I would recommend Joomla (joomla.org). It's a very powerful CMS and what makes it a little bit above the rest is it's community support. There is a flotilla of extensions and plug-ins available.

I got started in CMS with PHP-nuke years ago and eventually moved onto Drupal. It just seemed a bit rough to me so after playing with Joomla, I became hooked.

Best available video quality will come from the video captured with the least amount of compression. Currently, that means HDV – which is stored on miniDV tape (or external FireStore hard drives from Focus Enhancements connected using firewire to miniDV tape based camcorders).

Video is part of the equation. Audio is very important, too. If you are not using an external audio capture device (like the field recorders from M-Audio, Zoom, Edirol, Tascam – among many others), then you need a camcorder with a mic jack and manual audio control.

The least expensive DV/HDV camcorders with a mic jack and manual audio control are the Canon HV30 and Sony HDR-HC9. They will connect to your new iMac with a 4-pin to 6-pin firewire cable if you use the iMac's Firewire 400 ports… or a 4-pin to 9-pin firewire cable if you use the iMac's firewire 800 port. Both will work great with your iMac with either iMovieHD or FinalCut.

Both camcorders are also relatively small, however, you should make every effort to not capture video when the camcorder is handheld. Use some sort of stabilizer – tripod, SpiderBrace, steadicam/glidecam system, camera crane… even a chair or table… but not handheld.

As consumer-grade camcorders, their low-light behavior is not very good. The lenses and imaging chips are too small. However, they are much better than less expensive camcorders. Turn on the lights. Learn to use the white balance feature. Use the "Indoor" preset when you are shooting indoors.

All camcorders have "automatic" capabilities. This is a good place to start. As you learn to use your camcorder, you will want the manual settings because they will give you a lot more flexibility.

You do not have to use special "HD" tapes. Sony Premium tapes are around $3 each and can hold 60 minutes of DV or 60 minutes of HDV format video. Do not re-use tapes. They are the long-term archive. Store them in a cool, dry place.

Do not mix DV and HDV on one tape.

Pick a tape manufacturer and stick with it for the life of the camcorder.

Get a head cleaning tape.

Get one (or two) optional rechargeable, high capacity batteries.

Consider a wide angle and tele lens for shot flexibility (Consumer HDV camcorders typically do not have high zoom like standard definition-only camcorders have).

Get a sturdy case (like those from Pelican or SKB) – they will help protect your investment and keep all your stuff together.

Your next investigation activity will be microphones.

Since you seem a bit serious on this, I can't recommend any consumer flash memory camcorders because while they may have a mic jack, they do not have manual audio control (Canon HF10, HF11, HF100; Sony HDR-CX12). On top of that, anemic AVCHD just compresses way too much as a first step of the capture process.

Video compression = discarded video data = reduced video quality

Consumer hard disc drive (HDD) camcorders have known problems with vibration and high altitude (resulting in not recording video to the hard drive – and a "buffer overflow" error message) and no longer get to my short list because of these issues.

Consumer DVD based camcorders barely make useful doorstops.

All the Adobe software products……..but Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator are the two biggest ones you'll need to get familiar with. If you're planning on going to school for graphic design, you'll need to get that software anyway, and plus you'll have an edge over all the other students if you already know a little bit about the programs.

Favourites is what Internet explorer calls them

Bookmarks is what firefox calls them.

they are the same thing

It happens slowly but when it happens is different for everyone. Mine was only half an outie at the very end, around week 36 or 37 but never fully popped out.