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Greg Uzelac

@gregrex.bsky.social
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S/W engineer (currently C# React TS EF, previously C# ASP.NET JS SQL Azure, previously C# WPF SQL, previously C++ MFC, previously C & asm, previously C FORTRAN YACC asm, previously machine code), DIY handyman, husband, dad, repair vs replace, dog lover

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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Daughter & husband are refinishing their oak staircase. I offered to sand the spindles if they’d do the rest. I used a lathe on the rounds. Unfortunately, some were wobbly and needed lots of “touch up” hand sanding. I used an edger on the squares and it went smooth
An oak stair spindle in a wood lathe. The round portion is sanded. The square portion is dark red stainAll 21 spindles have been thru the latheEdger set up for spindle squaresAll 21 spindles have need thru the edger
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Refinished a sentimental rocking chair. MIL rocked my wife as a baby in it 64 years ago. Our daughter is expecting, wants to rock her baby in it. Disassembled it to get best possible outcome. Daughter loves the results
BeforeDisassembled Sanded rounds on latheFinal result
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My dog got excited and ran down the hall with her dog bed
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Fancy new coffee machine at work. Coworker wants 25% cream/milk but UI touch screen isn’t having it Coworker a frustrated
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My dog playing with a cherry tomato. If you watch closely you’ll see her flip the tomato in the air then catch it the run across the yard
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Assembled a gazebo kit for mom and dad. House is short so needed to cut down the gazebo legs
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Installed a washing machine hook up for my friend
Wall with freshly patched drywall. Wall has a washing machine hook up.
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Saw an fun/interesting collage in my friend’s church, Flatirons in CO
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Assembling a gazebo for mom and dad. It’s a kit but mods are needed to accommodate their house.
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
@typescript.fm In Ep 72, 58:20, you discussed double pain windows that have fog between the panes. FYI that can be fixed. call your local glass specialist, tell them that you have fog and want to research a new glass pack. They’ll come out to measure. Ask for an estimate. Mine have been ~$300
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
@syntax.fm - yet another amazing episode. Syntax podcast Diffs, Trees, and VS Code 2.0 syntax.fm/show/1008 If you are interested in frontend development, highly suggest you ingest this show. Wow!
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Diffs, Trees, and VS Code 2.0 - Syntax #1008
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
At work we software developers use Copilot as an assistant. We all know about the copilot pricing “changes”. It’s the 3rd day of the month and I just reached my credit limit. I was told to ask IT for an increase. I’ll see how this goes
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Lola likes guests
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Lola watching me fill our bird feeders
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Cleaned garage floor after gas spill and corresponding sticky residue. Power washed floor. Power washer pump needs a new Unloader valve because when I let off of spray wand trigger the engine stalls out. Saw a great YT vid about rebuilding the pump and what parts tend to wear out.
A Simpson power washer pump. There are three check valves under those three-in-a-row plugs. Plus there are three more check valves inside of the head/manifold. The one brass looking part all by itself is a temperature release valve.
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Teammates went to cook-your-own steakhouse
Steak, jalapeno peppers, baked potato, asparagus, salad, baked beans, NA beer.
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Video of all the I/O components for the minion wash presentation
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Video of minion wash conveyor
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Giving a presentation about PLC ladder logic this week. Made a faux system to control. A minion wash - a car wash but for minions. There are 3 inputs (big red run/stop switch, payment accepted, test) and 6 outputs (enter/exit indicator, wet down, soap, radial scrubber, dangly scrubber, rinse/dry)
Decided on a suitable platform for the faux control system components. Built a conveyer that works well enough Wires for minion wash. 3 inputs (run/stop, payment accepted, test) and 6 outputs (enter indicator, wet down, soap, radial scrubber, dangly scrubber, rinse/dry)
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Why dog, apparently, has given up. Has lost hope.
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Daughter’s iWatch 3 won’t charge. Repair services exceed value. Will probably disassemble it because what’s to loose?
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Our beagle Lola had orthopedic surgery yesterday. A FHO. We pick her up today from MedVet Chicago, 5-hr drive ea way. Beds are vaccinated and toys are washed.
3 dog beds in a row. A large towel (adjacent to the beds) that is covered with colorful dog toys
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
had time this wkend to work on time-to-hot plumbing proj. Converting 3/4” copper trunks to individual 1/2” PEX-A. the 7 individual runs are in place & are terminated on the manifold. Next I’ll tie in the manifold to the 3/4” copper from hot water heater (manifold currently held in place w ty-wraps)
An 8-port PEX-A manifold (that’s made from (2) 4-port manifolds). Ea w a quarter-turn shutoff valve. The 8th port is a spare and is capped off. This is for hot water and so the PEX pipe is red. Where the pipe bends sharply 90 degree brackets are used. The manifold is adjacent to 3/4” copper hot water line and is currently held in place with Ty-wraps. 4 ports go left and 4 ports go right.
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Daughter said he jeep’s rear defroster stopped working. We discovered one terminal had torn off the horizontal conductive silver(?) buss. We cleaned both surfaces and successfully soldered it back together. Win 🏆
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I had some time this afternoon to work on my basement plumbing project. Ran (3) 1/2” PEX-A pipes from manifold to east side of the house - kitchen sink, dishwasher, washing machine.
