This Is Your Life, and It's Ending One Minute at a Time

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Matt showed you Microsoft's Gordon Bell life in data files since 2001. But how does all that translate to your average real world daily activity?

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Shan Carter, Amanda Cox, Kevin Qualy, and Amy Schoenfeld show how most people's typical day goes in this nice data visualization graphic. On average, we spend up two-thirds of your day sleeping, eating, working and watching television. I think I can pass on the last part, to be honest. And I'll sleep when I'm dead in my grave.

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Check out their cool interactive graphic at the NYT. [NYT via Dark Roasted Blend]