Craig Jessup

Repair tech, hardware hacker & murr-purr extraordinaire. Cynic, realist. Known to enjoy cooking & strategy games. Solves problems.

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@scrixels @Pixel_Dailies Oh, no! The surrounding pattern has ruined my daily habit of turning your pixel dailies into mini-wallpapers! :D

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@ScanComputers, these 1m blue CAT6 cables "High Quality Cable by C&T Tech" are trash. Used one during my rewire recently and the little plastic tab immediately snapped. Tried a second with the exact same result. Do you have any by a different brand? Tried emailing; no response.

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@YTAndrewPaul Thanks, have done so.

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@YTAndrewPaul Still trying to get some "DJ" Zener diodes. Only source I can find is some weird Dutch website. Are you able to supply these? I tried to email you but I don't know if they've came through or not. Trying to fix up our CUH-1216b which popped it's diode.

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@ERSA_Soldering Perfect, thank you! I've not managed to have a play with it yet, but having a method to contact you guys if I have questions is very handy; all of my kit is Ersa and when it works, it works very well!

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@ERSA_Soldering How do I align my Chip Tool Vario tips? I've followed the instructions but on the particular pair I'm using I can never get them to be where they're supposed to be.

They always end up looking like this:
https://t.co/R9N9quP7rX
https://t.co/IQ231hoa5M

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@Babydan_uk Uh, guys? My not-quite-2-year-old shouldn't be able to do this, should she?

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@SkyRussHope1 Found the clip! Had no idea people were so outraged by that word, always thought it was just a disrespectful way for old Aussies to refer to black natives. Not a word I think I've ever thought to actually use, hence the confusion!

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@SkyRussHope1 I'm reading your article on that Fawlty Towers episode that got pulled and have just spent 10 minutes on Google trying to figure out what "w***" is referring to. Is it a typo? If not, could I have another letter?

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@SkyRussHope1 Thanks for the reply, Russell. I've asked around since posting and nobody I know seems to know what it is, either. A friend suggested it's some sort of southern slang? Could we have another letter from it?

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@RoyalMailHelp What does "2D barcode not yet supported" mean in the context of your system? Does my shop need to upgrade their Post Office equipment? It's the 3rd time I've had to pay more for postage because the label I purchased from you could not be scanned. :(

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@25deadbatts @bitsofjosh @The_Pi_Hole @PayPal @bitwala Strong and Stable currency. 🤡

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@The_Pi_Hole @PayPal Bomb threat? I always figured it was ran by just one guy and an army of sex robots tricked into doing manual labour.

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@theparapod Strangely enough, the delayed showing dates because of the pandemic will actually allow us a chance to come and see you guys. Very excited. Hope you're both doing OK. <3

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@KlinkerApps Did you guys get hijacked? The website has been replaced with one of those dodgy "SEO" pages: https://t.co/fNO0BlexEO

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@HMRCcustomers Much appreciated, Jamie.

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@HMRCcustomers I need to confirm what name I registered under and from what date; I've had an accountant look at my record keeping. He said I've been doing it wrong and need to request invoices from my supplier going back to whenever I registered so I'm not including my personal orders as well.

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@greenshot_tool Great! Glad to hear, and I look forward to it! Wasn't sure if you were still actively developing it because of the date of the latest release, but now I know you are I'm going to chip in a little cash to go towards the effort! :)

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@greenshot_tool Very impressed with this; I've moved to it from FastStone Capture purely for the pop-up menu that appears when a new screenshot is made. Tweeting to add my "+1" for this: https://t.co/VOSovKOBFG

Being able to remove elements of the popup menu would be invaluable!

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@NapoleonProduct That would be great! My ticket number is 72808. :)

[Craig Jessup @obsidianbear]

@NapoleonProduct My poor Napoleon Pro Charcoal kettle was knocked over today and the handle on the back on it was severely damaged (part no. N080-0362). I'm having no luck finding a new one on Google; any idea where I could get one?