Hot manifold near hot water heater Used 90 degree brackets vs elbows/fittingsNice straight parallel PEX pipesMore nice straight parallel PEX pipes
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Helped daughter diagnose her refrigerator’s ice maker. Her model has a dedicated evaporator for the ice maker. A fan draws that cold air over the ice cube tray. That fan malfunctioned. We tested it on my bench. New fan from digikey.com $15, delivered. Some appliance part sites wanted ~$100+
Disassembled ice makerRepairing a refrigerator ice maker
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Making a hot water PEX-A manifold - so I can remove long 3/4” copper runs and use 1/2 PEX instead. So fixtures get hot water quicker. Math says 3/4” copper ID versus 1/2” PEX ID is a ratio of 2.7 to 1
Homemade/custom PEX-A hot water manifold. It has two 4-port manifolds cascaded together. One is pointed to the left while the other is pointed to the right, which maps to the fixture locations, half on one side of the house, half on the other side of the house. All eight ports have a quarter-turn 1/2” PEX-A shut off valve. One end of the manifold is closed, while the other hand has a couple of 3/4” copper fittings that will adapt to existing hot water copper.
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Thank you card from grandson: “Thank you for the Mario T-shirt. Thank you for the LEGO camper. They are both fun!”
Hand drawing of a t-shirt and a camper w campers.
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
My parents said the drinks in their (detached) garage refrigerator are exploding because the fridge is freezing from the ambient being 0F. Bottles and cans. Brr.
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Helped install a combination washer dryer. On a kitchen. Because the gal can’t reasonably access the main laundry in the basement. Brought in hot cold drain and electric.
A guy installing an ac receptacle. Also visible are PEX red blue supply pipes and a 2” pvc drainA white combination washer dryer. Black refrigerator to the left
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Daughter stopped by with her dog, left. Red coat is Lola:beagle. White and spotted is Wiggles/dachshund. It was a great visit
Three dogs being fed snacks. On the left is a dachshund wearing a purple hoodie, and the center is a dachshund (white with spots). On the right is a bagel named Lola. Lola is wearing a red winter coat
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Replaced the main bearing in our clothes washer. Two steps were difficult: 1) finding trick to remove control panel from the top 2) separating/removing drum from main shaft I’m currently testing it. No weird noises nor leaks so far .
Clothes washer. Lid removed Clothes washer, motor partsClothes washer, new main bearing Clothes washer, removed the drum
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Lola is recovering nicely after the pelvic surgery. My daughter and I took her to the home center. She seemed to enjoy herself.
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Had a dentist appointment this morning. My hygienist has a farm w farm animals. She tells the best stories. Today she told me about dog stomach Tacking (Gastropexy). 😮 dogdiscoveries.com/health/dog-s...
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Dog Stomach Tacking (Gastropexy) Costs and Procedure - Dog Discoveries
The dog stomach tacking procedure to prevent bloat is often recommended by veterinarians for dogs who are at risk for developing bloat.  Bloat is a life threatening condition that can potentially turn...
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
This was half chicken and half carrots (from a pot of homemade chicken stock). Lola ate the chicken but not one carrot.
An oval white plate with carrots bits on half of the plate. Diagonally.
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Lola eating homemade chicken broth
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Feeding time. Surgeon said as long as Lola eats *something* ea day, we’re good
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Lola going outside to stretch her legs
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Update: Lola dog is home from the surgery center. It was a 5-hr drive ea way. She can stand. And she can walk a little with assistance
Tri-colored beagle who had reconstructive pelvis surgery 2 days ago.
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
“Merry Christmas, Harry”
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Brother new apartment. Sister found him a top-n-bottom washer dryer deal. Dryer hose was shortish so had to connect hose to wall with unit pushed partly into the narrow cubby. One guy scaled the unit and hung over the back, the other guy held his feet so he wn fall into the void. It worked.
A guy on top of a stacked white. washer dryer. Another guy holding his feet.
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Lola dog update: is out of orthopedic surgery after the hit n run. Surgeon very happy with reconstructive outcome. Something about screws and a 0.7mm target. Said Lola very lucky to be alive. Recovery will be long.
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
We adopted a dog on Thursday. Lola. Her owner, our daughter’s best friend, died in his sleep. Sunday we had family over for our Christmas celebration. Somehow Lola got out and was hit by a car. We’re now at a 24-hour surgery center waiting to hear if the badly fractured bones are repairable.😢
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Caring for a dog, Lola. She was jumping off the back of our sofa, which is too high, sooner or later she’ll get hurt. So I made an very ugly thing so she can’t jump off the high part. Used scraps in my shop
Sofa with lattice Sofa with lattice
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
water fixtures in our house take a long time to get hot. pipes are 3/4” Cu to ea device cluster, then 1/2” Cu for the final few ft. My plan is to install 1/2 PEX home runs from water heater, & a 8-port PEX manifold. Charts say 1/2” PEX is 0.00961 Gal/ft while 3/4” Cu is 0.0269. Or a factor of 2.8
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
I started my vacation after finishing work today. I dont go back until Monday the 5th
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Our family room has a fake/electric fireplace. The 20A CAFCI breaker for that circuit started tripping intermittently. There are 9 receptacles on that ckt so I’ll start by moving the fireplace to its own breaker. Now we wait…
An electric fireplace
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Experimenting w vs code copilot’s capabilities. I certain commit made a fix to a data layer but it should have been in a presentation layer. I’ll see if copilot can fix it.
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
My dog came with me to HomeDepot today. I needed some circuit breakers (tandem & CAFCB). The parking lot has been plowed and there are piles of snow. As soon as Wiggles and I got out of my vehicle he hiked a leg on a snow pile
A spotted dog. White, black, grey, brown
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Greg Uzelac @gregrex.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Work teammates dined at a cook-your-own steakhouse. Yum. www.rubessteakhouse-waukee.com
10-foot long charcoal grill with numerous items on the grill. Steaks, vegetables, mac & cheese and iron skilletsA dinner plate with a 16 ounce in m-bone ribeye, a baked potato, asparagus, grilled vegetables, and baked beans
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