Web Development and Design Link Dump

This might not be too helpful for a lot of the people that read this site, but I know some of this stuff will be handy for some, and I want to have it bookmarked just the same.

I have noticed lots of discussion about OpenID, as it is gaining momentum as an authentication standard. There's an MT Plugin, which I'd install if I ever desired authentication on this site, as well as how to turn your site into an OpenID.
• Creating Color Palettes from Photos.
• I've come across a good deal of open-source and free web template sites, some I've mentioned before, but I figured I'd list them all here just to have them all in one place:
  • Open Source Web Design
  • Open Web Design
  • Open Source Templates
  • Tristar Web Design's Collection
  • Some good wordpress themes
  • Six Shooter Media's Free Templates
  • Free Layouts.com
  • Gigantic collection of styles for MovableType, TypePad, and LiveJournal.
• AJAX for n00bs
• A ton of great web design and development tools, linked all from one place (been playing with this one quite a bit today).
• SmoothGallery, a Javascript gallery and slideshow system.
• Avoid killing your site if you get hit by Digg or Slashdot with a little PHP.
• Printable MySQL cheat sheets (they have tons of great cheat sheets there).
• 50 Incredible CSS Designs (I really need to get better at CSS).
• How to tell if you've been sold a VPS or a dedicated server.
• activeCollab open source project management tool.
• Embedded media HTML Generator
• MagicParser XML Parser for PHP
• Update on 1/17/07: Huge list of Web Developer Resources
• 30 Great Dark CSS Designs
• "Why doesn't my actionscript work?" Hilarious.
• What MovableType Plugins Do You Use?

Update on 1/1: Added a few more to the list that I found sitting in another bookmarks folder.

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