Reading break links

I'm halfway through Paul Shackel's Memory in Black and White, so I've put down the notebook for a few minutes so I can post some links instead:

• An excellent use of Photoshop
• Mr. Rogers in infographic form (side note: if your Facebook friends weren't among those reposting the picture of Mr. Rogers with Koko the gorilla, you don't have enough sentimental nerds in your life)
• Created land is poorly drained? Who would have thought?
• What Turing's Cathedral leaves out
• Digital humanities in action: making ancient documents legible
• Alexander McCall Smith on early female detectives
• Someday I'm going to write about why James Fallows is a brilliant writer, but for now just read for yourself
• I was totally hooked by Henry Wiencek's book teaser in Smithsonian, so the reviews (especially from my historian-hero Annette Gordon-Reed) are fascinating
• The reading skills journalists need
• An in-depth look at the first show I ever got hooked on