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
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 2019
Epic Hackintosh build about to begin! i9-9900k, Z390 Designare, 32GB, RX 5700 XT, 2.5TB of SSDs, and triple 4k moni… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 7:00 PM, 1 November 2019
Officially P6 for September, and quicker than @JaitkenRacer too! My F1 Test Driver contract is in the post, yes? 😂… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 12:16 PM, 23 October 2019
Really enjoyed this #Xamarin talk by @dylanberry for the Toronto Mobile .NET Developers Meetup. Lots of great talki… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 9:19 AM, 21 October 2019
I'm stripping down an old Apple Mac G5 system to recycle the chassis for a new PC/hackintosh build, and I run into… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 8:01 PM, 18 October 2019
Did you catch us in the new @LEGO_Group #RebuildTheWorld ad?😉🚗🐰 bit.ly/31uDfZI
@caterhamcars - 10:01 AM, 17 September 2019
Had some good racing at TeamSport @karting in Reading last night. Bit achy today though. First time on the full cir… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 7:20 AM, 16 September 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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