Welcome to niknak.org
Niknak Motorsport / Simon Hoade
I am a British software developer with a passion for fast code, fast cars and slick videos. These are my thoughts, my projects and my life...
I'm too lazy for a real blog so I use Twitter to document my daily highs and lows, sometimes with pictures.
Read More
I love to experiment with video ideas and create short films, often using footage from track days.
Read More
Keep scrolling to find out more...
Recent tweets and mobile uploads
Tweets
Winner winner chicken dinner #karting pic.twitter.com/FR0zQoQNKK
@SimonHoade - 7:36 PM, 15 January 2020
The only car I bothered taking a picture of at the @Autosport_Show today. Still my old one sometimes. Hopefully I'l… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 6:49 PM, 11 January 2020
Another home project completed - loft boarded out and ready to be filled with empty boxes and things I'll never use… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 4:59 PM, 5 January 2020
Just had a drive in this. Equal parts frightening and entertaining! pic.twitter.com/VF9R4UqkAa
@SimonHoade - 1:04 PM, 3 January 2020
It was a chaotic week recently, having my boiler replaced and relocated to the loft, as well as solar PV being inst… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 4:25 PM, 24 December 2019
My completed hackintosh build! Very pleased with the outcome, to say the least. Full build gallery here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 8:26 PM, 16 November 2019
Got me some sweet .NET and #Xamarin swag from the .NET Foundation Store! Get your own here: stores.kotisdesign.com/dotnetfoundati… pic.twitter.com/ppbxjAq4q6
@SimonHoade - 1:18 PM, 14 November 2019
Had a whole load of fun modding my Apple Mac G5 case today! Lots of cutting, grinding, and drilling. Now it's ready… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 9:43 PM, 9 November 2019
So it turns out installing macOS on a PC is actually ridiculously difficult. Still lots to fix and figure out but i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 9:03 PM, 3 November 2019Uploads
See all of my tweets and uploads here on Twitter
YouTube
Adventures with a Caterham and experiments with video editing
Watch all of my Caterham track day videos and editing experiments here on YouTube
Photos
A selection of recent photos from my extensive gallery
Continue browsing all of my photos here in the gallery
Extras
Things I like to keep on the website, some of it quite old
System Info
A selection of statistics about the platform running this website, taken from VMware vSphere and directly from monitoring hardware.
Read MoreBlog
Although I haven't written an article for a number of years now, I did try and keep regular posts going for a while. Read them all here.
Read MoreVideos
Before I became a part of YouTube I edited and published track day videos here on my site. These are all of my old videos.
Read MoreCars
A collection of brief articles describing some of the cars I've had the pleasure (and displeasure) of owning.
Read MoreTrack days
I've been driving at track days since 2006 and these articles describe the highs and lows of some of those days.
Read MoreIIS Traffic Monitor
Home of my only published software tool, a free and widely used per-site bandwidth usage reporting tool for IIS 6+. No longer supported.
Read More