Daniel Johnston’s recent outing at the fantastic Laneway festival reminded me of a little something I saw at the end of last year.
It’s hard to believe at first, but in our iPhone obsessed world there is even an app dedicated to the music and art of Johnston. It’s entitled, ‘Hi, How Are You‘; and suprisingly is not just a vanity project, but a well thought out puzzle game that is pretty fun to play!
Hi, How Are You the game features classic Johnston characters like Joe Boxer and Jeremiah the Innocent; the stalk-eyed-froggy-creature who is famously depicted on a mural in Austin, Texas, Johnston’s adopted home. The game focuses on a couple of motifs common to Johnston’s work – fighting the evils of the outside world, and searching for the girl of his dreams through that quagmire.
The game itself was created by two Austin based developers and costs around US$0.99 (or a more splashy NZ$4.50) – it’s an affordable, fun experience for any technologically endowed Daniel Johnston fan.
This limited edition HP Mini designed by Studio Tord Boontje is making my HP Mini jealous. It’s used to being the centre of attention – stunning people with its rapier wit and tiny size.
But it pales in comparison (well, no, mine is black, this is icy white) to this laptop, with ethereal illustrations of endangered animals dancing all over the cover and touch-pad.
You will know Tord Boonjte from his fantastical light shades, chairs and other industrial designs; and now his pretty patterns have been applied to the Mini using an image technology HP calls Imprint 3D. Basically the layers get built up for an even lusher look and feel.
If you go to the HP mini-site you’ll get a sense of just how striking this collaboration is (and some free desktop wallpapers).
Most of us look at our computers/laptops all day long, so it makes sense that they should be visually pleasing. But does it make sense for me to get a new one, just because it’s cute? Maybe…
If you go to the 
