Sunday links for 2009-06-21:

• Online archive of 19-th-century newspapers from the British Library [Link]
• The inside story of the Conficker worm [Link]
• Rant on the story arc craze in television series [Link]
• New York Times article: The Obama Haters’ Silent Enablers [Link]
• First new element for five years makes periodic table [Link]
• How your computer can benefit all of mankind [Link]
• 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive [Link]
• David Rumsey’s Historical Map Collection [Link]
• Ecocomics: If Supervillains acted according to economic theory [Link]
• Fascinating article about worldwide data center infrastructure [Link]
• The Text Adventure Games That Ate Our Brains [Link]