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
New head unit in the BRZ looking the part after hacking the boot screen with a more OEM looking image 👌 pic.twitter.com/nvSZTuPw9d
@SimonHoade - 11:29 AM, 10 January 2021
First year completed with the solar panels and a very healthy 4,431 kWh generated during 2020. Great for the enviro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 5:43 PM, 1 January 2021
Nice to do some work on a Caterham again. Quick oil change and radiator repair ahead of another year of entertainme… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 3:32 PM, 29 December 2020
This car has turned into a real surprise highlight of 2020 for me. It doesn't need any more power, it's all about t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 6:15 PM, 24 December 2020
Thoroughly enjoyable day spent servicing the Subaru - engine, gearbox, and diff oils, brake and clutch fluids, filt… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 6:00 PM, 28 November 2020
There's always room for one more sports car, right? Really impressed so far - great handling, sensible power, decen… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 1:45 PM, 24 November 2020
The aftermath of a Monday afternoon in the local woods pic.twitter.com/iLDTanYEvh
@SimonHoade - 8:05 PM, 3 November 2020
Really pleased to be launching Circuit Settings today. A new app I designed with @figmadesign and built with… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 6:51 PM, 30 October 2020
Bravo, Toyota - this thing is absolutely mega 👏 @TGR_WRC @ToyotaMotorCorp @ToyotaUK #YarisGR4 #GRYaris pic.twitter.com/xLBKvovG9a
@SimonHoade - 3:28 PM, 5 October 2020Uploads
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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