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New city, new job

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Today I can confirm that, after a bit more of this lovely sunshine (hopefully), I will be starting a new job in August 2008.

I have been given the rather unusual title (for me, anyway) of Senior Analyst Programmer by my new employer Unisys.

I will be working on a number of redevelopment projects for one of Unisys’ principal clients here in Brussels.

CmapTools for concept mapping and OWL authoring

I’d be among the first to admit that, despite being a stickler for standards, sometimes I like to do things my own way. For use cases, I should be using UML but I take one look at the diagrams and I run for my life. For preparing ontologies, I should be writing OWL, but I end up [...] More about CmapTools for concept mapping and OWL authoring

Dreamweaver CS3 crashes and won’t start up again

Hey kids, this is definitely one of the weirdest bugs I have ever clapped eyes on, so to speak. Not for the first time, I was happily writing CSS and Dreamweaver CS3 crashed. The crash Something feels a little too familiar - this is DW after all - but I try to restart anyway: it’s 1am and I [...] More about Dreamweaver CS3 crashes and won’t start up again

Accessibility may affect feasibility of Sharepoint intranet

Microsoft’s Office Sharepoint Server 2007 clears up some problems with cosmetic improvements, but delivers enough new ones out-of-the-box to remain beyond the reach of assistive technology users. Significant development will be necessary to ensure a basic level of accessibility. More about Accessibility may affect feasibility of Sharepoint intranet

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Soldier of Orange

Verhoeven’s revisionist wartime drama is a bittersweet story of five student dandies who each face the subjugation of their country in… More about Soldier of Orange

WFMU show confirmed

I have recorded an hour-long show for the great freeform radio station WFMU. The broadcast is scheduled for Saturday 16th December at 14:00… More about WFMU show confirmed

The Apartment

Wilder’s comedy about a clerk who lets his bosses use his apartment for trysts in exchange for career advancement has some unusually dark… More about The Apartment

Rebel Without A Cause

This simple story about teenage disaffection makes pretty depressing reading today, in a society where the problems of youth seem only to have… More about Rebel Without A Cause

Who is that guy?

Portrait photo of Mike Padgett

Bon dia, my name is Mike Padgett. I'm an Information Designer. At work, I design solutions for communicating complex data collections. Right now, I'm doing this marvellous stuff for clients of Unisys.

At play, I enjoy travel, world music concerts and literature.

I'm based in Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Bourgogne des Flandres.