Durable Laptop Batteries
Jonathan Coulton: A Laptop Like You
This is a video I made for Jonathan Coulton’s song ‘A Laptop Like You’. It stars Axis, my trusty PowerBook G4, which I bought in early 2005 just before moving from New Zealand to Geneva. I recently replaced it with a MacBook Pro, but just like Jonathan Coulton, my PowerBook would not retire without becoming an internet superstar. The song in the credits is ‘When You Go’, also by Jonathan Coulton. Both songs can be found on JonathanCoulton.com, and they are licensed under Creative Commons, which means I can make videos like this without fear of being accosted by lawyers. His song ‘Code Monkey’ is also referred to in this video. Bram Tant (http who valiantly confronted various Vista hassles in order to pretend to be my not-really-love-interest for about 50 seconds, also makes music. Probably the best place to look for him at the moment is in the upcoming Masters of Song Fu competition, somewhere difficult-to-find on quickstopentertainment.com. Not-necessarily-fun facts and bloopers: There’s another video for this song on YouTube, which also features a Swiss flag. My MacBook Pro actually weighs 42g more than the PowerBook. This is the 42nd video I’ve uploaded to YouTube. I filmed so many takes of the ‘break it in two pieces’ scene that I think I ruined the contacts or something; my PowerBook’s battery doesn’t charge any more. The grey T-shirt is from Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference 2004. I originally intended to zoom out to show the back of it (which says ‘WWDC 2004 …
Video Rating: 4 / 5
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@123123sephiroth Our relationship is based on love, not sex… but we do sleep next to each other sometimes.
@rozar142 Only if I answer yes.
By the way, I’m a she.
@123123sephiroth i think he will go to jail if he answers that! =D
@Cernoise do you have sex with your laptop?
@Missmadammozart Then you might like the sequel (Axis’s Revenge — it’s the video commentary on this video)
(chokes back tears)
OOOOH JOCO!
you are why i named my laptop of 4 yrs GLAdOS w/o ever playing portal!
i was thinking of moving on to a newer laptop…this may have caused me to reconsider…
(hugs GLAdOS)
@RedlvRum There’s nothing gay about crying, but it may mean that you are attracted to sexy laptops. It’s okay; you are not alone, and I’m sure the people that matter will accept you when you ‘come out of the server room’, so to speak.
is it gay that this made me cry
this brings a tear to my eye, i just recently had to take my laptop to that dreaded place
@Prettse Thanks.
Too bad I’m not more like him in other ways.
Heh, the guy in the video chat at the beginning kinda looks like Coulton.
Apple , Cosmetic Hype,,,,,
This is brilliant.
This is full of wonderfullness and win, very cute video that captures the playful spirit of the song with lots of heart. You did an excellent job, and I’m impressed with your attention to details.
The technical notes about which Calendar Dashboard Widget was available when and with which release number are hilarious.
Bram did a nice job too. Thanks for mentioning Masters of Song Fu.
-TMA Russ
Thats ok, i dont mind looking crazy, in fact im somewhat used to it!
I was racking my brains trying to think of more credits to add so that it would seem like credits and not the extra half-song video that it was, but by that time it was after 2a.m. and I couldn’t be bothered.
Do you realise that since nobody knows I was wearing your old pants for the ‘you make my lap hot’ part, that comment makes you look like a crazy person?
I did have to laugh at the credits which are almost as long as the video clip heh
I WANT MY PANTS BACK!
Yeah, that’s deliberate, because it’s a few years later. (‘In a year or two’ according to the lyrics, about four and a half years later according to the calendar, which accurately represents the time I used the PowerBook.)
Hah very cool, but your hair changes at the end and becomes long!