Humour
Do you want advice with that?
Free motivational messages with my morning coffee.
- Originally published: 15 Jul 2011 in Humour
Tawdry minds think alike
A bit of April fooling around on the Wikipedia homepage got me thinking about English humour.
- Originally published: 1 Apr 2011 in Humour
Gift war!
It’s Christmas time for consumers! Every year, we say we won’t bother but every year we go crazy.
- Originally published: 21 Dec 2010 in Humour
Introducing the Fashtonometer
A visual approach to the many fashion gaffes of Lady Catherine Ashton, the EU’s foreign affairs head.
- Originally published: 10 Mar 2010 in Humour
With these Rocher, you’re really spoiling us
Smooth and sophisticated, Belgian chocolate is among the finest in the world. But is it a bit much with a cup of tea?
- Originally published: 29 Nov 2009 in Humour
How to wash your hands
Timely advice for people who do not know how to keep themselves clean.
- Originally published: 8 Oct 2009 in Humour
Attack of the obvious
A bit of office humour or a serious attempt at advising colleagues of important information? You decide!
- Originally published: 8 Oct 2009 in Humour
Celebrating bureaucracy?
Foot in mouth: another clumsy Commission communication.
- Originally published: 5 Mar 2009 in Humour
Entropa: one vision of Europe
When artist David Černý was commissioned to produce a work marking the Czech EU presidency, the result was embarassing!
- Originally published: 5 Mar 2009 in Humour
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Life’s a Quiche
A visit to Metz and Nancy, the two major cities of Lorraine.
- Originally published: 8 Sep 2008 in Europe
Sintra
Romantic architecture and the stuff of pure whimsy: welcome to Sintra and its castles in the sky!
- Originally published: 13 Jun 2011 in Architecturetitle_li=Europe
Iceland 1.0
Our first trip to Iceland. Here’s a retrospective of photos scanned from the prints.
- Originally published: 29 Mar 2004 in Europe
Gangs Of New York
Vast epic on the lowly origins of the skyscraper city.
- Originally published: 22 Jan 2007 in Film
Arthur H: L’Abondanse
None too serious: Arthur H follows in the footsteps of his funny family.
- Originally published: 23 Oct 2008 in Concerts
Who you gonna call?
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.
Shameless self-promotion
Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.
I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.