New website design wanted for Object-Oriented Zen

Object-Oriented Zen

The site is a blog as well as a programmers portfolio. The blog will focus mainly on programming but it will also touch on living a healthy lifestyle, going to the gym, being able to communicate, breaking nerdy stereotypes and so on.

http://www.oozen.com

I like the grey backgrounds and shadowed text/lines:
http://jonnotie.nl/
http://www.mikeinghamdesign.com/
http://www.youtube.com/
http://www.eutelnet.biz/
http://tobiasahlin.com/#/Code

I like the idea of featured work/blog posts
http://vesess.com/
http://www.concentric-studio.com/

In the header, I Like the logo to the left and navigation to the right
http://bkwld.com/
http://www.concentric-studio.com/
http://www.moltefacce.com/

I like the intro/blurbs below the headers
http://www.markboultondesign.com/
http://jonnotie.nl/

I like the dark footers
http://www.moltefacce.com/
http://www.jduerr.com/
http://markboultondesign.com/ourwork

See the attached specifications for more details but basically I require a landing page, pages for a portfolio (list/details), pages for a blog (list/details). Each page should contain contact information such as social networking links and a contact us style form.

I already have a logo which I have attached.

I prefer minimalist designs.

I like light grey backgrounds like http://www.youtube.com although it doesn't necessarily need to be textured.

I like blue (same as in the logo).

I like nice clean fonts eg Open Sans.

I like greyscale social network icons that light up when hovered over.

I don't want to sway the designs but I've included a picture of what I was thinking...