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Postcard from an old friend
Sixteen years after I won several races on it, my old bike is still working hard for someone. …
- Originally published: 22 Aug 2010 in Personalia
The white stuff
Home of the world's most famous white beer, Hoegaarden is surrounded by the vast wheat fields needed to brew the stuff. …
- Originally published: 14 Aug 2010 in Walking
Net neutrality: the Google-Verizon proposal versus freedom and choice
Notes on the recent Google-Verizon proposals for safeguarding net neutrality. …
- Originally published: 11 Aug 2010 in Technology
Simply monstrous: web support at Monster
Online recruitment site Monster could use a lesson in technical support when answering bug reports. …
- Originally published: 6 Aug 2010 in Technology
Natour Criterium Sint Niklaas
A thriving criterium circuit brings the stars of the Tour de France to small town Belgium. …
- Originally published: 31 Jul 2010 in Europe
Green credentials
Governments, global corporations and green issues: reflections on an environmental protest in Brussels. …
- Originally published: 13 Jul 2010 in Editorial
Creating routes for a Garmin eTrex H
How to create GPS routes and how to transfer them to the Garmin eTrex H. …
- Originally published: 12 Jul 2010 in Technology, Walking
Pont du Gard
One of the world's finest remaining examples of Roman engineering and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. …
- Originally published: 10 Jul 2010 in Europe
Pont-en-Royans
We stepped outside the Drôme for a day to have a look at the quirky little village of Pont-en-Royans. …
- Originally published: 10 Jul 2010 in Europe
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Alsace
France's beautiful border region has a long and fractious history. …
- Originally published: 11 Nov 2009 in Europe
Barcelona
The Barcelona of my expectations turned out to be a bit different to the Barcelona in reality. …
- Originally published: 14 Jul 2009 in Europe
The Aviator
Like the 1920s lifestyle - expensive but frequently soulless. …
- Originally published: 19 Feb 2007 in Film
Syriana
A movie for our times: a challenging look at the many side-effects of crude foreign policy. …
- Originally published: 5 Dec 2006 in Film
J’s visit to Chatsworth House
J and her mother and sister visited Chatsworth House at the weekend. She took some lovely photos. …
- Originally published: 20 Nov 2006 in UK
Who you gonna call?
Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not the Princeton curator, the US senatorial candidate, the Kentuckian pastor or the journalist from Arizona. In fact, I work as a consultant 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 Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Ellezelloise Hercule.