Humour

Do you want advice with that?

Do you want advice with that?

Free motivational messages with my morning coffee.

  • Originally published: 15 Jul 2011 in Humour

Tawdry minds think alike

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!

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

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

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

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

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?

Celebrating bureaucracy?

Foot in mouth: another clumsy Commission communication.

  • Originally published: 5 Mar 2009 in Humour

Entropa: one vision of Europe

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!

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

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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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Dopeology.org

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.

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