 got great news at work this week a redesigned site that was supposed to launch on the 6th is now getting pushed back to the 13th maybe i will have time in the coming week to take a few minutes to not feel stressed out and rushed so in my limited free time this week here are some things that i found interesting create a sleek high end web design from scratch this was a great article going step by step designing a website i am really finding these design articles interesting since i am in the process of working on the next redesign for my site there was also a partnering article build a sleek portfolio site from scratch that discussing the slicing of the site nothing ground breaking but a nice step by step guide for a beginner the vanishing personal site this is an interesting article discussing something that i have recently begun to see as well some peoples personal sites just have links to their accounts on the numerous social networking sites the article even spurred an article from six apart hell no personal sites arent dead i dont believe that personal sites are dead but i agree with zeldmans comment that they are vanishing starting with css and bug fixing tips this is a great resource for people just getting into web development veerle provides a bunch of links recommended books and strategies for fixing css bugs definitely will become a great starting point for a lot of people 