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
Congratulations @thameswater - your website 'improvements' have made the system completely unusable. Back to paper bills :(
@SimonHoade - 6:28 AM, 21 September 2017
My toy box is looking pretty good at the moment :) #morgan #caterham pic.twitter.com/u4h7HdPSMH
@SimonHoade - 6:40 PM, 19 September 2017
Here's where I was sat over 16 years ago at i8, my first LAN party, in Newbury created by @Multiplay - great people… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
@SimonHoade - 10:29 AM, 15 September 2017
This might be the coolest pic I've ever seen. Thank you @Tankslider pic.twitter.com/OBDLGxDz1p
@Andrew_Frankel - 9:23 PM, 14 September 2017
Sat in the middle of London in the sunshine listening to some live music. Could get used to this. pic.twitter.com/17uGcGST6c
@SimonHoade - 12:22 PM, 13 September 2017
Brake pressure logging: check 😎 #caterham pic.twitter.com/tZixUgd57T
@SimonHoade - 9:06 PM, 6 September 2017
Did a proper job modifying my Emerald ECU loom to connect to a brake pressure sensor. Now I need to update the VBOX… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
@SimonHoade - 5:35 PM, 4 September 2017
Always wondered what it would be like to have a swimming pool pic.twitter.com/LWfyaVkmv7
@SimonHoade - 11:36 AM, 1 September 2017
I have a new found respect for people that do actual work for a living, after spending this week filling a skip wit… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
@SimonHoade - 4:37 PM, 31 August 2017Uploads
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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