I presented a brief intro to jQuery at UNC Charlotte's Web Developer's Group meeting on June 27th, 2008. If you want to check out the slides, they are linked below:
I am just not a fan of drop down menus. I think they should be avoided at all cost. They don't always work in every browser and they can become a usability and accessibility issue. Jeffery Zeldman sums it up nicely: http://bobchristenson.tumblr.com/post/38016909/when-i-see-a-drop-down-menu-i-know-that-a
I am a big fan of subverison. I current use a combination of TextMate, ZigVersion and command line SVN to work with Subversion for my University development at UNC Charlotte.
I have just started using a great web site to save code snippets. www.snipplr.com allows you to save code to share with others and/or to save in a handy location so you can reuse it as needed. When you add a new snippet to Snipplr.com, you can add a title, language, tags, URL and comments, in addition to the source code. You can also choose to keep the code private. If you create a temporary snippet for showing a friend your code, the snippet will expire in 24 hours.