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
Nice morning out at the @caterhamcars open day with some good blatting there and back. 170 miles all in, pretty bru… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 2:36 PM, 22 April 2019
In this Sharpnado episode, I will tell you how my imaginary friends @SimonHoade and @JonathanPeppers helped me comp… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@Piskariov - 1:20 PM, 15 April 2019
Started stripping down my old '97 @GTBicycles Timberline frame. Not sure what to do with it. Fresh paint? New colou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 3:47 PM, 13 April 2019
Updating my MBP to macOS 10.14.4 did not go well. Let's hope Time Machine can save the day 😒 pic.twitter.com/mYnM81StQ7
@SimonHoade - 3:05 PM, 6 April 2019
Porsche 991 GT2 RS somehow made even faster by @manthey_racing. youtu.be/0WZ-eZZXi-g
@harrismonkey - 7:12 PM, 29 March 2019
Fresh MOT, car back on the road, just in time for spring 😎☀️ #caterham pic.twitter.com/wojyaecXn5
@SimonHoade - 12:44 PM, 29 March 2019
Starting to miss this. Hopefully I'll be back out in the car again on track soon... #caterham twitter.com/SimonHoade/sta…
@SimonHoade - 8:20 AM, 21 March 2019
Last weekend true DPR team attended the Caterham Motorsport 4hr endurance event and here’s a little video to explai… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@DPRmotorsport - 8:54 PM, 20 March 2019
Busy servicing my @Hopetech Pro 4 rear hub this morning! #mtb pic.twitter.com/bKiX70GkgM
@SimonHoade - 11:07 AM, 9 March 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.
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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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