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You can now actually do it with css3
.three-col { -moz-column-count: 3; -moz-column-gap: 20px; -webkit-column-count: 3; -webkit-column-gap: 20px; }
Complete guide at : http://kmsm.ca/2010/an-almost-complete-guide-to-css3-multi-column-layouts/