Why not host it for free through Github Pages? They only host static sites so it's technically quite different to your blog... but if you are only going to be blogging it may as well be a static site IMO.
Edit: I do like how neat it sounds to just query a user's public Gists though.
Edit: I do like how neat it sounds to just query a user's public Gists though.
https://pages.github.com/