Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Alsace
France’s beautiful border region has a long and fractious history.
- Originally published: 11 Nov 2009 in Europe
‘Twixt two regions
Through the borderlands between Hainaut and Oost-Vlanderen and beside the Marcq-Mark river.
- Originally published: 13 Dec 2009 in Walking
A certain thirtysomething
It feels no different to any other year now I’m turning thirty. Yet.
- Originally published: 29 Jun 2009 in Personalia
Duchesse de Bourgogne
3/5. Tastes rather like a gueuze: a bit tart with a nice touch of vanilla, autumn fruits and some balsamic vinegar for good measure.
- Originally published: 1 Jan 2010 in Beer
Urthel Samaranth Quadrupel 12
What sort of newlyweds would serve a quadrupel beer instead of fine wine at their wedding reception? Meet the Van Ostadens!
- Originally published: 15 May 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.