haha yeah i agree its bright, What do you think we could do to make it more friendly on the eyes ? I want to maintain the sky blue look as its the site colours. I understand that the site may look different and a bit brighter to those with low screen resolutions , im currently seeing it on 1600 x 900 so i wouldnt mind some screen shots if you see problems with other resolutions
I'd darken the sky blue ever so slightly by two maybe three shades. My monitors are calibrated for printing photographs so it maybe slightly brighter for me than a normal user.
The dark colored footer area out on forum home looks out of place, everything is really bright around it, then thats dark and personally a distraction to my eyes that just kinda got stuck there.