So I was reading over the W3C Working Draft for XHTML 2.0.  I must say, I’m looking forward to it so far (that is, when it’ll be most-used standard).  The W3C has already stated that it will not be 100% backwards compatible with previous standards (XHTML 1.0 and HTML 4.0) however any current author should [...]

Perl is Dead. Long live Perl.
If you’re a web developer who believes Perl is a thing of the past: read that essay.  If you’re a systems developer who doesn’t use Perl because you think it’s dying or dead: read that essay.
That essay puts into perspective just how thriving Perl still is and explains why [...]

Blueprint
“The wheel is invented. Gunpowder is plentiful.
Spend your time innovating, not replicating.
Presenting Blueprint, a CSS framework.”
Haha, I love that quote.
Blueprint is a CSS framework designed to help fasten your CSS development. It appears to be very easy to use and extremely comprehensive and complete. Upon looking through the quick tutorial it’s obvious this framework [...]

Firebug
Anyone use Firebug? It’s a web development tool for Firefox, allows you to debug and edit HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
I’ve found it to be quite useful. If you don’t already use it, I recommend looking into it.

http://www.whenpenguinsattack.com/2006/07/19/php-template-engine-roundup/
For those who don’t know, PHP templating engines seperate layout and design from the programming and logic. Creates cleaner and more robust code. Another benefit is when the project is a team-effort; designers can handle the templates while the programmer handles the rest.
The page I’ve link to above shows 25 of the better [...]

http://www.pageresource.com/zine/cc_5easyways.htm
A simple 5 steps that should always be kept in mind when designing web pages. They’re the basics, but still important.