Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 16/10/2026This is a shawarma maker. But tell me you’re not hearing William Daniels and a fast beat synth tune 130 3
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026You think that Darwinian evolution is something that takes millennia of random mutations and survival of the fittest and then you notice how your neighbourhood cats have adapted to the local gardens within maybe 25 years 031 3
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Not really a car but it was an ex-Post-Office Sherpa van, with a dodgy latch so the sliding door kept flying open. It had about 4 turns of steering lock-to-lock, and a full 90 degrees of play before anything happened at all. You've not lived until you've had one of these sideways on a wet roundabout 181 8
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I've had lots of encouragement to continue developing this idea. Could be a feeder series or a rented arrive-and-drive track car. Formula eJunior anyone? 280 8
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Watching the Goodwood Revival last week I was inspired by the simplicity of the early 60s Formula Juniors - 400kg, 100bhp, skinny tyres, no downforce, yet they were lapping as fast as a Porsche GT3. A modern interpretation of these could make a great cheap track car. So I sketched a quick concept 2212 21
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Yes, it’s a shame. VW actually mismanaged the brand from the start. They could never really decide or commit between Seat being their budget brand or their sporty Mediterranean brand and that confused identity was always a problem. My final year project at Coventry was a sporty efficient Seat saloon 010 1
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Of course I have a soft-spot for a buzzy Lancia Y car but I do rather fancy the new HF. I'd have it over the other hot eHatches 171 7
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026There’s a new Jesus Jones album. Who knew they were still together?! 030 3
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The only folding phone I’d want back. From a purely tactile and form-factor point of view this Ericsson T28 was my favourite phone. Small, solid, ergonomic, and looked and felt great. Don’t know how you’d get it to work or make sense as a modern smartphone but it’s still peak cellphone design to me 3151 15
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Saw one of my favourite bands, Monica Sex, (yes that’s the band name), at a free craft fair this morning. They were huge in 90s Israel, still are. This is kind of the equivalent of seeing The Manic Street Preachers at a village fete 120 2
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Post a picture of you from another era 📸 21 years old, 1996, all dreams and plans while living the moment. “those few excruciating and exhilarating days during which naïveté and wisdom stare each other down, before they strike whatever truce, in your life, keeps you from imploding" 191 9
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Come watch last night’s sunset with me at this Insta link www.instagram.com/stories/nir_... 020 2
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026“Nir” actually means a ploughed field, ready for planting. This is an old tool used for making a Nir. It was a popular name in 1970s Israel and has had a recent resurgence post 7th October following the destruction to communities like Nir Oz and need for regrowth from that raw potential of a Nir 010 1
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Watched 9 to 5 last night (obviously) and there are not one, but TWO Porsche 914s in it 060 6
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Been helping the Afeka College of Engineering team with their solar racing car. The students designed it as a low drag teardrop so I helped out with the graphics. Masked it up this afternoon, the black bits here are still just Photoshop, so that the painter knows what to do tomorrow 060 6
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Whoever came up with the idea of spinning around a big ball of fire in the sky was an artistic genius 150 5
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 05/08/202660 years ago today probably the most significant, influential album ever was released. It is hard to imagine how Revolver must have sounded in 1966, but Mad Men did a reasonable job of trying to explain that this was the moment the 60s actually began. "Start with this one" youtu.be/6OquASU1y5A 020 2
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 02/08/2026You always need to set one Billy shelf for the tall books 020 2
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I think that’s the Zender kit as featured on my bedroom wall so it’s full marks from 14 year old me 110 1
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Can we take a moment to appreciate that it’s 2026 and there’s another new Rolling Stones record with the same energy that they’ve always had. Most 60s bands didn’t see out the 70s. The Stones are still going in their 80s 120 2
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Best bit about traveling is the cars that you don’t get at home 1162 16
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I have seen the new Porsche and don’t worry, it has a petrol engine in the back 081 8
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Here it is. Not quite mint & boxed because I painted the pillars black but other than that I don't think it's been out of its box 020 2
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 01/07/2026On a winding mountain road with nowhere to stop but fortunately my daughter was next to me to take a photo and capture the moment 060 6
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Mel Brooks is 100 years old today. Remember, they could never make Blazing Saddles today. Because it would have been criticised for being woke. 150 5
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 16/06/2026This 350 year old restaurant is apparently the first place in Europe to sell coffee. I mean go back in a time machine to 1686 and prevent this place from opening and *boom*, all the Starbucks just disappear. I’d watch that movie 080 8
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Some of the little Humbrol paints that I have are still the ones that I took from my dad in the 80s. They must be over 60 years old now 010 1
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Here it is, finally finished. Don't know why Corgi made these in yellow when there was only one show car ever built and it was white but mine now looks much more like the original Bertone Runabout 160 6
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I hadn’t forgotten about this. Just been a bit busy. Finished painting now, just needs reassembling 140 4
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026“Dad, can we watch Pink Floyd live at Pompeii this evening?”. The third and youngest child. My work is done here. 171 7
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Estuary. Filling up the Mediterranean, one tiny stream at a time 030 3
Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Everything under the sun is in tune, But the sun is eclipsed by the moon. 050 5
