ASP.NET Resources does a Microsoft.com redesign
In case you missed it, Milan of ASP.NET Resources ran a cool series on redesigning the front page of Microsoft.com with an eye towards Web Standards (CSS, ECMAScript, XHTML, DOM).
His assessment on the final artical explains the point of standards compliance isn't standards compliance; it's bandwidth savings (5TB / Month estimated), faster load / rendering, greatly improved browser support, and “forward-compatibility” through XHTML compliance.
Microsoft.com Redesign: A Web Standards Showcase
Microsoft.com Redesign: Genesis
Microsoft.com Redesign: Rolling Up The Sleeves
Microsoft.com Redesign: Pardon Our Dust
Microsoft.com Redesign: The Final Frontier
Here's the finished product (all files for the project here).
And while you're there, check out his cool CAPTCHA solution to Blog Comment Spam at the bottom of each post.