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.
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I love to experiment with video ideas and create short films, often using footage from track days.
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Recent tweets and mobile uploads
Tweets
First time at the Goodwood Breakfast Club in two years. A great morning out, almost feeling like normal again 😀 pic.twitter.com/oOt01Kf6XG
@SimonHoade - 4:49 PM, 1 August 2021
A little tweak for the BRZ today with a new, lighter, clutch pedal spring to improve the pedal feel. Also, 27,000 m… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 3:30 PM, 17 July 2021
It may have taken 3 hot hours to get there, and it was extremely dark by the time I got home after forgetting the l… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 8:03 AM, 17 July 2021
Sorted! No leaks, engine running absolutely normally. Think that's a decent result all things considered. pic.twitter.com/FuzLtUweir
@SimonHoade - 5:48 PM, 1 July 2021
As @LandoNorris would say... IT'S BWOKEN!! #caterham pic.twitter.com/Rursz5zi5l
@SimonHoade - 12:20 PM, 30 June 2021
Well there's the problem! Have a feeling I might know why this happened, but unusual nonetheless. Oil drained (lots… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 8:04 PM, 29 June 2021
It had to happen eventually, right? I've managed to go 15 years without causing a red flag, but today my track day… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 6:25 PM, 29 June 2021
Fresh rubber for Silverstone next week. Maximum attack 💪 #caterham pic.twitter.com/Cs9iACLhNr
@SimonHoade - 8:33 PM, 22 June 2021
I was using the 310R model around Silverstone National in the sim today and managed a 1:05.735 after about 40 minut… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 4:55 PM, 19 June 2021
Big thank you to @DPRmotorsport for making some setup changes to my car this morning and letting me try out their a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 12:57 PM, 19 June 2021Uploads
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.
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