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How to remove timestamps and extra lines from a Zoom transcript using Notepad++ or BBEdit
In case it would help other people, here’s how I did it. I would have something that looked like this:
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00:00:36.900 –> 00:00:40.560
Kimberly Hirsh (she/her): Do you agree to participate in the study and to have the interview audio recorded?
With the help of this guide from Drexel and replies to this Stack Overflow post I now can remove the number, the timestamp, and the two extra lines created when I remove those. Here’s how I do it.
- Open the VTT file in my advanced text editor.
- Use the find and replace feature.
- For the thing to be replaced I use the regular expression
^[(\d|\n)].*$. You don’t need to know what a regular expression is. Just copy and paste that little code bit into the “Find” box. - Make sure either “Regular expression” or “GREP” is selected.
- Click “Replace” to test it once and be sure if it works.
- If it works, click “Replace all.”
For BBEdit:
- Paste
^\s*?\rin the “Find” box. - Make sure the replace box is empty.
- Repeat steps 5 and 6.
For Notepad++:
7. Then switch so that “Extended” is selected instead of “Regular expression” or “GREP.”
8. Paste \r\n\r\n in the “Find” box.
9. Put a single space in the replace box.
10. Repeat steps 5 and 6.
I hope this is helpful!
š You should read Josh Radnor's Museletter.
Josh Radnor writes a beautiful newsletter. It always feels like a gift. Here are some gems from the latest issue - italics are emphasis from the original, bold are mine.
There are no unwounded people. Wounding and trauma are features and facts of being a human being.
Why is it that Iām convinced my life should be linear and predictable, devoid of obstacle, conflict, and challenge, the very elements that make a story engaging and worth telling? Donāt I want to live a great story?
Nothing is the heaven or hell I want to make it out to be.
On my first year as a doctor (of philosophy)
As I mentioned earlier, I defended my dissertation a year and a week ago. It was a joyous defense, with my committee cosplaying and my friends and family able to attend via Zoom. My BFFs were there, plus lots of people Iāve met online. It was amazing and fun and at the end of it I was WIPED OUT.
Exactly one year ago today, I spent about 10 hours formatting my dissertation so I could graduate. That was not my favorite part.
Some people leave their PhD with a job in hand, whether in academia or industry. Other people, people like me, have no idea what comes next.
What came next for me involved a lot of sleep.
But there was other stuff, too!
A lot of the past year has been focused on parenting stuff, as my kid switched from remote preschool to F2F preschool. A lot of it has involved managing my health, trying different interventions and seeing what felt doable.
Iāve done some work for Quirkos, including writing two blog posts. I really enjoyed that work. I like figuring out what to say, how to say it, and how to make it meet a clientās needs. Content writing/marketing is on the table as a bigger potential stream of income for me in the future, and I like that.
Iāve done a bit of sewing: I made napkins, a blanket, and a pillow. I have fabric ready for making a maxi skirt. I love sewing, but it always feels like a bit of a production to set up. Itās not! Itās actually fast and easy! But it feels like it is, which means I donāt do it as often as Iād like.
I completed Wās application for Public Service Loan Forgiveness and consolidated my loans so I can start that process, too.
I applied for some jobs, not a ton, but maybe close to 10? I wasnāt scattershot: I picked out particular organizations I wanted to work for (like NoveList) or industries I wanted to work in (ed tech, libraries). I had meetings about three potential freelancing gigs but none of them panned out and that was fine.
I spent all of last summer as a Pool Mom, which was amazing: I would take M to the pool first thing in the morning for swim lessons and then he and I would just hang in the water for an hour or two. I loved it.
I presented at MIRA, ALISE, World View, Micro Camp, and FSN NA.
I got caught up on Star Trek: Lower Decks and Discovery. (That reminds me, new Picard today, yay!)
I participated in Micro.blog writer and reader groups sometimes, as well as continuing my participation with the Creative Adventurers community via Discord video chats (something else to look forward to today!).
I got vaccinated.
I got consultations about our broken driveway and eventually went with the choice suggested by our arborist: having Will use a sledgehammer to smash up the parts that were sticking up. This saved us thousands of dollars in driveway refinishing. I had consultations and scheduled work with the arborist and the electrician.
I had lunch with friends.
I let a lot of things go in all different areas of my life.
And I got my dream postdoc, which is huge and made me feel that the not-having-a-plan thing was worth it because I wouldnāt have been available to apply to this postdoc otherwise.
I know thatās just a chronicling of what I did, but I needed that before I could really reflect.
Life isnāt super different aside from the not-working-on-a-dissertation part. I donāt feel different. I do get confused whenever someone calls me Dr. Hirsh.
My postdoc is for one year with the possibility (dare I say expectation?) of a one-year renewal. I have no idea what Iāll be up to come January 2024. Iām privileged to be able to say that thatās okay.
So whatās life like, having been a doctor for a year? The biggest difference is that because I hadnāt been immersed in research from last April through December, I have to go back now and review my notes on earlier processes more when I need to do a technique Iāve done before.
