Tag: nostalgia
Postcard from an old friend
Sixteen years after I won several races on it, my old bike is still working hard for someone.
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Maisons de maître (and other buildings)
Whilst in between jobs after moving to Brussels, I took time to learn the communes and enjoy the architecture.
- Originally published: 16 Jun 2008 in Relocation
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
Hagia Sophia
One of the oldest churches in the world, the Hagia Sophia has survived invasions, conversions and earthquakes since it was finished in 537AD.
- Originally published: 25 Sep 2011 in Architecture
Zwartboek (Black Book)
Black is back: a welcome return to form for Verhoeven.
- Originally published: 26 Jan 2007 in Film
The Queen
Comes highly recommended to even the hardest republicans.
- Originally published: 27 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.