I never thought Auto-Tune could ever be used to make something this awesome.  Carl Sagan’s Cosmos is one of my favorite shows of all time.  It has a permanent place reserved on my Tivo and I still watch it often.  (it’s also available on Hulu!)  I could seriously put this song on a loop and listen to it all day.  There’s something about Carl Sagan’s voice that I find incredibly calming and inspiring even when distorted and with a cheesy techno musak track playing in the background.

The person who made this video made a ring tone out of it, however I think he chose the wrong part.  The instant I heard the Ah Woop Woop Ah Ah loop I wanted it as my ringtone.  So I spent a few minutes figuring out garageband and voila: the Carl Sagan Ah Woop ringtone was born.

Looks like snake oil salesmen have been trying to sell Kinoki footpads for over 100 years.

Found while browsing the excellent Popular Mechanics archive on Google Books from Jan 1905.