jehnx -- it looks like I'm a bit late for this, but I was in the same boat as you. I knew what I wanted my site to contain, but as for visual design I have no talent. I found a great site full of people creating website designs for fun, and posting them for you to snatch and use. Check out Open Source Web Designs at: http://www.oswd.org. After I found a design I liked, I adopted it, and made changes where I saw fit, but I mostly kept the original design. My site (in profile) is an almost direct copy of the MOD TWEEDY design by Dan Hersam.

Hope these guys can help you! The content you want to post sounds interesting. Looking forward to seeing it.