I personally really like

http://thebignoob.com/

Its simple, looks professional, and is really easy to read...my inspiration to get designing again was reading articles on sites like A List Apart especially. I love how easy it is to read and I don't think mine currently has that because the content is taken away from a bit by the strong images.

Thats what led me to this redesign, I wanted to make it a isngle colour background, with a sleek image at the top and clear title. Simplistic yet informative and well designed. Thats whay i decide to pull out all the stops on the buttons using sliding doors (by the way I've altered them a bit to make them less IN YOUR FACE!) lol.

Its realyl hard designing for yourself...one weke I want something the next i want something else.