A very big yes.

On an entirely unrelated note, my favorite piece of currency right now is the one centime bill of the Congolese franc. The volcano is called Nyiragongo, it’s got a huge lava lake in the crater and it’s just across the border from Rwanda. On gentler days—when local militias are not actively rampaging in the area but…

Not in military service but in service nevertheless is the MV Liemba, plying the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika since 1914. Originally built by the Germans as the Graf von Goetzen, equipped with a 105 mm autocannon and two revolver guns, she was chased off the lake by two British motor boats, the Mimi and the Toutou…

Life in South Sudan now that the rains have come. (via markoferko)

Just for the record.

I was wishing for a proper Korean to show up and put things right. Thanks, Jonathan. Read more

They say it's like 'Sunday' and that might be it, but than again, it might not. Nobody knows for sure. Read more

To turn the Bugatti into not only a bargain but a ludicrous bargain, consider that this painting, Barnett Newman’s Onement VI, sold for $43.8M three weeks ago.

As any urban dweller can tell you, the one thing that's constant in city life is change. Buildings rise up and are torn down; parks bloom out of old train tracks; swimming pools become ice rinks that become arcades and then turn into Whole Foods.567 Read more

Humans began to live in urban settlements about 7 thousand years ago. As humans continued to evolve over the millennia, so too did our cities. Now, our cities are about to change again — and they're going to look more like ancient Machu Picchu than the gleaming towers of glass and steel we have today. 34 Read more

Indeed.

Erm, no. That’s in the rear. The Miura’s engine is mid-mounted: behind the seats but, crucially, in front of the rear axle. Read more

I made this one a couple of years ago to show how a Miura’s engine bay works. Don’t laugh. When Lamborghini made it, no car but the De Tomaso Vallelunga had its engine there.

Breadvan, anyone? And yes, that’s a 250 GTO in the background. My happy day at the Festival of Speed in 2009.

Ferrari 250 GT SWB

Four years have not managed to diminish my love for this car. It’s just so perfect. The platonic ideal of a Miata. Read more

What a happy bunch! May I add a picture of my own! Exclamation mark!

They’re the same camera. Leica did the lens, Panasonic did the electronics, and they both sold it under different names. I used to shoot with a loaner LC–1 until I bought the Digilux 2 on eBay. It’s got great character, although using it for manually focused tracking shots like above is sort of pushing the envelope…

Nino Karotta Read more