Image mapping (browser) performance issues : http://www.alistapart.com/articles/imagemap/

Many good mapping/cartography Related Sites : http://www.csun.edu/~hfgeg005/cwg/cartsite/cartsite.html

300 TrueTpe fonts that can be used for design work (free to download in .ttf format) : http://www.goodfonts.org/

You don't actually have to invent anything to get a patent : http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1211&e=10&u=/nm/20050406/tc_nm/tech_sony_brain_dc&sid=95573372 . A Sony Electronics spokeswoman told the magazine that no experiments had been conducted, and that the patent "was based on an inspiration that this may someday be the direction that technology will take us." From http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/sony-patents-imaginary-brainwave-broadcasting-039078.php

Por' trait, v. To make a portrait, picture, or image of. To portray .To represent or describe graphically. To set forth. To draw or make.

"Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats." - Howard Aiken