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
Doesn't get much better than a Caterham on a sunny evening like this pic.twitter.com/KsxkrfjCm9
@SimonHoade - 7:33 PM, 24 May 2017
Feel sorry for all the computer science graduates not realising they're gonna spend most of their time chasing error message copy.
@iamdevloper - 11:07 AM, 23 May 2017
Theresa May's NHS promise of £8bn cash exposed as a fraudulent lie..... pic.twitter.com/gEtmrwP0Yw
@LabourEoin - 6:22 PM, 22 May 2017
Listen to the professionals: Every single person planning to vote Conservative needs to see this. pic.twitter.com/zNdZ4wPHPB
@Rachael_Swindon - 6:58 AM, 22 May 2017
Absolutely fantastic Spanish grand Prix, very exciting to watch. The boys at the sharp end certainly had to work for it today!!
@SimonHoade - 7:44 PM, 14 May 2017
.@vln_de & @BlancpainGT Racer Paul Wilson Passes: dailysportscar.com/2017/05/12/pau… pic.twitter.com/9okzU3VoTa
@dailysportscar - 12:24 PM, 12 May 2017
Deeply saddened to hear Paul Wilson lost his battle with cancer this morning. A truly inspiring man who will be sorely missed @pw_32 #pw32
@SimonHoade - 10:51 AM, 12 May 2017
Best thing at Goodwood this morning. Common as muck! pic.twitter.com/ERr74ElOoo
@SimonHoade - 8:26 AM, 7 May 2017
I CAN HAS TELEMETRY!!! Big big thank you to Jon and Kristen at @VBOX_Motorsport for their patience, perseverance, a… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@SimonHoade - 5:42 PM, 4 May 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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