Eric H. Vela
@erichvela.bsky.social
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider. "It's a bit early to be thinking of an epitaph. No?" will be my epitaph.
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Eric H. Vela
@erichvela.bsky.social
· May 19
Sometimes, interacting with people is like playing social Calvinball. The rules are always changing to gain advantage over others, the rules can never repeat, the scoring makes no sense and doesn't matter to anyone else, and everyone wears a mask.
Well generative #AI. That's a nice, lengthy explanation on why 42 in base-13 is 171 in decimal, but you're wrong. In decimal, it's what you'd get if you multiplied six by nine. #h2g2 #hitchhikersguide
December 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Well generative #AI. That's a nice, lengthy explanation on why 42 in base-13 is 171 in decimal, but you're wrong. In decimal, it's what you'd get if you multiplied six by nine. #h2g2 #hitchhikersguide
The words "Yule" and "jolly" possibly share an etymological root that evolved through different cultures. #etymology #christmas #yuletide
December 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The words "Yule" and "jolly" possibly share an etymological root that evolved through different cultures. #etymology #christmas #yuletide
Before I left Spotify a few months ago, this is who it had as my top artists according to Wrapped 2025. @sonicmayhem.com and Neil Diamond were still going strong. Other new names this time. www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar... #music
My Top Artists of 2025
Spotify
www.spotify.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Before I left Spotify a few months ago, this is who it had as my top artists according to Wrapped 2025. @sonicmayhem.com and Neil Diamond were still going strong. Other new names this time. www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar... #music
Here in the USA, let's consider what President Lincoln wanted when declaring this national holiday: to stop seeing other people as monsters in the Civil War.
I'm thankful for what we have in common without regard to what tries to divide us.
#thanksgiving (USA)
I'm thankful for what we have in common without regard to what tries to divide us.
#thanksgiving (USA)
November 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Here in the USA, let's consider what President Lincoln wanted when declaring this national holiday: to stop seeing other people as monsters in the Civil War.
I'm thankful for what we have in common without regard to what tries to divide us.
#thanksgiving (USA)
I'm thankful for what we have in common without regard to what tries to divide us.
#thanksgiving (USA)
Playing a game for a long time over many evenings. Thinking I must be getting close to the end.
Cheevo pops that says: "Completed Act I". 😶
Cheevo pops that says: "Completed Act I". 😶
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Playing a game for a long time over many evenings. Thinking I must be getting close to the end.
Cheevo pops that says: "Completed Act I". 😶
Cheevo pops that says: "Completed Act I". 😶
I asked Google Gemini and Microsoft Copilot if they would give me the periodic symbol for Nobelium. They both refused. #chemistry #science
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I asked Google Gemini and Microsoft Copilot if they would give me the periodic symbol for Nobelium. They both refused. #chemistry #science
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Or buy on bandcamp (and support me directly) here - biggiantcircles.bandcamp.com/track/adrena...
Adrenaline 2025, by Big Giant Circles
track by Big Giant Circles
biggiantcircles.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Or buy on bandcamp (and support me directly) here - biggiantcircles.bandcamp.com/track/adrena...
Service as a Service is useful when you suddenly need to work from a mobile device away from the office.
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Service as a Service is useful when you suddenly need to work from a mobile device away from the office.
Many animals can bond with animals of other species and even other phyla, but it seems to me that humans have the ability to form kinship with the widest variety of animals. (Even some arachnids and crustaceans!) It raises questions when we seem disadvantaged for finding kinship with each other.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Many animals can bond with animals of other species and even other phyla, but it seems to me that humans have the ability to form kinship with the widest variety of animals. (Even some arachnids and crustaceans!) It raises questions when we seem disadvantaged for finding kinship with each other.
My teachers: "You want to go into technology. You'll be rich."
My business/technical parents: "You want to go into #music. You'll be happy."
My teachers: "Your parents don't know anything."
My teachers are wrong on both counts. Now, I have to make up for lost time because I listened to them.
My business/technical parents: "You want to go into #music. You'll be happy."
My teachers: "Your parents don't know anything."
My teachers are wrong on both counts. Now, I have to make up for lost time because I listened to them.
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
My teachers: "You want to go into technology. You'll be rich."
My business/technical parents: "You want to go into #music. You'll be happy."
My teachers: "Your parents don't know anything."
My teachers are wrong on both counts. Now, I have to make up for lost time because I listened to them.
My business/technical parents: "You want to go into #music. You'll be happy."
My teachers: "Your parents don't know anything."
My teachers are wrong on both counts. Now, I have to make up for lost time because I listened to them.
I had "Disco 'Round" by Alicia Bridges playing this morning.
"Why're you playing that?"
"Because, it's #Halloween."
If you understand this, you are officially #old.
#LoveAtFirstBite #vampire #GenX #GeorgeHamilton youtu.be/1J256lLL4fU
"Why're you playing that?"
"Because, it's #Halloween."
If you understand this, you are officially #old.
#LoveAtFirstBite #vampire #GenX #GeorgeHamilton youtu.be/1J256lLL4fU
October 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I had "Disco 'Round" by Alicia Bridges playing this morning.
"Why're you playing that?"
"Because, it's #Halloween."
If you understand this, you are officially #old.
#LoveAtFirstBite #vampire #GenX #GeorgeHamilton youtu.be/1J256lLL4fU
"Why're you playing that?"
"Because, it's #Halloween."
If you understand this, you are officially #old.
