web.config Encryption
"Can't I encrypt portions of my web.config so people can't just pop that file open and find my db passwords and other sensitive stuff?" ASP.NET 2.0 has expanded support for config section encryption, and this article gives a good overview of using aspnet_regiis to do just that.

Drawing Primitives using JavaScript
After all the iterations of the web browser, isn't it funny how we still can't do things like draw simple shapes?! Don't worry, there is always a kluge. Until Vector Markup Language is supported in more browsers, we can use this LGPL javascript library to draw simple shapes.