Love the layout, looks very smart without being boring. I like the member info at the bottom like you have it, I haven't seen that before, so kudos for originality!

What hack/script does the 'Sliding pictures'?

The only critique I can offer is that I personally think it would look better if the fixed width were wider. I don't mind the header being on the larger side except for the fact that the width is so narrow, so the header appears to be very large with that narrow width. Aside from that though, I do like the style and the setup you have!

Thank you marco LOL :)
I saw it pop up 3 of the same threads on new posts

design is too busy .. it's hard to focus on anything

I think that it looks great just like that.

I think it is very sharp, but I agree with Princeton. Certainly I would remove the repeating logo background at the minimum and replace with it a generic, gentle background.

I'd say to work in a brighter offsetting gradient on the category tops to make it easier to find each section, other then that you're doing good

man when i scroll down or up i get very DIZZY. Something to do with the background images looping.