Look for certified organic GBs (day 115)

Between 1980 and 2008, the number of bytes consumed by Americans increased 350 percent. The average annual growth rate was calculated at 5.4 percent.
-- Don Reisinger (CNET news story: "Study: You'll wolf down 34GB of data today )

I don't think Canadians fared much better.

How many GB for a healthy body?  What proportion of news, twitter, fiction is ideal?  Should one ingest any TV?  Is there a difference between wolfing down words or images?  Are images really worth a thousand words?  Is reading tweets the equivalent of snacking? 

Here is my recipe for a healthy information day:

Total GB: 14.84-17.3
Preparation Time: Pre-packaged
Cooking Time: Pre-cooked

50 tweets - 6.8 KB
50 emails - 600KB
3 videos (10 minutes each, HD) - 2 GB
1 hour of podcast - 25MB
one of:
   1 tv episode - 550MB
   1 movie - 3GB
2 hours internet browsing - 88MB
2 hours of virtual reality - 12 GB
1 hour of reading print -5MB
background music (3 hours)- 180MB

I know it seems like a near starvation diet but a good choice of media will make you feel full with less.  You'll thank me later when you slip in to that accessorized story full of just the right references, perfect for a late night conversation.

A song for this post.