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
Just 159 miles of engine running-in left to do 🤩 pic.twitter.com/DQIbgdh3je
@SimonHoade - 3:51 PM, 9 April 2023
Another one back up and running. Two successful engine installs inside of a week 💪 pic.twitter.com/oCqRX4rFHA
@SimonHoade - 1:01 PM, 26 March 2023
Mark your calendars, 2023 has now officially begun! Second clip after the hydraulic lifters had oiled up properly.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 4:50 PM, 22 March 2023
Slung this old thing back together today. Ready to fire up tomorrow 🤞 pic.twitter.com/FIGcTTVORJ
@SimonHoade - 6:50 PM, 21 March 2023
On this day 7 years ago in St Margaret's Bay, Kent, England #caterham pic.twitter.com/LL1TvSTFxv
@SimonHoade - 8:46 AM, 20 December 2022
Absolutely buzzin after a taste of the sim rigs with some mates at @forrest_msp. Can't wait to go back! pic.twitter.com/VD2oZWiMx3
@SimonHoade - 1:44 PM, 11 December 2022
The Seven Clinic has been on tour again this weekend, helping to remove the engine from this lovely Caterham SLR ah… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@TheSevenClinic - 8:17 PM, 6 November 2022
And just like that it's 15 years 😲 #caterham twitter.com/SimonHoade/sta…
@SimonHoade - 7:58 AM, 2 November 2022Uploads
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.
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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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