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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.
Read MoreI love to experiment with video ideas and create short films, often using footage from track days.
Read MoreRecent tweets and mobile uploads
This was a great eBay find. Mint condition Geforce3 64MB AGP card, in original box, with all the original discs and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 7:26 AM, 23 June 2022I've been having fun building a 2001 era retro PC. It's wonderfully beige! pic.twitter.com/OhmT39AW2Y
@SimonHoade - 4:44 PM, 18 June 2022Lovely morning at Wilton with the East meets West breakfast event. Not as busy as sometimes, but it was nice to tak… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 10:23 AM, 12 June 2022#caterham #trackdayvibes by @carlLsecurity pic.twitter.com/sBt0dC6vva
@SimonHoade - 2:30 PM, 20 May 2022A little flypast from Castle Combe, captured by @carlLsecurity 😎 #caterham pic.twitter.com/cIFu6DAIYy
@SimonHoade - 7:04 PM, 18 May 2022Dear The Police in Thames Valley. Is this tint actually legal?? It strikes me as "not a great idea" but that doesn'… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 7:11 PM, 15 May 2022I could watch little clips like this all day. The sound of that motor, how the car moves around over the bumps, pur… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 8:07 PM, 13 May 2022Second track day in a row ending with the car on a flatbed. Immensely frustrated, but it happens. I will fix it and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 4:11 PM, 13 May 2022Was going really well this morning but thermostat now stuck closed. Waiting for a recovery truck to get me home. It… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@SimonHoade - 2:06 PM, 13 May 2022Adventures with a Caterham and experiments with video editing
A selection of recent photos from my extensive gallery
Things I like to keep on the website, some of it quite old
A selection of statistics about the platform running this website, taken from VMware vSphere and directly from monitoring hardware.
Read MoreAlthough 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 MoreBefore 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 MoreA collection of brief articles describing some of the cars I've had the pleasure (and displeasure) of owning.
Read MoreI've been driving at track days since 2006 and these articles describe the highs and lows of some of those days.
Read MoreHome 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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