This blog uses Webstruct 3, which is based upon Zend Framework, to provide the infrastructure. The blog items are created with the News extension.
The CSS framework used is the Grid960 framework with 12 columns of 40 pixels and a gutter width of 20.
I haven't used images for the main layout, but only CSS. The shadows, gradients and all the other effects are not fully supported in Internet Explorer. I have no desire to fix the website for Internet Explorer.