Well yes, it is rare. But this isn't really hacking--its more art and css/html (digital media). I worked with this 17 year old CSS girl at my last job. I asked her why she didn't want to go in to tech, since she was so good. She told me something to the effect that because she was asian and firstborn, she had to do what her mom wanted, which was for her to be a lawyer. blah

She's more a designer than hacker, but nonetheless, she's really good. It's not my cup of tea for my own sites, but her design sense is impressive for one with so little experience and training.

Current design fad in our world are gradients, big fonts, and reflections. Hers is pretty refreshing, but in order to achieve those effects, she used a lot of unorthodox methods.

I don't know if it's some sort of layout software that's doing it, or she did it by hand, but it's a lot of absolute positioning.

I still think very page-like and being semantically correct when it comes to my layouts. Her methods gives me something else to think about. In addition, if her page source is any indication, CSS and HTML is nowhere near the expressibility that is required for complicated layouts. If it were, her source would be more semantically valid, and she wouldn't be using divs for the buildings and all the little windows in the upper right corner.