DID SOME BLOGGER INTERVIEWS at Bloggers’ Row yesterday for the next podcast, and tested out this cool but fairly cheap Olympus digital recorder. Listened to the results on headphones and they sound quite good — very clear despite considerable background noise. I wish everything got better and cheaper as fast as electronics are.

UPDATE: Reader C.G. Browning says that $200 isn’t cheap. Well, it depends — the pro models are much more expensive.

ANOTHER UPDATE: An anonymous reader from Australia writes: “Not everybody gets everything free the way you do.”

Actually, pretty much the only thing I get free is books, and the occasional DVD. When I write about gadgets, they’re gadgets I’ve bought myself. If someone were to send me a freebie for review, I’d note that.