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 had the pleasure of driving this Lotus Exige across Wiltshire to Wilton House and back. Brilliant little thing… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 11:11 AM, 19 August 2018
Back on tour with the Seven Clinic today helping to fit a carbon dashboard, which needed a surprisingly amount of c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 8:00 PM, 10 August 2018
Ready to receive a smidgen more power by way of an extensively ported and polished head, big valves, big cams, and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 5:56 PM, 20 July 2018
Another busy day in the office!! #caterham pic.twitter.com/ZTiT3DeKeW
@SimonHoade - 5:55 PM, 20 July 2018
has anyone else noticed the subtle irony of a "sprint" lasting 2 weeks? lets just call it a "crawl" from now on.
@iamdevloper - 6:45 PM, 16 July 2018
Great to be out on such a lovely evening with fellow nutcases :) pic.twitter.com/ehSFLngFaL
@SimonHoade - 7:59 PM, 14 July 2018
I love working with Xamarin. It's the perfect combination of programming, design, and devops, and really highlights… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 11:26 AM, 14 July 2018
"Open offices are as bad as they seem—they reduce face-to-face time by 70%" - couldn't agree more with this, and ha… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 9:23 AM, 14 July 2018
Channelled a bit of Initial D on the way home, sooo much fun! #caterham #rain #sideways
@SimonHoade - 5:36 PM, 4 July 2018
Found some mates for an enjoyable early-ish morning drive. Nothing else quite like it. pic.twitter.com/68dgbP717M
@SimonHoade - 11:55 AM, 1 July 2018Uploads
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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