"Yes, it’s true that a team at Google couldn’t decide between two
blues, so they’re testing 41 shades between each blue to see which one
performs better. I had a recent debate over whether a border should be
3, 4 or 5 pixels wide, and was asked to prove my case. I can’t operate
in an environment like that. "

http://stopdesign.com/archive/2009/03/20/goodbye-google.html

and thats the reason google and it's applications look the way they do.

nice for sitemaps, and similar charts:

 http://astuteo.com/slickmap/

apparently in firefox you can address images (and files in general) inside a .jar archive (renamed .zip-file) like this: jar:test.jar!/img1.png.
So you can compress you images, css and js files inside a single file (thus requiring only a single connection to the server an compressing the data in one turn).
neat!
 
 http://kaioa.com/node/99

http://www.noupe.com/css/50-free-high-quality-and-new-xhtmlcss-templates.html

  50 really nice free templates

  http://www.2expertsdesign.com/2008/10/05/2experts-free-icons-set/

 I really like the look of these icons. Maybe I'll find a use for them one day.

nice collection of ajax tutorials and code:
http://delimitdesign.com/ajax/80-ajax-solutions-that-are-usefull-and-innovative/

another CSS grid framework, supposed to make things easier:
http://code.google.com/p/the-golden-grid/

A very nice looking free theme for wordpress:

http://www.blogohblog.com/wordpress-theme-excellence/

nice css tricks, some stuff I didn't knew:

http://devsnippets.com/reviews/css-code-snippets-15-wicked-tricks.html