Time Is Tight

I’ve decided on my Web store: I’m going to run a music site. I’ll trade used CDs and sell new CDs through Amazon’s Associates Program. I’ll be posting spec docs as I go along on my UBC Web page.

I haven’t mentioned this before, but I adore my wife.

Want a free Web store? I need an idea for some kind of Web store. My deliverables are a usable front end by December 12th and a full-blown, buy-online Coldfusion/MS-SQL powered store by June.
I’ve been considering used CDs and records, old guitars etc. (but I don’t really want to sell ‘em) and people (i.e., [...]

Really, examples of Web sites whose design I like, and why.

http://www.abrightcolddayinapril.com
Elegant site design; nice photos.
http://a.wholelottanothing.org/
Attractive colour scheme and backgound; cool use of background images as
sizable thumbnails.
http://www.daringfireball.net/
Minimlism.
http://www.csszengarden.com/
http://www.meyerweb.com/
Two sites that demonstrate what can be done with CSS-based design.
http://www.whatdoiknow.org/
Subtle background pattern, cool text as images.
Also cool:
Andy Budd
Brainstorms and Raves
bingwalker
clagnut
Design Meme
Hivelogic Narrative
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
Kapowaz
languagehat
Meccapixel
mezzoblue
One Point [...]

Developers gripe about IE standards inaction:
Complaints over Microsoft’s CSS support come amid broader criticisms that improvements in browser technology have slowed to a glacial pace since the software giant crushed credible competition in the market–an outcome that some view as ironic given Microsoft’s cries during the antitrust trial that court-mandated restraints on its ability to [...]