Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Buena Vista Social Club presents (2008 Tour)
At last year’s Buena Vista Social Club gig, only the cheap seats were left on sale. This time I was better prepared.
- Originally published: 9 May 2008 in Concerts
Grotesque
Kirino’s painful critique of the enormous pressure put on Japanese youth to conform and succeed needs no advertisements.
- Originally published: 14 Oct 2008 in Books
Casino Royale
Overhyped but not overboard: a solid, reliable performance from the new, edgy and unpredictable Bond.
- Originally published: 30 Dec 2006 in Film
The Aviator
Like the 1920s lifestyle – expensive but frequently soulless.
- Originally published: 19 Feb 2007 in Film
Ramée Blonde
3/5. Sweet, sweet, sweet blond with soft, fruity aromas that goes particularly well with spicy cuisine.
- Originally published: 22 Jan 2011 in Beer
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.