“Daft Punk Unchained”

The argument goes like this: The mere act of tracking what you eat and how often you exercise causes healthier behavior. FitBit is essentially a game of observational bias. Harder, faster, better, stronger — with data.

THE LEDGER, my media tracking project, now approaching a two month birthday, is testing the same principle applied to content consumption: Can the media equivalent of “stepping on a scale” lead to a trimmed media diet?

So far, the answer seems an unequivocal no. I have somehow watched six movies this week. Here they are, along with everything else gobbled up; recommended items, in bold:

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12

• TV: Jeopardy (s32 e34)
• TV: Saturday Night Live, Chris Hemsworth (s41 e8)
• PODCAST: Longform Podcast, “Adrian Chen”
• PODCAST: Studio 360, “Across the Multiverse”
• PODCAST: Slate Money, “The Mega-Merger Edition”
• PODCAST: On the Media, “Plaintiff Shopping”

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11

• MOVIE: Cartel Land
• POST: “What a Quartz Sale Might Look Like, and Why” | Capital
• TV: Charlie Rose | PBS
• TV: Jeopardy (s32 e33) | ABC

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10

• TV: You’re the Worst, “The Heart Is a Dumb Dumb” | FXX
• MOVIE: Daft Punk Unchained
• PODCAST: Recode Decode: “Brian Rolapp, NFL Media Czar”
• PODCAST: Serial, “Episode 01: DUSTWUN”
• PODCAST: Bret Easton Ellis, Quentin Tarantino
• POST: “The Best Movies of 2015” | NYT
• POST: “The Best TV Shows of 2015” | NYT
• POST: “The Best Albums of 2015” | NYT
• POST: “The Best Art of 2015” | NYT
• POST: “Pharma’s Bad Boy Exec Martin Shkreli Paid $2 Million for Wu-Tang Clan’s New Record” | Bloomberg
• POST: “The Internet’s Loop of Action and Reaction Is Worsening” | NYT
• TV: Minnesota Vikings vs. Arizona Cardinals | NFL
• TV: The Daily Show (s1 e36)| COM
• TV: The Late Show (s1 e56) | CBS

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9

• MOVIE: Listen to Me Marlon
• MUSIC: The Beatles, Abbey Road
• POST “How South Park Perfectly Captures Our Era of Outrage” | NYT
• POST: “Emerson Spartz Raises $25 Million” | Recode
• POST: “Satoshi’s PGP Keys Are Probably Backdated” | Motherboard
• TV: South Park, “PC Principal Final Justice” (s19 e10) | COM
• TV: With All Due Respect | BLOOM
• TV: The Late Show (s1 e55) | CBS

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8

• MOVIE: Best Of Enemies
• POST: “Anarchy in the USA” | The Believer
• POST: “I Was Internet-Famous” | New York
• POST: “Bitcoin’s Creator Is Probably This Unknown Australian” | Wired
• POST: “Australian Says He and His Friend Invented Bitcoin” | Gizmodo
• PODCAST: The Andy Greenwald Show, Trevor Noah
• TV: The Daily Show (s1 e34)| COM
• TV: Scream Queens, “Dorkus” (s1 e12) | FOX
• TV: Scream Queens, “The Final Girl(s)” (s1 e13) | FOX
• TV: Charlie Rose | PBS

MONDAY, DECEMBER 7

• MOVIE: 99 Homes
• MOVIE: Black Mass
• PODCAST: Recode Decode, “Dick Costolo; Hoverboards”
• POST: “A Revolving Door Helps Big Banks’ Quiet Campaign to Muscle Out Fannie and Freddie” | New York Times
• TV: Fargo, “The Castle” (s2 e9) | FX
• TV: U2: Innocence and Experience Live in Paris | HBO
• TV: The Daily Show (s1 e33) | COM

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6

• POST: “Our (Bare) Shelves, Our Selves” | New York Times
• TV: This Week | ABC
• TV: Reliable Sources | CNN
• TV: Meet the Press | NBC
• TV: 60 Minutes | CBS
• TV: Breakthrough, “Energy from the Edge” (s1 e5) | NAT GEO
• TV: Homeland, “New Normal” (s5 e10) | SHO
• TV: Mike Tyson Mysteries, “Old Man of the Mountain” (s1 e15)
• PODCAST: Song Exploder, Wilco
• PODCAST: Startup, “Pitch Perfect 2”

Rex Sorgatz is harder faster better stronger at @fimoculous.