TV Licence

An article from the BBC on fuel poverty today got me wondering. An increasing number of people are now in fuel poverty, sitting in cold homes because they can't afford to turn the heating up, or having to eat less food so they can heat their homes. when money is tight, people have to cut back on non-essentials to pay for the essentials.

Earlier tonight I caught a BBC iPlayer advert which made me think. I've searched the streaming sites for it to either embed or link to but can't find it, so I'll have to describe it instead. Remember the BBC are funded as a "public service broadcaster" in the UK.

I checked my feeds this morning and found to my surprise that Windows 7 was released today in the UK, ahead of the rest of the world. We currently have postmen and women determined to make life difficult for those who rely on the mail, so copies of Windows 7 were posted early to those who'd ordered them online.