Tag: scam
(Mis)information society
What’s the real truth and does it matter? Doctoring Wikipedia articles and scamming the gullible is all the rage these days.
The Killers
The insurance business was never so dark and forties Hollywood cinema never so deeply psychological as this.
Gilda
A gorgeous Rita Hayworth totally owns this tight, noirish drama and you end up forgiving her for the silly happy ending.
Ocean’s Thirteen
A golden jackpot to help raise the budget for a proper film. Like Las Vegas, this film is loud, garish and steals your money.
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Caye Caulker
Island life: Caye Caulker’s motto is ‘go slow’ and here visitors learn to take the rough with the smooth.
- Originally published: 29 Dec 2011 in Belize
Marche of the Beez
A walk in Wallonie with two places of interest differently affected by the French Revolution.
- Originally published: 11 Apr 2010 in Walking
Welcome home, Scofield
Cars can become so dear to their owners that even a minor accident is deeply traumatic.
- Originally published: 30 Aug 2006 in Editorial
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
Gangs Of New York
Vast epic on the lowly origins of the skyscraper city.
- Originally published: 22 Jan 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.