1stwebdesigner: 20 snippets you should be using from HTML5 Boilerplate
Sounds stupid and listy but it's actually a good introduction to some of the more useful and practical pieces of the huge insane HTML5 Boilerplate (html5boilerplate.com).
This may be worth looking into. I waffle on whether this sort of thing is ultimately a good decision — you're relying on someone else's framework, it takes a while to learn and master, and once you decide to go with it you're essentially stuck with it. But isn't that the case with any pseudo-framework developed for a website design? I should test this on a little project.