In an effort to revive my Grateful Friday postings, I’d like to share with you my gratitude for the following technological devices that have seriously improved my quality of life this week:

• For my Mom’s digital video camera, which records my nephew in Seattle beginning to crawl, so I can watch on my computer screen in New York.
• For Skype and my web cam, so I can watch a Tatort on German television with mein Schatz, even though there’s an entire ocean between us.
• For KEXP.org‘s Song of the Day Podcast, so I can download ultra-cool free songs, in-studio performances, and independent musicians on my iPod every day.