Diablo Blanco

I'm looking to create a site and have already purchased a domain. The site will be a combination of a blog, a programming tutorial and a download site for open source and purchasable software developed by my friend and me.

I am fairly new to this arena and not exactly sure where to start. I googled "web hosting" and was obviously flooded with hundreds of sites peddling their services. To say the least, it's a bit daunting to try and sift out the best service. So, what service do you recommend and why?

Thank you for your help.