I noticed that you have a new "symbol" for your site. What is it? Or is it just like a cool, little picture you made. Also...why do u have it hidding on all the pages as a unnoticable background image? =)

It's a stylized spider made with parts of circles (or 'c's for caedes). It's an understated element because I wanted this design to highlight the wallapper images and not the site itself.

accomplished beautifully

Do you use a program like Dreamweaver to make web sites, or do you write the HTML with notepad or something?

Well if you're asking me, I used a text editor and Photoshop to design and code the current site. I'd say Photoshop is the most important webdesign tool. Dreamweaver can be very usefull for complex tables, but I find it rarely needed.