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
Farmers working hard into the evening made for a nice scene returning home from a bike ride pic.twitter.com/nxISl4Aoo3
@SimonHoade - 6:56 PM, 6 September 2021
Last tweet about the BRZ this weekend, I promise. It just looks so damn good when it's clean and shiny! pic.twitter.com/D2TUjoXNr1
@SimonHoade - 6:32 PM, 5 September 2021
A day on the spanners is like therapy for us desk jockeys. And a happy, healthy BRZ to boot, ready for a few more m… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 5:15 PM, 4 September 2021
First time changing spark plugs in a BRZ, done in 90 minutes. Easy! At last, my skinny arms and small hands are use… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 5:28 PM, 2 September 2021
Feeling quite autumnal, out early this morning. Quiet roads and a noisy car 😀 #caterham pic.twitter.com/Qznc9RPzD3
@SimonHoade - 8:02 AM, 29 August 2021
Overnight parts from Japan! Well, not quite. 21 days door to door, including the Obon holiday shutdown in August. V… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 10:25 AM, 28 August 2021
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 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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