I was digging through the current issue of Print (http://www.printmag.com) and discovered a sidebar I've completely overlooked in all of the past issues. This one was loaded with some interesting topics that have been kicked around on creativebits.

Smart Way to Create Weathered Typography

http://www.fontshop.com/fontfeed/archives/tip-the-wornweatheredstamped-look

12 Breeds of Clients and How to Work With Them

http://www.freelanceswitch.com/clients/12-breeds-of-client-and-how-to-work-with-them

Working With Color on the Mac

Painter's Picker allows yo uto quickly build a palette of primary, complementary, and clashing colors in an assortment of color-wheel densities.
http://www.old-jewel.com/ppicker

Shades matched the color you sample with a set of between 9 and 81 ralated tints.
http://www.chromaticbytes.com/shadesTour.php

Mac Color Picker has a wide range of palette building tools, neatly documented at Codepoetry.
http://www.codepoetry.net/archives/2004/08/02/the_colors.php

Interface Design Inspiration

Chris Messina 'aka Factory Joe' has a growing library of design patterns, application flows, and interface bits.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/collections

CSS Type Specs

If you're not comfortable editing Cascading Style Sheets in order to check type specs, the CSSType site provides a way to prototype on screen, showing several variants of your settings at once.
http://www.csstype.com