IETester - could be a new way to test websites in multiple versions of Internet Explorer on the same machine. Still an alpha release, but rather promising.

What Web Hosting Is For - DreamHost - my current host - suggest customers move their hosted email onto a service like GMail so they can do what they do best: web hosting. Opinions are pretty mixed on this, and I haven’t made up my mind on it yet.

Processed Tower Defense - I had wondered if it could be done, seeing as JS is very flexible and capable. The author writes on design of the game, and has a follow-up entry as well. [via]

Foundations of Programming - pt 8 - Back to Basics: Exceptions - Karl continues his series of programming practices with a great look at the usage of exceptions.

How to Build Your Very Own Provider Model - Keyvan Nayyeri writes on building a provider model in .NET. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

Dime Casts.net - provides bite-sized, 10-minute (or so) screencasts covering coding practices and tools. Derik Whittaker writes about the launching of the site, and a day two follow-up.

The ultimate getElementsByClassName, anno 2008 - Robert Nyman updates the useful script to include support for the native functions in Safari 3.1 and the upcoming Firefox 3 and Opera 9.5. Very nice.

Applying Divine Proportion To Your Web Designs - Smashing Magazine has a great overview of the ways to add proportion to web site designs.

Free eBook - Best of Simple Talk ASP.NET - a great collation of useful .NET articles covering numerous topics.

30 Useful PHP Classes and Components - good listing of useful classes, components, and tools written in PHP, for PHP projects.

CSS Decorative Gallery - demonstrates how to use CSS to style a web photo gallery with graphic overlays - the example is incredible, I have GOT to try this!

Dreamweaver Public Beta - Now Open - yowee! I will be downloading this to have a play with it. So far, it has the CS3 look and feel, Subversion integration, an integrated WebKit engine for the preview mode, and updated CSS and JavaScript support.

Adobe Fireworks CS4 beta released - like Dreamweaver, Fireworks gets a public beta too. Will be getting this as well. So far, gets the CS3 look and an improved type panel.