Do you want to do one good thing today? Go with The Floe
I bet you think I’m going to ask you to sign up for the organ donor register. Well, I’m not. “But just a minute” (I hear you say), “Aren’t you in the middle of a campaign to do that? You were on the radio last week…” Well yes, but today I’ve got something else to ask you. Today I’m asking you to buy a love song. And if you’re not quite up to that, I’d like to encourage you to fwd, share, tweet, post, or even talk to somebody about this song “I hope you know”. It’s

Our job: Find out Why People Would Receive an Organ but Won’t Sign Up
We were interviewed recently on BBC Surrey Radio as part of a new campaign to encourage people to sign up to the NHS organ donor register. The interview as posted unfortunately didn’t cover the whole interview, I think the last few minutes was cut off for some reason.Until we get the permanent download, I’d like to say what was missed, because it reveals the point of the campaign. I said that we know that there are many people out there who want to register but never get around to actually doing it – so I

Interview on BBC Surrey Radio
If you got stuck in traffic this morning in the Guildford area, I must apologise.  The extra chaos was no doubt caused because Cim and I were called in to be interviewed live from the studios of BBC Surrey Radio. Rush hour?  Maybe, but traffic is not as bad on interview-free days. We were on the radio to help publicise a new campaign to get people to sign up for the organ donor register in the UK. Apparently, there has never been an out-and-out campaign with the single aim of getting people to, well, sign up – it’s always been a “by the way…” Can that be true? Anyway, a very nice lady rang Cim and fixed up to be on Nick Wallis̵

Shackleton’s Whisky Stash Found
If you’ve been on this blog before, you might be aware of my claim to the World’s southernmost whisky tasting, from our trip to Antarctica in March 2008. It seems the pioneer Ernest Shackleton was tasting whisky on the continent nearly 100 years before me. According to this article in the Global Post, “Polar explorers of that era relied on their alcohol of choice to help them and their crews through the long Antarctic nights and insomnia-inducing days.” Two cases of Mackinlay’

Apple’s Steve Jobs ‘Admits’ to Liver Transplant
You don’t normally expect personal revelations at a company bash, but if you work at computer giants Apple, and your boss is Steve Jobs, maybe you get used to them. But at the recent Apple conference, where big things were expected, nobody was quite ready for Jobs’ announcing his recent successful liver transplant. Here is an extract from the Guardian blog reporting direct from the conference: 6.04pm: The cheering and clapping has gone on for a good minute or so. Jobs, dressed in trademark black top and blue jeans, starts talking. “I am VERY happy to be here today with you all. As some of you may know, about five