I do not understand Foxtel. They say that they favour viewer choice… mostly over free to air though – but they still do favour viewer choice. Still, I found it surprising that at least 14 channels were in use with the same program from 6:30 to 7:30 this evening whith their 10th anniversary bash. I can understand a few channels, but 14! Why? I cannot see the logic there. Strange…

The DesertNews Newspaper has a story about the Opening of Disneyland and the sinking of the Mark Twain Riverboat the same day. It seems that they allowed 500 people onto the riverboat and it went off its rails. No-one was injured, although many people needed to walk through water and mud to get off the boat. After that they only allowed about 200 people on. This story has only just been released since the person counting has not spoken until now.

G4TV has a story about how much it actually costs to produce many pieces of consumer electronics. Looking at the WebSite for G4TV, The Mac mini which retails for $499 is actually worth $283 in parts and labor. The 2 Gig iPod Nano retails for $199, but is actually worth $103 in parts and labor where the most expensive component is actually the iPod Nano’s 2 Gigs of memory. A teardown of the Game Boy Micro which retails for $100. The actual cost of the Micro is only $44. The screen on the GB Micro is actually the most expensive component.