Tag: madrid
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Something appeals to me about the Thyssen-Bornemisza and it’s not just the fine collection of paintings.
Museo Reina Sofia
Madrid’s museum of Spanish art, particularly renowned for its collection of twentieth century works and an exhibition dedicated to the Civil War.
Madrid by bike
With such wide rights of access to cyclists, Madrid is the perfect city to see on two wheels.
Toledo
Half an hour or so by train from Madrid’s Atocha station, Toledo is readily accessible to visitors yet remains happily aloof from overdevelopment.
La Flor de mi Secreto (the Flower of my Secret)
Almodóvar’s nod to the future offers ample evidence of the director’s growing maturity.
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown
A smash-and-grab of awards for a film that feels rather rushed.
- Originally published: 7 Sep 2006 in Film
Invasion postponed due to fog
Folk have fought violently over this strip of coastline for centuries but with such thick fogs, one wonders how.
- Originally published: 9 Apr 2009 in Europe
Pajottenland
While Flemish towns retain a certain unchangeable character, the Flemish weather does not.
- Originally published: 29 Nov 2009 in Walking
PANTONE swatch
As a leaving gift from my current business, I received a PANTONE swatch. It’s a beautiful thing, isn’t it? Thanks, J Limited!
- Originally published: 29 Jun 2005 in Personalia
Finishing FarCry
Finishing FarCry last night brought to an end my long struggle with mutant monkeys, mad professors and obsolete computers. It had been almost a year before I could even play the game after my own mid-spec machine gave up the ghost on all but the lowest display settings available in Ubisoft‘s inaugural next-gen gem. Whilst …
- Originally published: 27 Sep 2005 in Personalia
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.