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
Back out in the sunshine today, super nice 👌 pic.twitter.com/FI1URhYDTB
@SimonHoade - 3:34 PM, 6 May 2020
Some serious and fundamental flaws with the UKs #ContactTracingApp that are worth understanding before deciding whe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 11:43 AM, 5 May 2020
Time for another home #solarenergy update now we're a third of the way through the year: 1.17MWh generated so far f… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 9:04 AM, 1 May 2020
Also very much enjoyed taking in this view on my way back from a bike ride today. Lucky to live next to some great… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 7:03 PM, 19 April 2020
Enjoyed following Charlie and Alex battle it out for the top spot in today's #VirtualGP 👌👏 pic.twitter.com/gyJQXsiLuU
@SimonHoade - 7:02 PM, 19 April 2020
I've had plenty of time to enjoy this lately, still excellent fun! pic.twitter.com/YHj4yI1Igw
@SimonHoade - 4:29 PM, 16 April 2020
Now that I've got quite a bit of time on my hands I figured I'd start creating some more YouTube content. Step 1 -… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 11:16 AM, 3 April 2020
If someone tells you something and you can't find at least two accredited sources to back it up, it could be bullsh… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 7:01 PM, 19 March 2020
I don't think a clutch release bearing is supposed to look or sound like that 🤔 #caterham pic.twitter.com/RBypMaNiIc
@SimonHoade - 12:52 PM, 14 March 2020
Bought myself a used iPhone SE for testing Xamarin apps. Bit of learning for an Android user but iOS has really com… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 11:41 AM, 7 March 2020Uploads
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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