#LoveAtFirstBite #vampire #GenX #GeorgeHamilton youtu.be/1J256lLL4fU
GDI algorithm.🤦🏻♂️
My "random" shuffle this morning: Sneakin' Up Behind You (disco), Uninvited (90s pop), Moondance (jazz), The Haunted Arcade Cabinet (electrorock), Reptile (90s gothrock), Hellbound Heart (orchestral ost), The Great Pumpkin Waltz (Charlie Brown)... #halloween #samhain
My "random" shuffle this morning: Sneakin' Up Behind You (disco), Uninvited (90s pop), Moondance (jazz), The Haunted Arcade Cabinet (electrorock), Reptile (90s gothrock), Hellbound Heart (orchestral ost), The Great Pumpkin Waltz (Charlie Brown)... #halloween #samhain
October 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
GDI algorithm.🤦🏻♂️
My "random" shuffle this morning: Sneakin' Up Behind You (disco), Uninvited (90s pop), Moondance (jazz), The Haunted Arcade Cabinet (electrorock), Reptile (90s gothrock), Hellbound Heart (orchestral ost), The Great Pumpkin Waltz (Charlie Brown)... #halloween #samhain
My "random" shuffle this morning: Sneakin' Up Behind You (disco), Uninvited (90s pop), Moondance (jazz), The Haunted Arcade Cabinet (electrorock), Reptile (90s gothrock), Hellbound Heart (orchestral ost), The Great Pumpkin Waltz (Charlie Brown)... #halloween #samhain
A piece of music for a slapstick comedy horror movie that has no right being this pretty. Via the #Prague Philharmonic Orchestra by John Morris. #halloween #samhain #frankenstein #classical youtu.be/6d99BABwiq0
Transylvanian Lullaby (From "Young Frankenstein")
YouTube video by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra - Topic
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A piece of music for a slapstick comedy horror movie that has no right being this pretty. Via the #Prague Philharmonic Orchestra by John Morris. #halloween #samhain #frankenstein #classical youtu.be/6d99BABwiq0
TIL that Supermassive Games is selling some of their game assets on Fab from Man of Medan, Little Hope, and House of Ashes. I don't know what that means, but my brain is telling me it means something. #videogames
October 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
TIL that Supermassive Games is selling some of their game assets on Fab from Man of Medan, Little Hope, and House of Ashes. I don't know what that means, but my brain is telling me it means something. #videogames
Got back from work. Yes. The work week is Mon thru Fri. Yes. This is Saturday morning. No. I won't get paid for it because the security notice just happened and salary people have to file overtime well in advance. I never know when I'm needed until I'm needed.
October 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Got back from work. Yes. The work week is Mon thru Fri. Yes. This is Saturday morning. No. I won't get paid for it because the security notice just happened and salary people have to file overtime well in advance. I never know when I'm needed until I'm needed.
Meta decided to use "AI" to promote *relevant* content without the option to opt out start in December, ignoring those of us who want to see content OUTSIDE our trends. I'm out. #instagram #threads #facebook #algorithms
October 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Meta decided to use "AI" to promote *relevant* content without the option to opt out start in December, ignoring those of us who want to see content OUTSIDE our trends. I'm out. #instagram #threads #facebook #algorithms
I've been playing solo piano for 3 decades. Thanks to technology, I can practice with "people", now. I'm so out of practice keeping time with others. It's not like riding a bike. Oof. Gonna be a bit before I play with a band again. #music
October 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I've been playing solo piano for 3 decades. Thanks to technology, I can practice with "people", now. I'm so out of practice keeping time with others. It's not like riding a bike. Oof. Gonna be a bit before I play with a band again. #music
This morning...
Me: *trying to stay asleep*
Brain: HEY!! LISTEN TO THIS SONG YOU HAVEN'T HEARD IN 4 DECADES!! KEEP LISTENING!!LET'S PLAY IT 50 TIMES!! youtu.be/xvkx4JFt74o #horrormovie
Me: *trying to stay asleep*
Brain: HEY!! LISTEN TO THIS SONG YOU HAVEN'T HEARD IN 4 DECADES!! KEEP LISTENING!!LET'S PLAY IT 50 TIMES!! youtu.be/xvkx4JFt74o #horrormovie
TERROR VISION OST (The Fibonaccis / R Band, 1986)
YouTube video by Bolo Bellheimer Zero
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This morning...
Me: *trying to stay asleep*
Brain: HEY!! LISTEN TO THIS SONG YOU HAVEN'T HEARD IN 4 DECADES!! KEEP LISTENING!!LET'S PLAY IT 50 TIMES!! youtu.be/xvkx4JFt74o #horrormovie
Me: *trying to stay asleep*
Brain: HEY!! LISTEN TO THIS SONG YOU HAVEN'T HEARD IN 4 DECADES!! KEEP LISTENING!!LET'S PLAY IT 50 TIMES!! youtu.be/xvkx4JFt74o #horrormovie
If you're reading this, it's very likely that you have no evidence that you're not immortal. #surviving
October 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
If you're reading this, it's very likely that you have no evidence that you're not immortal. #surviving
I currently have an earworm of a silent movie musical cue called "66, The Dragon".
(Long before I was born, #movies were monochrome without sound. Sometimes, live performers—pianists/organists or small orchestra—would play specific pieces at certain parts of the movie. This is such a piece.)
(Long before I was born, #movies were monochrome without sound. Sometimes, live performers—pianists/organists or small orchestra—would play specific pieces at certain parts of the movie. This is such a piece.)
October 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I currently have an earworm of a silent movie musical cue called "66, The Dragon".
(Long before I was born, #movies were monochrome without sound. Sometimes, live performers—pianists/organists or small orchestra—would play specific pieces at certain parts of the movie. This is such a piece.)
(Long before I was born, #movies were monochrome without sound. Sometimes, live performers—pianists/organists or small orchestra—would play specific pieces at certain parts of the movie. This is such a piece.)