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
meanwhile in Belgium, some technicians accidentally activated the cannon on an F-16, shredded an F-16 in front of t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@poppy_haze - 4:38 AM, 13 October 2018
This is undoubtedly the worst thing about owning an Apple product: youtube.com/watch?v=o2_SZ4… #RightToRepair
@SimonHoade - 7:16 AM, 9 October 2018
NEW: Apple has introduced proprietary software locks into the new MacBook Pros that will prevent anyone except Appl… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@jason_koebler - 10:44 PM, 4 October 2018
Strong showing of Caterhams this morning at The White Lion, and plenty of aero nutters too despite the cold! pic.twitter.com/UfhVkKPxHV
@SimonHoade - 9:48 AM, 30 September 2018
A few of my favourite photos from Brands Hatch last month. I'll be posting a video from the day soon, but something… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 6:58 PM, 29 September 2018
Great essay on why praising overtime work on software projects is a sign of organizational failure. Working nights… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@Carnage4Life - 5:01 PM, 29 September 2018
I've just said as much in the comments box on an order but the system for buying track day photos from… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 9:03 AM, 29 September 2018
Exciting homeowner purchase of the day. Hopefully this will stop my heating system doing unpredictable things...… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 6:16 PM, 28 September 2018
Just had a smooth upgrade to macOS Mojave and my Geekbench multi-core score has gone up by 10%! Old vs new -… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 7:35 PM, 25 September 2018
The amount of postal, email, and SMS spam from @WaylandsVolvo is making me seriously consider whether I want to buy… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 3:22 PM, 5 September 2018Uploads
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.
Read MoreBlog
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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