Hello!
Ok here are my thoughts.
I think that the reflection on the sburke.eu -> Homepage of Stephen Burke does not
work to well. I am not sure about the random header images, but if you are going to do that make your sburke.eu -> Homep... title text stand out more!
Not to sure about the brown colour on the navigation bar, maybe consider making it a darker brown ?
I like the transparency effect, and the little arrows as bullet points are good. Maybe consider trying out your website in some different colour schemes to see how it looks.
Also just a note on the background image, remember to consider people with high screen resolutions, as when they view your site the image will just end. The width of the website to me looks fine, I see no problems with that.
Nice simply design and layout. Your site, once made, will be easy to navigate. Keep the blog updated as much as possible and your on your way