Stacey is an easier way to create a portfolio site.
No database setup or installation files, simply drop the application on a server and it runs.

This looks like an interesting alternative to CMS like Joomla

"Chyrp is a blogging engine designed to be very lightweight while retaining functionality. It is driven by PHP and MySQL (with some AJAX thrown in), and has a pimpin’ theme and module engine, so you can personalize it however you want."

This WordPress plugin buries the blog features, making it more of a real content-management system.

Allows you to test out various open source CM systems with no installation.

This article is a few months old, but I think it may come in handy down the road.