Start A Website? RTFM, dude.

Working on an extended tutorial, the beginnings of which can be admired here:

http://tutorials.allyoushouldknow.com/web/startawebsite_one/

It's still in progress, so don't be surprised of links that lead nowhere yet.

Blunt Is Beautiful, or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Adhered To Standards

I could not possibly say it any better than a guy named Doug Vanderweide, right here: Stupid Web Site Tricks.

There are times when I just want to reach through my monitor, and grab some ignoramus by his or her collar and just… shake them, all the while simply yelling NO! NO! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! at the top of my lungs, and in their face.

Yes, the design of my main pages is a straight copy of a ready-made WordPress template, mea culpa. I started working on my own CMS, but life (as it does) got in the way so I abandoned that idea for now. Anything outside the realm of the read subdomain, though, is hand-written and hand-coded and hand-designed.

And I'm not using any fancy stuff to detract from what I have to say.

Mister Vanderweide, sir – I tip my hat to you.