Tag: supernatural

Don’t Look Now

Has much in common with European cinema. Beautiful images and heavy symbolism but rather cold at its core.

Originally published: 19 Apr 2007 in Film

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Cayo

Cayo is Belize’s westernmost district and borders Guatemala. The district capital is San Ignacio: a great base for exploring Mayan sites and the rainforest.

  • Originally published: 29 Dec 2011 in Belize

At the National Gallery

London’s National Gallery is free and packed with masterpieces. Almost makes me wish I lived or worked nearby. Almost.

Reflections on Relocation: Part 1

First of two articles, written five months after we arrived in Belgium, comparing the UK to our new home.

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

Sintra

Romantic architecture and the stuff of pure whimsy: welcome to Sintra and its castles in the sky!

Who you gonna call?

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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.

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Dopeology.org

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.

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