i found out the word for what i was looking for is MATCHING PCB. it "matches" a solderless breadboard, which makes "design it, build it" a lot quicker.
also, veroboard makes a striped board, or stripboard, which is pretty hip to a lot of layouts i find on websites.
radioshack carries the MATCHING boards, but i am always on a quest to beat their prices. they seem to corner the market in this regard...