With this site almost completed in terms of functionality, I thought I'd post a blog entry on the things that I've used so far to create this site.

1. Lunarpages Hosting/Domains. Lunarpages are non-restrictive on content. You can host anything you want (even adult media), so long as the content itself is legal. They have a fantastic support setup, with a knowledge base created by actual user queries (instead of the average tech support created F.A.Q style setup), a ticketing system which is connected to 24hr support and friendly tech support personell! Their hosting and domain prices are fantastic, especially when you consider the support level, cPanel options and freebies they throw in when you purchase a hosting package. Click here to get your own Lunarpages account!
2. Drupal. In my humble opinion, Drupal is the most versatile, yet simple CMS' out there. It offers significant advantages over me writing my own CMS, such as the constant security testing and debugging, simple method of adding to the CMS through modules (and in turn, simple method of removing modules that aren't quite what I expected them to be). Creating themes for it is quite simple, you could probably get away without PHP knowledge even. Best of all, it's open source! That means no charge to the customer for majority of the functionality! I only charge for themes, general administration and any custom modules that I have to write for your site! As a bonus, there's over 2000 modules for it and I haven't come across one that isn't free!
3. Notepad++. If you're into coding and can't seem to find the right tool to correctly manage your code (syntax highlighting, standard tabs etc), then Notepad++ is for you! Yet another open source piece of equipment, Notepad++ is the one stop solution. It has syntax higlighting for over 40 languages straight out of the box, different hotkeys for function/word completion, commenting, an collapse parts of code, the list goes on!
4. FireFTP. This is a fantastic in-browser FTP client for Mozilla based browsers such as Cometbird and Firefox. It has more features than most desktop based FTP clients i've used in the past and is very simple to use.
5. Firebug. This is the single most fantastic add-on for debugging things like CSS, HTML, JavaScript and page load times, that I have ever come across. If you've ever written any of the aforementioned, wanted to see how long your site should take to load, or explore the DOM in a dynamic fashion, you MUST have a look at this tool!