http://www.spikereid.co.uk Andrew Reid's Blog Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:47:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Scientists, whilst not trying to save the world in Copenhagen, have recently been dropping coconuts into the ocean off Bali. This was an experiment in animal psychology. But rather than what I expected, which was to see how a row of monkeys chained to the sea bed would interact with the ... http://www.spikereid.co.uk/2009/12/the-octopus-and-the-coconut/ For the last 6 months a man called Dave has been trying to organise a communal party in my flat. On his Facebook group and A4 poster ads stuck around the lift entrance, he calls for the community to come together like they did when our grandparents were young. Spare a thought ... http://www.spikereid.co.uk/2009/11/the-party-man/ The anti-Obama propaganda has started. Some Americans are guaffing and laughing at the economic stimulus plan. Money towards new cars for scrapping old polluting cars. Cash for Clunkers! Madness! The anti-Obama crowd were saying things like "Yeahaar! Maybe we should have a cash for clucker's programme and pay people to eat ... http://www.spikereid.co.uk/2009/08/god-bless-america-but-not-south-carolina/ There is one aspect I agree with despite the bovine idiocy of religion. The vicar. A few pennies drop onto his collection plate. He lives in a small house and serves a small (and diminishing) church. Yet he is happy trimming the roses and praying for forgiveness over (amongst other things) ... http://www.spikereid.co.uk/2009/08/dear-lord-please-save-us-from-our-new-religion/ There was a man in American who believed that God would cure his sick daughter. Unfortunately, he was so steadfast in this belief that he failed to call the doctor, and she died. A wake up call swings like a wreaking ball into his belief in the healing power of Our Kind ... http://www.spikereid.co.uk/2009/08/rhythm-of-the-wreaking-ball/ They finally have us by the balls. Monopolies are forming online. eBay. What alternative do we have to eBay in the UK? A garage sale on a damp Sunday? Not quite as far reaching is it? eBay know this and have suddenly doubled their fees to a massive 10%. That's on ... http://www.spikereid.co.uk/2009/04/the-internet-kiss-it-goodbye/ Joey is reading a magazine called ppaper, and she tells me about an article about Facebook and Google, and the Internet and how it should tie us altogether to be closer, but it goes onto say that it just isn't happening. After the latest awful redesign Facebook has now officially become ... http://www.spikereid.co.uk/2009/03/tap-tap-is-this-thing-on/ Imagine what it would have been like in the first world war as a heroic fighter pilot. Aeroplanes had only been around for 10 years and were made of wood and fabric. On the training fields, you strap yourself into a wooden 'bird cage' and fire up the tiny propellor engine. ... http://www.spikereid.co.uk/2009/03/the-dog-loving-dogfighter/ The FIA knew they were breaking their own rules when they introduced the new points system, which was incidentally suggested by one Bernard Ecclestone. A crafty bespectacled genius of the highest order in my opinion. The FOTA gaggle of united teams is bad news for the powers that be. In fact the battle ... http://www.spikereid.co.uk/2009/03/divide-and-conquer/ This blog is a preview of my new F1 website, starting soon at www.brawnf1blog.com McLaren - what has gone wrong? The most resourceful F1 team on the grid, with the biggest budget has got it wrong. At least it seems for all the world that way from winter testing. Testing comparisons are ... http://www.spikereid.co.uk/2009/03/is-the-sound-of-revolution-in-the-air/