Category Archives: rants etc.

LEGO Spike Essential Hub not charging – fix?

Posted on 2024/12/15th by Marek Lewandowski

There’s a long-known issue with the LEGO® Education Spike Essential® batteries that if they are left alone for long enough the hub will stop charging them. You will get a blinking orange light on the hub (instead of solid red … Continue reading →

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Brother LW-200/LW-350 GW-25/GW-45

Posted on 2022/02/15th by Marek Lewandowski

If you happen to have a Brother LW-350 or similar Brother Word Processor, the original Floppy that came with your system contained an accompanying Spreadsheet application. If you lost the disc, it got erased, formatted or otherwise damaged, here is … Continue reading →

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Brother AX-45 Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Daisy Wheel Typewriter Word Processor User Manual

Posted on 2022/01/23rd by Marek Lewandowski

Deutsche Bedienungsanleitung Brother AX-45 Typenrad Schreibmaschine
German User Manual for Brother AX-45 Daisywheel Typewriter Continue reading →

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Elgato Camlink 4k vs. China “HDMI to USB” converter

Posted on 2020/12/18th by Marek Lewandowski

A lot was posted all over the internet about capturing HDMI output and whether CamLink is worth its $120 price tag since there are $20 alternatives out there. But as the other sources deal mainly with the image quality, I dig a bit into what the hardware differences are and why they are important too. Continue reading →

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LEGO Classroom for EV3 bugs (Windows/Android)

Posted on 2020/12/13th by Marek Lewandowski

Lego has released their Classroom app for Windows/Android. Which is great, as now you can actually do some serious programming on your Android tablet (previously you had to go for a full-fledged Windows system to get variables, custom blocks etc. … Continue reading →

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