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Separating A Music File into Multiple Tracks

ICT Issues

This is a quick guide on how to get a long mp3 audio file and break it down into individual tracks. You may need to do this when an album has been saved as a single mp3 (can happen when downloading from youtube via a “youtube to mp3” sites). I’m going to use a video of Meiko Kaji’s discography (or partial) to illustrate this.

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Minecraft Server Migration to Realm

Gaming

With Microsoft offering a free 90 days Minecraft Realm subscription in their Xbox Perks programme, I decided it’s finally time to close the dedicated server and adopt a realm. It appears nobody from the community (including myself) had really spent much time on the server since last year. While it’s not uncommmon for communities to lose momentum, it’s still sad to see a virtual home no longer be available.

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Migrating Windows 10 To A New Hardrive

ICT Issues

I am writing this mini-guide for my future reference and, as is so often the case, I’ve publicised in case somebody else may benefit. Over the years I’ve changed which hard drive my operating system (OS) resides on because I’ve typically upgraded the hard drive. Sometimes it’s been painful (and long-winded) but this recent occassion was smooth.

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Chesterfield Round Walk Planned Sep ’23

Outdoors

Since managing a lengthy walk in one session, 40 miles around Cannock Chase, I have always wanted to do a large circular again. I attempted the Surrey Greensand Monster (18 miles) but failed three times – I was overweight and out of practice. Although my weight is reasonable, I have aged a decade since the Cannock Chase and I have another challenge to overcome.

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A row of conjoined trees sharing a root system.

Can’t See The Wood for the Trees

Creative, Outdoors

Biology in the 90s focused on concepts of organisms and competition for environmental resources. A better paradigm to understand ecosystems is as a community of organisms. Sometimes though, organisms are so inter-dependent it almost seems archaic to still view them as separate. Take yourself, for example, you’re made up of individual cells. Are you a community of organisms or are you one organism?

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