As an experiment, I tracked all the “major” media that I consumed on Saturday between, roughly, 8 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. I might repeat this during the workweek. The items below – which don’t include the myriad trawlings of Facebook, Twitter, or my own blog, are presented in the order I consumed them:
“Even on Bloody Feet”
(Men’s marathon record holder Haile Gebreselassie on his first marathon, at age 16)
Old Lady (from The Wedding Singer)
(Old woman doing “Rapper’s Delight” from Adam Sandler’s movie The Wedding Singer)
“In a Complex Gaming Age, Faith in the Simple Virtues of Mayhem”
(“Gears of War 2″ review)
“Packages You Won’t Need a Saw to Open”
(story on replacements to hard-to-open plastic clamshell packaging)
“The Wild Wordsmith of Wasilla”
(Dick Cavett on Sarah Palin’s speaking abilities)
“Carleton’s ‘Save the Penis’ campaign goes limp”
(Local blog’s coverage of Carleton sidewalk that resembles a penis [no, really])
“Newell Wins Qualifier in Muonio, Falls in Semis”
(Story on Americans competing in XC skiing sprint races at Muonio, Finland)
“Racing Time”
(Blog post on top American cross-country skier Kris Freeman’s first race of the winter)
“The Season’s Start: Muonio”
(Blog post on first major XC ski races of the winter at Muonio, Finland – great picture)
“Parenting Moments You Never Think About When You’re Pregnant With That First Baby”
(Shannon’s blog post about annoying end of Friday afternoon’s activity)
“Or Mine. I Wonder What Mine Would Be Like.”
(Post and comments on Shannon’s blog about Vivi’s sleeping troubles)
Sigur Rós : “með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust” (“with a buzz in our ears we play endlessly”)
(album by Icelandic art-rock band)
Benny Golson & Art Farmer Jazztet: Here and Now
(1959 album by great bop group)
“Germans Pace the Field in Muonio 10/15km Classic”
(Article on results of 10k/15k XC ski races at Muonio)
The Balance Sheet posts on the NASDAQ and on liberal economics.
(Two posts on James Surowiecki’s New Yorker blog)
“Say Goodbye to BlackBerry? Yes He Can, Maybe”
(Excellent Times article on whether and how Obama will be wired – he may have to give up both his Blackberry and email)
various pages of “eighteen seconds before sunrise”
(Website of Icelandic art band Sigur Ros)
“Forgetting Sarah Marshall”
(rented through iTunes)
“Munio Finland”
(blog post by world-class American XC skiing sprinter Andy Newell on races in Muonio)
“The New Liberalism”
(George Packer on Obama’s brand of liberal politics)
6 responses so far ↓
1 Luke S // Nov 17, 2008 at 10:14 am
Sigur Ros fan? I missed an opportunity to see them this summer at Bonnaroo…I heard they were spectacular. If only school let me use piracy…oh well.
2 admin // Nov 17, 2008 at 10:19 am
Stealing is wrong, young man. Having internet friends send you a copy of the new album is just being nice, though.
3 Question // Nov 17, 2008 at 6:21 pm
I despise Sigur Ros, but J loves them. He’s getting this CD for his birthday.
Major media? Not smaller blogs? What about medium-sized blogs? I’m really wondering, because on the days after chemo when I’m in bed, I read online, pretty much all day. I might break for an online TV show. But, I read a lot of local and smaller blogs in addition to longer articles and major media stuff.
4 Luke S // Nov 17, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Would you really do such a thing? Just for me?
5 admin // Nov 17, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Q: What’s a “smaller” or “medium-sized” blog? I find that my blog reading is higher during the week as I follow links from one story to another, or have time to check my Reader listings. On the weekends, I just don’t have the time, or the need. (Much of my workday is spent chasing information around the internet, which is very conducive to lots of blog reading – from big news blogs all the way down to friends’ blogs.)
6 Question // Nov 18, 2008 at 3:43 pm
I guess with size I am referring to readership. I was just trying to see if I’m the only nerd on the planet that seems to spend lots of time chasing links and Reader listings.
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