Personalia
Farewell, Jamila!
Dining out at lunchtime during the working week is a rare treat. This time we say goodbye to a colleague.
- Originally published: 6 Oct 2011 in Personalia
Spanish scrambled egg breakfast
A quick recipe for Desayuno de la BurguesÃa: scrambled eggs with saffron, paprika and lots of other goodies!
- Originally published: 28 Aug 2011 in Personalia
French language characters on a qwerty keyboard
Retaining a qwerty keyboard in an international environment where French is commonly used.
- Originally published: 10 Nov 2010 in Personalia
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
Christmas 2009: a visit to the UK
Spending Christmas back in the UK with family.
- Originally published: 31 Dec 2009 in Personalia
A certain thirtysomething
It feels no different to any other year now I’m turning thirty. Yet.
- Originally published: 29 Jun 2009 in Personalia
The story of Lawrence Padgett
A soldier from Yeadon who went to Europe and never returned.
- Originally published: 9 Mar 2009 in Personalia
New city, new job
Having cleared the first hurdle in moving to Brussels, I’ve now managed to find gainful employment.
- Originally published: 24 Jun 2008 in Personalia
Earthquake in the UK!
It’s 1am and it’s past bedtime. We’re just settling down when the floor shakes!
- Originally published: 27 Feb 2008 in Personalia
As Time Pedals By
Meeting up with some old friends from the cycling days.
- Originally published: 30 Oct 2007 in Personalia
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Dijleland
The Dijle twists and turns through Flemish Brabant, fed by many other streams and rivers.
- Originally published: 24 Apr 2010 in Walking
Hot Fuzz
Not caught by the Fuzz: this British parody of American buddy cop movies is rather tepid.
- Originally published: 25 Feb 2007 in Film
Kunsthistorisches Museum
An impressive art and archaeological collection and one of the world’s finest, housed in a vast, palatial building in Vienna.
- Originally published: 13 Feb 2011 in Museums & Galleries
El Torcal
So what exactly is Karst topography? Take a drive and find out at El Torcal!
- Originally published: 12 Apr 2008 in Europe
La Gloria para El Mejor
Spain dominated Euro 2008. Is the hegemony of European football changing?
- Originally published: 30 Jun 2008 in Editorial
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.