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
A little flypast from Castle Combe, captured by @carlLsecurity 😎 #caterham pic.twitter.com/cIFu6DAIYy
@SimonHoade - 7:04 PM, 18 May 2022
Dear The Police in Thames Valley. Is this tint actually legal?? It strikes me as "not a great idea" but that doesn'… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 7:11 PM, 15 May 2022
I could watch little clips like this all day. The sound of that motor, how the car moves around over the bumps, pur… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 8:07 PM, 13 May 2022
Second track day in a row ending with the car on a flatbed. Immensely frustrated, but it happens. I will fix it and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 4:11 PM, 13 May 2022
Was going really well this morning but thermostat now stuck closed. Waiting for a recovery truck to get me home. It… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 2:06 PM, 13 May 2022
Our collection of Caterhams this morning at Goodwood Breakfast Club pic.twitter.com/Z7rlT7usV8
@SimonHoade - 2:10 PM, 1 May 2022
MOT passed yesterday with no dramas. Another step closer to getting back to normal. I'm now nervously looking forwa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 7:59 AM, 26 April 2022
And that's a wrap. I think. Hopefully. Next step is an MOT test 🤞 pic.twitter.com/79Hy9sVe3P
@SimonHoade - 5:07 PM, 24 April 2022
Pretty much there now apart from some little odds and ends. Not bad for 4 and a bit days. pic.twitter.com/x8TLOAbqjt
@SimonHoade - 4:48 PM, 18 April 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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