http://www.halotis.com/go/BlueSnowball is this the best microphone you can get for podcasting or video recording right from your desktop? Well I think it's great.
The Blue Snowball is a uniquely shaped microphone that connects to the USB port on your computer for easy audio capturing without requiring any adapters.

It looks great on my desktop and records with very little noise. Watch the video and compare for yourself the difference that it makes.

I've recorded parts of this with the built in pinhole microphone on the macbook so you can hear the difference for yourself.

the sound quality is pretty spectacular (less info)