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Looks better already, I like the tag cloud on the bottom of the page, much less distracting. a) the pinterest link is broken because it is linking to
http://pinterest.com/http://pinterest.com/theadvancedapes b) the front page image is whopping 400Kb. That's, er... excessive. Run it through http://imageoptim.com/ or http://trimage.org/ c) I agree with @mk regarding the size of the header. I don't think that your content has to always be above the fold, people have learned how to scroll by now, but you can easily combine the header image and the site byline into a single 200-300px tall header without any loss in clarity, and save a large amount of space. d) I don't think you need the comma in the Hitchens quote.