First layout.. Suggestions?

As outbreak said, very clean: It doesn't have anything fancy, but still looks good.

Hmmm...love the simplicity.....but add a tiny bit of colour.....:D

I don't know, I like it. But I feel I have seen this before. So many people are doing their websites like that. Now don't get me wrong, I like it... But it's just not very original.

Changed it.. Edit >> Now it's at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/g.sidley/ - no ads.. :D But can anyone tell why I've had to make it smaller to stop it not being the full width across when you click on a link? :(

I like that alot better than before. Except all the friggen popups are REALLY anoying. But the page is WAY to small. I really like the eye logo. Just make it alot bigger.

how'd you do that eye logo? that looks cool.

He probably used the Hue/saturation tool.
Just select a area and use it..pretty easy

2nd one is a lot better. But the 1st design is not bad at all.

The new one works, but it doesn't make me feel good to be at your site... Maybe because I'm always being watched...?

Virtualdrummer is right about the first one, it looked great.

The questionmarks are pissing me off! They're annoying, so why not at least turn down the opacity a bit??

And maybe the text area should have been a bit bigger?

And I don't like the colours on the eye too much (my opinion). What about making them a little bit more...grey? (mix between the colour you have and grey...) (less saturation)

That's all. But I think I'll have to agree with the rest. The first one could have been really nice if you could get some colours (and variety?). And why am I feeling like someone is watching me all the time? :P