Voice Recorders
I've been looking for voice recorders lately because I want to try doing audio/photo interviews or essays. I wasted some time buying an Olympus VN-240PC only to find out that it doesn't work like a USB drive (as the salesperson assured me), and so it was useless to me. After looking at professional minidisc recorders and all sorts of digital voice recorders, I think I'm going to get an Olympus WS-100 (for a lot cheaper than retail price). Minidisc might be better quality, but it'd be much more of a hassle to deal with. I just want to experiment for now without blowing a ton of money on professional junk.
As an aside, podcasting is so lame. Note to podcasters: Unless you're NPR or some other quality news source, nobody wants to download your nasally musings on nerd-life. Or at least, nobody should. Blogging can be bad enough, but podcasting to me crosses some line of common sense. Just, stop...