When we moved CNET News.com to CSS in September, 2003, an obvious inspiration was CSS Zen Garden. Later on, as the style sheets were improved and refactored as part of the October, 2005, redesign, we discussed just how far we had come. And we even discussed holding a contest to let our readers see what they could do to change/design the site with their own style sheets.
So, when I see the Slashdot CSS Redesign Contest today, I can only (a) applaud the effort and (b) kick myself about following through. Or not doing so, in this instance.
I’ll also be curious to see the end result.