I've had some good feedback about the Wild Hives site with regards design, but hey, preferences like that are largely subjective.

My portfolio site definitely needs some updating and with regards the validation errors, I could fix them, but its low in my list of things to do.

The ide I use is Dreamweaver. I'm also familiar with Photoshop and Fireworks.

Thanks for the feedback, its very welcome and hoping for further suggestions..