Leonard Nimoy and Traffic Patterns

I grew up watching Leonard Nimoy on Star Trek, and was always aware of his Boston beginnings. My dad also grew up in Dorchester, as did Donna Summer, and from a young age I was taught that Spock grew up in Dorchester and that Donna Summer went to my aunt's high school. But not at the same time.

Leonard Nimoy has had quite a career: After achieving fame as Spock, he found success as an author, photographer, and musician. Quite a feat, really.

Here are a selection of his photographs, which can be found on here:

As an adult, I rediscovered Leonard Nimoy through Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! In the fall of 2008, he played the three-question game called "Not My Job." His questions were about the life and theories of Dr. Spock.

Now, during a brief interview at the introduction to the game, I distinctly remembered that Nimoy spoke briefly about his interest about the math and statistics behind the creation and regulation of traffic patterns. I must have dreamt this; nothing about traffic is mentioned in the interview, not even space traffic. And from what I remember, it was a really interesting discussion. Maybe I heard it on NPR at another time? Insert what would have been a witty transition with a feeble attempt at a transition to fabric patterns here.

Well, as you know, patterns have been all the rage the past few seasons, and I loved seeing the pixelated prints on the runway the past few years. I thought it would be fun to pixelate some of the more interesting on-ramps and interchanges and the some of the busier intersections.

Here are the results:

 

 

Kinda cool. I should pixelate photos more often!