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
Busy servicing my @Hopetech Pro 4 rear hub this morning! #mtb pic.twitter.com/bKiX70GkgM
@SimonHoade - 11:07 AM, 9 March 2019
Newbury looking quite lovely at lunchtime today pic.twitter.com/L12pvp8WnE
@SimonHoade - 1:03 PM, 26 February 2019
Back at the pump track this afternoon, followed by spending an hour trying to side hop up some steps! Lovely day fo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 5:47 PM, 25 February 2019
This is one hell of a work out, but huge fun and a genuine challenge. As always, lots more practice needed! #mtb… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 5:02 PM, 23 February 2019
How on Earth has Apple made Bluetooth support on Mojave so bad compared to High Sierra?! I'm forever losing connect… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 9:09 AM, 19 February 2019
Cycled to work 5 days this week, and got out for lunchtime rides on 4. Really happy with that! Today included a tri… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 5:58 PM, 15 February 2019
Testing out the new manual trainer... I still need lots of practice! #mtb pic.twitter.com/j5pmc75IIq
@SimonHoade - 4:04 PM, 3 February 2019
Quick shout out to Banjo Cycles in Newbury for sorting my Hope Pro 4 rear hub that had started dragging. Support your local bike shop! #mtb
@SimonHoade - 5:57 PM, 24 January 2019
Sunday morning is about finding a big empty car park with a mate and practising trials skills in the sun 👌#mtb
@SimonHoade - 1:04 PM, 20 January 2019Uploads
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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