bryan: DVDs... Check out the special edition of Tobe Hooper's Texas Chainsaw
Massacre and you'll agree- VHS ain't nothing but a big bag of bull balls...
"Be kind rewind," your mamma...

David Indish: The last ten years have brought us many a technological wonder, the running zombie, for example. However no such breakthrough can trump what has to be, without question, the greatest scientific and technical accomplishment by mankind in the entire history of civilization: the Brita® Water Filtration System. Growing up in an area where the water, if gathered in sufficient quantities, gives off a pale, unhealthy yellow glow, the Brita® Water Filtration System is a must-have. Although I didn't have it then, when I was growing up, which may explain a few things. Suffice it to say, I love my Brita® Water Filtration System; I spend many happy hours filling it with course, unfiltered water, and gleefully watching as it slowly trickles through the carbon filter into the reservoir below. Can there be any greater joy?

Mark Kalar: The invention of disposable cleaning supplies, i.e. the Swiffer family of products. Now, when I clean, not only do I have the pleasure of seeing exactly how much waste I as an individual am producing when I take bags of garbage out, but the act of cleaning itself produces additional waste. Yes! Take that! Submit, Mother Nature, submit!

Stephen McClurg: My favorite, but not by any means the most useful, technological development of the past 10 years is the DVD. Unedited, crisp versions of Eraserhead, Harryhausen films, and various independent freak-outs like the Guinea Pig box set sure make for relaxed Saturday nights. Although it may not qualify as a technological development, Netflix is pretty damn cool, too.

Keith Pille: I suppose it's a pretty trivial piece of technology, but I'm really happy with wireless Internet access. Being able to get my compute on from anywhere in the house (but usually the couch) has changed my life in a pretty fundamental way. Ten years ago, I was complaining to anyone who asked about how much I hated computers; these days, I have a low-end Toshiba laptop more or less permanently attached to me whenever I'm at home. Recognize an actor and want to see what else he's been in? Pop online! Can't remember what a subduction zone is? Pop online! Want to check the weather radar before heading out for a bike ride? You get the drill.

Don Pizarro: This one's easy: USB flash drives! The ability to jam files onto something the size of my thumb into something that holds more data than every computer I've previously owned, combined--astounding! No CD burning time wasted because I accidentally nudged my laptop. Plus, the ability to pass it around in a small circle of greedy people like a joint--a true marvel!

Simon Riordan: Velcro. No more messing with silly shoelaces!

Jonathan Shipley: Smart bombs. I love 'em. Stupid foreign countries can't defend our smart bombs. They're smart, our bombs. The countries we bomb are dumb. Stupid stupid countries. We'll bomb 'em, bomb 'em with smart bombs.

Amethyst Vineyard: Apple iTunes internet radio. I spend whole weekends getting my Garrison Keillor fix from NPR stations around the country.

My least favorite technological developments are those blue lights on the backs of traffic signals that let you know someone's watching you.

Grant Weeks: Sex with another person - I've only known it for about 10 years and I must say, I'm impressed.