š Book Review: NOT YOUR AVERAGE HOT GUY and THE DATE FROM HELL by Gwenda Bond
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Do you wish Dan Brown books were sexy and full of pop culture references? Do you like your religious artifact stories with comedy and kissing? Have I got the books for you!
Gwenda Bondās books are always The Most Fun and her madcap fantasy romance duology is no exception.
First up, NOT YOUR AVERAGE HOT GUY:
Callie is a recentish college grad with no particular direction in life but a great love of books, learning, and creepy religious lore. She also works at her momās escape room. When Callie designs an immersive culty room and puts a book in it that is ACTUALLY an arcane artifact, cultists come to claim it and try to use it to release a demon on earth to bring about the end times. But instead they summon Luke, the super sexy prince of Hell. Wackiness ensues as Callie and Luke must team up to find the Holy Lance (thatās the Spear of Destiny for you The Librarian fans) and keep it from the cultists (who donāt actually know that Luke isnāt the demon they were trying to summon). To do so, they travel through painful demon magic, bopping around the world in a way that would make an Indiana Jones map look like Charlie Kellyās conspiracy board:
Because you know how romance works, you know that they figure it out and get a Happy For Now. Itās important that itās a HFN because a Happily Ever After wouldnāt leave room for the sequel:
Callie and Luke are happily dating now and they have an amazing date planned. But they also have a bit of a revolution planned: Callie wants to petition Lucifer to reconsider the damnation of people like Agnes, a 12-year-old girl who really probably should not have been sent to hell and certainly isnāt an adult by modern standards. Lucifer agrees to a meeting ā on the day Callie and Luke are scheduled to have their big date. Which also happens to be the same day Callie is supposed to be helping her mom with a big escape room event to raise the money to make repairs after the mess she and Luke got into in NOT YOUR AVERAGE HOT GUY. Lucifer says that Callie and Luke have 72 hours to prove that they can redeem someone who deserves to be released from hell. The person he chooses is Sean, a lost-Hemsworth-brother-type/international art thief who oh, by the way, is a Grail seeker. More wacky hijinks ensue, more traveling by map, and more Arthuriana than you can shake Excalibur at. (Excalibur isnāt in the book to my recollection, by the way.) I briefly found myself thinking for a moment, āHow wild is all this Arthuriana just happening in Callieās real life?ā before remembering that OH YEAH HER BOYFRIEND IS THE PRINCE OF HELL.
Because itās a romance, it ends with a tidy Happily Ever After (leaving Gwenda free to work on other romances like MR. & MRS. WITCH). Callie figures a lot of stuff out, so does Luke, and they get to be together, yay. (And if you consider that a spoiler, romance probably isnāt the genre for you.)
What I loved
So many things! But hereās a partial list:
- The meticulous attention to detail with respect to all the mystical artifacts
- Callieās supreme nerdiness
- Detailed Escape Room stuff
- Pop culture references aplenty (Wondering if you share Callieās opinion on Season 4 of Veronica Mars? Read THE DATE FROM HELL to find out!)
- The love that radiates from Luke whenever Callie Callies all over the place - seriously, I havenāt read this much warmth in a romance novel since I donāt know when (because warmth is different than heat)
- Lilith. I just love her, okay?
- Porsoth, a polite Owl Pig Demon who is a bit stuffy but can get scary when necessary
- The affection Callie has from her mom, her brother Jared, and her bff Mag (who uses they/them pronouns and nobody ever makes it a thing)
- What Gwenda does with Arthur and Guinevere, canāt say more or itāll spoil you but big ONCE AND FUTURE graphic novel vibes
I canāt think of them all. If this isnāt a ringing endorsement, I donāt know what is: My whole family is going through a rough time right now and it makes it hard for me to immerse myself in a book. I would often read a chunk of THE DATE FROM HELL and then step away from it for a few days, but I ALWAYS CAME BACK. There are a lot of non-mandatory things Iām abandoning in life right now, but this book kept me returning.
What I need to warn you about
I really canāt think of much. I guess if you donāt like people being playful in stories about holy artifacts maybe skip these?
What I wanted more of
I canāt think of anything here either. Everything was exactly what it needed to be.
Who should read this
People who like Indiana Jones AND Sabrina (the Harrison Ford version). People who donāt know what to do with themselves and want to see somebody who also doesnāt know what to do with themself succeed at stuff. People who want a romance that is hot but not explicit. People who wished their were more badasses who were badass for reasons other than their ability to engage in combat (Callie is a badass and no one will convince me otherwise). People who need more fun in their lives.
Highly recommend.
Book: Not Your Average Hot Guy
Author: Gwenda Bond
Publisher: St. Martinās Press
Publication Date: October 5, 2021
Pages: 320
Age Range: Adult
Source of Book: Library Book
Book: The Date from Hell
Author: Gwenda Bond
Publisher: St. Martinās Press
Publication Date: April 5, 2022
Pages: 336
Age Range: Adult
Source of Book: ARC via NetGalley