Don Reisinger: The bottom line is this: The Web consumes most of my media time

The bottom line is this: The Web consumes most of my media time, or by
some accounting most of my time overall. Based on my logs, I spend (on
average) seven to eight hours per weekday on the Web just reading the
news, trying out different Web services, and talking to friends on
social networks. During the weekends, that number drops to about three
hours per day.

Meanwhile, I spend less than two hours watching television each week
and average just over one movie screening per week. I haven't finished
a book from cover to cover in well over three months. I play video
games often because it's part of my job, but I've noticed that my
average of about one hour of gaming per day has declined a bit over
the past couple weeks.

So am I a Web addict and has it changed the way I consume
entertainment? Yes and yes. As much as I would like to watch more
movies and enjoy more television shows, I won't because I've found
more value online. Maybe I'm the exception instead of the norm, but
there's nothing about the fact that the Web has changed the way I live
my life that feels abnormal to me at all.

Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who has written about
everything from HDTVs to computers to Flowbee Haircut Systems. Don is
a member of the CNET Blog Network, and posts at The Digital Home. He
is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.