Found this list over at Boyink.  Looks like a great set of resources covering many aspects for web design.

As a follow-up to my previous post on creating a DataManager class for WilsonORMapper that uses the IsolatedContext, I'm posting a download that includes updates for Paul Welter's excellent CodeSmith templates for WilsonORMapper.  These templates are intended for use with Web projects.  The DataManager stores the IsolatedContext instance in the current HttpContext so that the same IsolatedContext is used throughout the current Request.

To use the new templates, just unzip the files in the /Internal folder where the existing DataManager templates are stored.

FYI, although I've confirmed that they compile, I have not tested the VB.NET and VB.NET 2.0 DataManager versions.  If you find any issues, I would appreciate your feedback.

Download the Templates

I'm not a PHP developer, but I recognize that it is a very popular scripting language and there are a lot of resources available.  I just came across Phalanger, which is a PHP compiler for .NET.  This is not just CLR support for the PHP language, but a compiler that can take existing PHP script and compile it to run on the .NET Framework (MSIL). 

Under Sample Apps, you'll find popular PHP applications such as PhpMyAdmin, phpBB, and PHP-Nuke 7.5 that were compiled with little or no tweaking.  The Phalanger Forum is running under a compiled version of phpBB.

For PHP developers, this means taking advantage of the .NET Framework class libraries and the speed of truly compiled applications.  Benchmarks provided suggest that PHP applications compiled for .NET realize significant speed improvements and have a much higher throughput.  PHP developers can also take advantage of other .NET components written in C#, VB.NET, or any other CLR language.  For .NET developers, this opens up a whole world of PHP modules and applications that can be tapped for .NET applications.

Currently, Phalanger only works with .NET 1.x and does not run on Mono.  However, these features are on their roadmap.

I just found Layout Gala mentioned on the Godbit discussion forum.  This is a collection of 40 table-less layouts tested to work in IE, FireFox, Opera, and Safari.

I'm sure Paul Wilson will be announcing this soon, but just noticed this morning that he's updated his web sites, and added a new one: http://www.wilsonwebportal.com

It appears that Paul is releasing the WilsonWebPortal as a free download with sample source code demonstrating how to create modules for the portal.  I'm really looking forward to taking the WilsonWebPortal for a spin.

Congratulations on relasing version 1.0, Paul!

Just spotted this over at Scott Watermasysk's blog. 

The Open Web Design project was founded in November 2005 by Aaron "MonkeyMan" Nikula as a resource for users with no design skills to quickly put up a site and showcase their content and as a way for designers to share their designs and showcase their talent.

Currently it appears there are nearly 1,000 templates to peruse.  Very cool!

http://openwebdesign.org/

While I'm in the mood for shopping, I decided to take Nathan Smith's advice and order a copy of CSS Mastery.  It seems I can never find the time these days to do any reading, but this is one subject I sure would like to know more about.

While you're here, check out these links.

• Hoverbox Image Gallery - Nathan Smith's image gallery CSS tutorial based on things he learned from the CSS Mastery book.  No JavaScript -- just pure CSS.  Good discussion going on there, too.
  
• The CSS Experiment - Greg describes his journey from table-based layouts to CSS and the reasons why it's worth the trip.
• CSS Creator - A tip from Greg's post.  Nice little CSS layout "wizard" that can generate the code you need to get started.  Haven't tried it yet, but looks promising.  Check out the CSS Forum while you're there.
• In Search of the Holy Grail - A List Apart consistently produces some high quality articles.
• One True Layout Interactive Example - Another CSS layout wizard based on the In Search of the One True Layout articles.  I haven't had much luck getting these to work consistently in IE, so your mileage may vary.
• CSS Templates - A collection of CSS layouts
• UPDATE: Glish.com CSS layout techniques - Joe Audette pointed me to this one, which I've seen in the past but forgotten about.
  

Other CSS Links

• CSS Vault
• MaKo 4 CSS
• QuirksMode
  

I'm fed up with my Netgear RangeMax wireless router.  I've had the router for more than a year, and it has worked great.  Connection quality and range throughout my house have been far better than with the D-Link I had before.   However, over the last several weeks it has started flaking out.  Performance has been terrible and every once in a while it just completely dies and I have to reset it.  The problem has become increasingly worse, and today I've had to reset it five times so far.

So, taking the advice of Scott Hanselman I've purchased the Linksys WRT54GL.  The WRT54GL is the "new" old WRT54G with a Linux Kernal.  There are several Open Source firmware alternatives that add or improve its features.  I sure hope I'm not disappointed...