mic or somthing else

so far in my recording experiance ive been useing a mic placed in front of my amp in the traditional way however ive herd numerus times about other ways of recording your material to a computer recorder.
any feedback will be apreaciated.

Get a pod, much easier to get killer tone any time of the day or night !

heres me with mine dubbed into a bit of video:

http://www.trinkit.net/guitartricks/simon.wmv

the POD's are great for recording. Another route would be, if your amp has a line out, to run the line out to a direct box that simulates a speaker cabinet (behringer makes one for about $35 US) and then from the direct box, go to the mic input on your soundcard. If there is no line out, (I don't know for sure) you could probably go from the effects send to the direct box, assuming your amp has an effects loop.

Do you have an effects processor, or do you go straight from your guitar to your amp? I use an RP300, and all I had to do was go to Radio Shack and get a 1/4 to 1/8th converter and I was in business. Just plug 'er in to your soundcard.