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
With all this sunshine we're finally having it seems like a good time for a solar PV update. May 2021 was firmly in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 11:59 AM, 1 June 2021
Early starts on sunny summer Sundays 👌 pic.twitter.com/fcXWIG56bS
@SimonHoade - 5:43 AM, 30 May 2021
It's been a busy day at The Seven Clinic putting the 'race' setup on my own car ahead of a track day. With driver a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@TheSevenClinic - 5:41 PM, 23 May 2021
A rare selfie from me. Big fan of the @McLarenF1 livery for this weekends race. Thanks for the rapid delivery of th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 4:30 PM, 20 May 2021
A rare selfie from me. Big fan of the @McLarenF1 livery for this weekends race. Thanks for the rapid delivery of th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 4:26 PM, 20 May 2021
Enjoyed a quick spin around Greenham Common after work yesterday between the rain showers 🌦️ pic.twitter.com/Hi9GH2L0Bt
@SimonHoade - 8:08 AM, 20 May 2021
One last chance to get the gang together before the MX-5 goes on the market. What a fantastic trio of cars to have… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 5:14 PM, 25 April 2021
130 miles in the BRZ this morning to pick up some Caterham tyres from @DPRmotorsport and a nice chat with some othe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 11:35 AM, 24 April 2021
Really impressed with the new data dashboard from @octopus_energy - full exporting of smart meter data and clear an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 7:51 AM, 19 April 2021
Tried my best to make the most of the weather today with car time, mountain biking, and walking 🙂 pic.twitter.com/IAz5iGF0qR
@SimonHoade - 6:04 PM, 4 April 2021Uploads
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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