Not bad, although I think more emphasis on the screenshots and less on the text would be better. Look at Dribbble.com to see what I mean. Your boxes should also have a universal height.

I have a lot of issues trying to get the boxes to be a certain height. I'll try and fiddle with it again some time.

You're right about the images. Somebody else made comments about the thumbnails being too small, so I might make larger ones here later. Maybe I could have it pull random thumbnails out of the gallery?

You'll just have to shorten some of the text so the boxes don't get too large.

I may opt for no text at all, since the description are already contained within the pages.

Alright, I made larger icons and removed the descriptions.

I'd like to make the banner javascript, but I'm having issues getting Processing to export working code.

http://bluethen.com/portfolio/

I'm thinking about hiding the applets on the pages, and instead showing the gallery first (with maybe an expandable box containing the applet?)

More ideas/feedback/critiques appreciated.

That's a little better, but I think you could use even bigger icons. I also tried reducing the size of the window and it didn't scale down to a mobile screen. You might want to look into responsive design.

It's not immediately responsive, but if you were to resize the window and refresh, it responds in a way.

Maybe if I have the icon take up their entire boxes, and have the title/date on top?

How about something like http://dribbble.com/ where if you hover over the image you can see the title. You should look up some articles on responsive design. The page should adjust as you resize.

I feel like, to be professional, some information needs to be shown immediately.

Not necessarily.