Weekend and USB Memory sticks

[giza]

Since my head issues cleared up on Friday night, I ended up having a pretty good weekend. I did lots of laundry, paid my bills for the month, and entertained omnibahumut on Saturday evening with episodes of House M.D. and the first season of Drawn Together. I am not sure if he has fully recovered from the latter, though. ;-)

And the weather here. It. Kicked. Ass. It was about 30 with a light wind and quite sunny.


Now, on the subject of USB memory sticks, I'm thinking of getting one. It'd make it easy for me to carry files around without having to burn a CD every time I want to do so. Since I have never bought a memory stick before, does anyone have any suggestions? Specifically stuff along the lines of:

• Companies to buy from/avoid?
  
• Any "gotchas" regarding the technology that I should be aware of?
  
• Any "sweet spots" regarding the price/capacity curve?
  

I haven't decided on a size. I think anywhere between 256 Megs and a Gig should suit my needs. Pointers to FAQs are also welcome. Thanks!