Pie in the eye, not in the sky

Holding the world record for time spent with no government, Belgium is riven by political in-fighting, linguistic wrangling and institutional corruption. A lot of people are fed up. Hence the new spate of entartage, or pieing incidents. Popular in the 80s, the pie is making a comeback, with victims so far including Democrat and sex offender’s best friend Melchior Wathelet, anti-progress French nationalist Eric Zemmour, dodgy Archbishop Léonard and Jean-Michel Javaux of the Green party, who greenlighted a shopping centre in a beauty spot.

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Leave the Internet alone

Leave the Internet alone

The day after some websites went dark in protest at proposed US laws on online intellectual property rights, the authorities shut down a file sharing service.

A culture of sorrow

A culture of sorrow

Orhan Pamuk describes a collective sorrow that permeates his native city but this cultural meme seems to have taken root everywhere.

  • Originally published: 14 Jan 2012 in Editorial

Caye Caulker

Caye Caulker

Island life: Caye Caulker’s motto is ‘go slow’ and here visitors learn to take the rough with the smooth.

  • Originally published: 29 Dec 2011 in Belize

Tikal

Tikal

Passing nearby in 1525, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés never spotted the silent buildings of the great city state Tikal, already hidden for centuries by thick jungle.

  • Originally published: 29 Dec 2011 in Guatemala

Caracol

Caracol

An adventure-filled journey to Belize’s largest Mayan site with a local Mayan guide.

  • Originally published: 29 Dec 2011 in Belize

Cayo

Cayo

Cayo is Belize’s westernmost district and borders Guatemala. The district capital is San Ignacio: a great base for exploring Mayan sites and the rainforest.

  • Originally published: 29 Dec 2011 in Belize

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

The earliest masterpiece on the British working class and still strongly relevant today.

  • Originally published: 1 Dec 2011 in Books

Trust (like interest on savings) must be earned

Trust (like interest on savings) must be earned

In these times just how attractive are Belgian government bonds?

  • Originally published: 24 Nov 2011 in Editorial

Bière de Miel

Bière de Miel

3/5. Light, refreshing and floral. A beer full of the joys of spring.

  • Originally published: 20 Nov 2011 in Beer

Cuvée Delphine

Cuvée Delphine

5/5. Rich, complex and promisingly dark, Cuvée Delphine’s stint in Bourbon casks is time well spent.

  • Originally published: 20 Nov 2011 in Beer

The eidetic memory

 
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Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.

I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.

I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.

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I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.

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Newsweek: World’s Best Countries

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Source: Newsweek

Perhaps a little overcomplex in terms of usability, but the displays are neatly rendered. This illustrates how difficult it is to go beyond static graphics and into interactive spaces with user-generated views.

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