I just got a new gadget which is in theory an MP3 player, the Sandisk MP3 256MB. I say in theory, because my intended use is the voice recording function. It can record 17 hours of audio (though I’m sure the battery will die long before that) to its internal memory from an onboard microphone. Unfortunately, most reviews of MP3 players don’t cover the voice recorder functionality, so I had to buy this without having heard the quality, which it turns out mostly stinks. Oh well, it’s good enough to get the gist of things, and with some postprocessing, it’s listenable. Here’s the catch. I’m going to be postprocessing to OGG format, which I don’t think Windows will play right out of the box. Why OGG? because it’s a open format that I will be able to read years down the line, and it sounds much better when you’re starting with the junky 4-bit 8khz audio from the MP3 player. I now have the recorder at my bedside, so hopefully I’ll remember to record some typical morning behavior. It’s pretty amusing, sometimes I think a Starbucks opened in her closet.