Slate's preview of the NFL playoffs, Aaron Schatz of the Football Outsiders website and KC Joyner, the author of Scientific Football 2007. These two Bill James-types use sabermetrics to breakdown the game. tjc

When ESPN's Dan Shanoff started the Daily Quickie back in 2003 it immediately became my first sports related destination in the morning. The entire idea and setup was a perfect introduction into the days sports stories. In August 2006 he left ESPN and started his own blog, DanShanoff.com continuing the Daily Quickie tradition. A little more then a year later The Sporting News has snatched him up. Making some big moves in the sports blog world by also adding Deadspin's Will Leitch, Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio and Spencer Hall from Every Day Should Be Saturday. Could this be a rejuvenation of sorts for The Sporting News? Time will tell. In the mean time, they just added thousands of readers to their fan base. FYI - Shanoff had one of the best sports blog rolls around. Check it out. Hopefully it will roll to TSN. glc

Piling on the sports, Michael Oher, the subject of Michael Lewis' book The Blind Side, is weighing his options as far as the draft is concerned. tjc

Did someone say sports? ESPN's Jeremy Lundblad lists the top 25 individual seasons ever. jmj

One last one on the sports theme. Promise. The NBA, for the first time during David Stern's tenure, has ruled to replay the end of a protested game. glc

Go check out Jessica Hagy's Indexed if you haven't already. Above is "Old Vices, New Media." tjc

Want to know when your primary is being held? NPR provides a map with with all 2008 Presidential Primaries and Caucuses. jmj

One of the four foundations of a wise crowd: decentralized information. This is a great analysis of the benefits of open-source software, copyleft (as opposed to copyright), crowdsourcing, and the problem with voting (hint: no decentralization of information). tjc

Polar bears can't get government protection but these five creatures can? (from Seed Magazine) tjc

The rough science behind selecting music for your workout. All hail the iPod! glc

Howard Wakefield willfully chooses to disappear from family, from friends, from life as he knows it. glc

With the writers' strike going on ten weeks, reality television is taking over... and is doing well in the ratings. jmj

John Hodgman has a tattoo of his face on his face. It's an incredible likeness. tjc

McSweeney's A Convergence of Convergences contest winner No. 35: Disseminations: Internet, Dandelions, Flight Paths by Sarah Daegling. The three pictures seem to converge. Check out No. 2 & 3, 23, 24 & 25, and 32. tjc

Why does Jupiter have rings? Read all about it at NASA's image of the day. glc

Is someone/anyone, guilty of something/anything in Abu Ghraib? No, everyone is innocent. How is this possible? tjc

Uncertain Principles calls out a commenter for teacher bashing. Boo-ya. tjc

It's funny because it's true. tjc