I guess since the point of most websites is to deliver content, style should really just make that easy, and not annoy people. But still...seems like websites are getting more uniform (especially the examples we see there).
Last website I made, I just copied an old .css file, made 5 minutes worth of changes, BANG, style. I'm pretty sure that's the industry standard process.
This is a great site, they do indeed sum up the current style in web design.
The points made are mostly quite sensible, which is why it's funny that the site itself looks a little jumpy...