Linux
GRUB loses its way when SATA disk fails
GRUB can sometimes be a bit temperamental when hardware issues arise.
- Originally published: 12 Oct 2008 in Linux
Sound advice: a tale of two cards
Problems configuring an NVIDIA sound card to play nicely with Linux Mint.
- Originally published: 12 Oct 2008 in Linux
Minty fresh Linux
I decided to roll out a dual boot installation of Linux Mint on my own box. First signs are positive.
- Originally published: 7 Oct 2008 in Linux
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Reflections on Relocation: Part 1
First of two articles, written five months after we arrived in Belgium, comparing the UK to our new home.
- Originally published: 30 Oct 2008 in Relocation
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
Shoot your way out of that: a butch story that didn’t leave me dancing.
- Originally published: 19 Feb 2007 in Film
Trier
Germany’s oldest city, Trier was an important centre of the Roman Empire and sometime home to the Emperor himself.
- Originally published: 14 Nov 2011 in Europe
The books are burning
Nowadays a media event reaches everyone everywhere. The Koran burning at Gainsville shows that leaders still don’t know how to respond.
- Originally published: 9 Sep 2010 in Editorial
The Aviator
Like the 1920s lifestyle – expensive but frequently soulless.
- Originally published: 19 Feb 2007 in Film
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.