Face forward - even if not moving forward

I picked up a new USB microphone for myself this past weekend. I wanted to record speeches and pictures to make a presentation for my parents. This is a segment of what I recorded on my old laptop, the microphone itself was over 3 feet (1 metre) away from my brother! That's why there is background noise from the restaurant: hard brick walls, tile floors and mirrors on the walls all reflect sound easily (but adds to the "room feel" of the recording). I just had to boost the overall sound volume with editing software I use and do some compression to reduce the file size. The audio quality is pretty decent, I think. You listeners can be the judge of that!

Listen to the streaming audio underneath the microphone: (If the 'Play' button doesn't seem to work, refresh the page and try again; the pointer should change to a finger-click icon)