t feel compelled to look at them.</p>http://richardholden.net/post/7887482038http://richardholden.net/post/7887482038Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:54:00 +0100<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/ubiquitous-tiny-belly-online-ad-part-of-scheme-government-says/2011/06/27/gIQAbI6Q1H_story.html">The scheme behind the ‘weird old tip’ ads</a>: <p>Unsurprisingly dodgy but exasperatingly successful.</p>http://richardholden.net/post/7527309618http://richardholden.net/post/7527309618Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:58:31 +0100<a href="http://jboriss.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/user-testing-in-the-wild-joes-first-computer-encounter/">Joe's first computer encounter</a>: <p>It’s easy to forget how weird this all is.</p>http://richardholden.net/post/7354655192http://richardholden.net/post/7354655192Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:48:53 +0100<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnwd6g0P8B1qlhe59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a title="Texters" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeholmes/5866201581/in/set-72157627036687802/"><img alt="Texters" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5277/5866201581_8dd715aa7d_m.jpg"/></a><a title="Texters" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeholmes/5866202835/in/set-72157627036687802/"><img alt="Texters" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5309/5866202835_704eb8a0d2_m.jpg"/></a><a title="Texters" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeholmes/5866757010/in/set-72157627036687802/"><img alt="Texters" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5313/5866757010_45bd5838ac_m.jpg"/></a><a title="Texters" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeholmes/5866204099/in/set-72157627036687802/"><img alt="Texters" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5142/5866204099_d2881f1761_m.jpg"/></a> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeholmes/sets/72157627036687802/">Texters</a>: a photo set by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeholmes/">Joe Holmes</a> on Flickr.</p>http://richardholden.net/post/7294096867http://richardholden.net/post/7294096867Wed, 06 Jul 2011 06:43:18 +0100<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/07/04/110704fa_fact_paumgarten?currentPage=all">Online Dating: Sex, Love, and Loneliness</a>: <p>Long New Yorker article on the history and state of Internet dating.</p>http://richardholden.net/post/7185256836http://richardholden.net/post/7185256836Sun, 03 Jul 2011 08:30:13 +0100<a href="http://www.economist.com/node/18897425/">The End of the Space Age</a>: <p>I hope the Economist is wrong.</p>http://richardholden.net/post/7150676385http://richardholden.net/post/7150676385Sat, 02 Jul 2011 08:33:25 +0100“You might not know this, but one of my responsibilities as commander-in-chief is to keep an eye on robots. And I’m pleased to report that the robots you manufacture here seem peaceful. At least for now.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2387574,00.asp">Barack Obama</a> at <span name="intellitxt" id="intellitxt"> Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Centre</span>.</em>http://richardholden.net/post/7051214766http://richardholden.net/post/7051214766Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:41:18 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnjt5ihg7C1qlhe59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Figure from the paper <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC547091/">Microbiological Laboratory Hazard of Bearded Men</a>. The figure with the chickens and the mannequin is also good.</p> <p>[<a href="http://twitter.com/Aleatoric/status/86007797988339712">via</a>]</p>http://richardholden.net/post/7041410401http://richardholden.net/post/7041410401Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:01:18 +0100science<a href="http://www.nuclear.kth.se/radioactiveorchestra/">The Radioactive Orchestra</a>: <p>Make music with radioactive isotopes. Example track <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQxOC_BK9bs">here</a>.</p>http://richardholden.net/post/7038000231http://richardholden.net/post/7038000231Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:55:00 +0100sciencemusic<iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BkhNED3-mnI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><em>A Short Vision</em> (1956): a short animated film about a nuclear attack. The story of its making and airing can be found <a title="A SHORT VISION: Ed Sullivans Atomic Show Stopper" href="http://conelrad.blogspot.com/2011/06/short-vision-ed-sullivans-atomic-show.html">here</a>.</p>http://richardholden.net/post/7005475134http://richardholden.net/post/7005475134Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:07:51 +0100videonuclear<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lngv9nx7Vs1qlhe59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Darryl Cunningham on <a href="http://darryl-cunningham.blogspot.com/2011/06/evolution.html">evolution</a>.</p>http://richardholden.net/post/6985674100http://richardholden.net/post/6985674100Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:52:36 +0100sciencecomic<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/24410924" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>The Cassini Mission.</p> <p>I love the glitches in this<span> </span><span>–</span> they’re a reminder that these photos were taken by an actual <em>thing </em>floating through space, rather than being computer generated.</p>http://richardholden.net/post/6979189916http://richardholden.net/post/6979189916Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:37:59 +0100spacevideo<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnenv1eC0U1qlhe59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Placebo beer glass.</p> <p>Presumably the frosting at the bottom of the glass is to make you think your drink is colder than it really is.</p>http://richardholden.net/post/6940406170http://richardholden.net/post/6940406170Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:16:13 +0100photo