I just got back from lunch and one of my co-workers came to tell me the news - one of the most legendary and iconic Science Fiction actors, Leonard Nimoy, has passed away. I'm a huge Star Trek fan of the original cast and series as well as the Next Generation (pre-movies), and Star Trek certainly shaped a great deal of why I enjoy science, took a career in computers, and took up my interest in electronics and tinkering. Spock has always been a big influence on how I came to reason with things - always trying to take a logical approach over emotion, or reaction. And I always loved the Spock was mostly logical, but still had emotion at play - just... well managed. While others will play him, no one ever quite did Spock as well as Nimoy, and I highly doubt anyone will. There was something incredible about Nimoy's portrayal of the character; a certain touch no one else seems to have.

May the wind be at your back Leonard; you lived long, and we all prospered from it.

http://www.wired.com/2015/02/leonard-nimoy-death/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/leonard.....t-83-1.2975593

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/27/enter.....ock/index.html

http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment.....t-83-1.2256676

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainme.....-arts-31662024

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