Your must have web design resources?

What are your must have web design resources? When I come to designing a website I often refer to the following resources for inspiration or help.

www.istockphoto.com for stock photography (must have, cheap downloads!)
www.good-tutorials.com for any effects I might need to utilise
www.templatemonster.com offers me great inspiration and ideas!
www.talkfreelance.com for feedback/help.
www.hotscripts.com for any scripts I might need to use.
www.w3c.org for validation checking

What about yours?

http://www.sxc.hu for stock photography, too many to count (free)
http://www.alistapart.com for CSS hacks and tips
http://www.pixel2life.com for tutorials on just about every app

Yeah, Robson stole the rest of my list

Firefox Web Developer Extention -> Makes validating easier

My Inspiration Folder - Every time I see a design I really like I save a copy of it to my hard drive. Look at them when designing

http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/css/propindex/all.htm -- Helpful CSS thing O_o

http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html

Yar

Edit:

Ok... istockphoto just became a place I'll visit more often... Went there and found a perfect vector image to use in a design I'm making

Just istockphoto.com for stock photography and w3c.org for validation.

I prefer making up my own stuff rather than using tutorials to keep my work fresh and original.

Google.com if I get stuck with something in PHP.

edit: Oh I did use alistapart.com a few times when I was starting out with CSS.

http://www.sxc.hu/ - Stock Photos
http://www.templatemonster.com/ - Inspiration

I like to look at other peoples templates for inspiration as some are so amazing and they inspire me to get better.

Fonts: http://webdesign.templatemonster.com...e-stuff/fonts/
Stock Photos and Textures: http://www.sxc.hu
http://www.imageafter.com/
http://www.morguefile.com/archive/
http://www.www.mayang.com/textures
Tutorials: http://www.pixel2life.com

When working with any form of art or design--I try to make a huge note not to look at other peoples works. I don't feel going off what others have thought up is really going to create a unique product in my opinion.

Just curious...

- What exactly a royalty free means?
- Any licenced image can be used by many peoples?
- I have purchased some image previously (2 Years Back) @$3 per image and incidently that has be found in other sites too.
- Any comprehencive list of free to use images?

I believe royalty free means it can be used without having to worry about paying royalties(whatever you make off of it) to the author of the oringal image.

Many "licenced images" are indeed resold.

Many people scam and resell the same product many times--the internet is indeed huge. Plus you may not of been purchasing the unique right to them.

Originally Posted by siplnettech - Any comprehencive list of free to use images?

Like I said before, I find this sites good....
http://www.sxc.hu
http://www.imageafter.com/
http://www.morguefile.com/archive/
http://www.www.mayang.com/textures