Rodent Regatta

Ben Hammersley already has some entries in his ”Design for an iPod” competition.

One of these days, I’m going to learn how to develop a template, how to allow users to select between multiple style sheets and how to test/develop this stuff without interfering with my weblog while doing the work. I wish there were a pill I could take to learn this stuff.

Seeing this work for Ben raises 1000 other questions. How is he able to show these designs without stepping on his existing weblog? Are these really pages in a weblog that he could post to? How do you design pull-down menus that allow switching between weblogs and column placement? How do you design a template starting from a blank screen? Where do you go to learn this stuff?