Oddly, the very first example of rapping through Auto-Tune seems to have occurred in “Too Much of Heaven” by the Euro-pop group Eiffel 65, way back in 2000. But the love affair between hip-hop and Hildebrand’s invention really started with T-Pain, although he actually abandoned rapping...
As for me, I escaped pretty much unscathed. Got chased a few times, and robbed on the train once, but overall I was OK. I had grown up getting chased by kids for my bike or my skateboard or being white or whatever, so I already had a sixth sense about such things, and a prerequ...
Is the Ninja Slushi worth it? The Ninja Slushi's splurge-worthiness depends on how much of a frozen drink enthusiast you might be. I mean, people drop double the coin to bring a fancy espresso machine home, so spending a few hundred dollars on a niche kitchen appliance definitely isn't...
He paused, and asked himself a question. "Where is the light at the end of the tunnel?" "I don't know. I think pretty much everything beyond this will be gravy." His friends started hearing these admissions about a month ago. His college roommate Notah Begay texted him around...
and threatening the scientists with dire consequences should they not pull off a miracle, and quick. This much-maligned second sequel to the classicNight of the Living Deadis better than it gets credit for, but Pilato is truly something else—whether that’s a good or bad thing is up to ...
DUBNER: I think the true story was that they had these kind of fancy, mechanical pencils that cost much more than a regular pencil. And when the budget item was noticed in the NASA budget, someone flipped out and said, “Whoa, that’s a lot to spend for mechanical pencils!” And so...
DUBNER: How long a period was this in toto? CIALDINI: About two-and-a-half years. But to be honest, I had everything I needed in six months, because what I found after that was pretty much the same thing, just in a broader range of instances. ...