Tag: mississipi
Nature’s way
My mother has a name for this kind of weather. She calls it “germ weather”. The kind of weather, she says, that you catch colds in. Spare a thought for Gary then, one of the managers at work, who was all set for escaping these miserable climes in favour of the blessed sun of Cancun, …
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Borat
It’s sexy time: Sacha Baron Cohen’s bumbling reporter bursts onto the big screen.
- Originally published: 25 Mar 2007 in Film
Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels
In the presence of plenty.
- Originally published: 28 Jul 2008 in Museums & Galleries
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
Law of Desire (La Ley del Deseo)
Another likeable tale of exemplary nutters.
- Originally published: 27 Sep 2007 in Film
Y Tu Mamá También
Your mother wouldn’t like it: the awkward charm of a Mexican coming-of-age drama.
- Originally published: 4 Feb 2008 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.