Mutagen is a Python module to handle audio metadata. It supports ASF, FLAC, M4A, Monkey's Audio, MP3, Musepack, Ogg FLAC, Ogg Speex, Ogg Theora, Ogg Vorbis, True Audio, WavPack and OptimFROG audio files. All versions of ID3v2 are supported, and all standard ID3v2.4 frames are parsed. It can read Xing headers to accurately calculate the bitrate and length of MP3s. ID3 and APEv2 tags can be edited regardless of audio format. It can also manipulate Ogg streams on an individual packet/page level.

The Echo Nest Remix API is the Internet Synthesizer that lets you make things with music and video.

One of my old college roommates just created a badass Kickstarter: embdSocial Wisp - Embedded Social Media Gateway

I just wrote a little Python script that adds tempo metadata to your music collection using @echonest.

pv - Pipe Viewer - is a terminal-based tool for monitoring the progress of data through a pipeline. It can be inserted into any normal pipeline between two processes to give a visual indication of how quickly data is passing through, how long it has taken, how near to completion it is, and an estimate of how long it will be until completion.

RT @bindshell_: And that's how you take over a botnet, folks.

ahem @linji @lmacken

If you're into brain-hemorrhaging eargasms, checkout Squarepusher's new album that came out this week.

AutoIt v3 is a freeware BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting. It uses a combination of simulated keystrokes, mouse movement and window/control manipulation in order to automate tasks in a way not possible or reliable with other languages (e.g. VBScript and SendKeys). AutoIt is also very small, self-contained and will run on all versions of Windows out-of-the-box with no annoying “runtimes” required!

@Boston_Places Uh, -- I don't work at the Red Hat Cafe :)

Ballmer Tops Forbes' List Of 5 Worst CEOs

Things are finally starting to look up for [2x the inverse of] the Euro ;)

RT @citytweeps: Today 5 years on Twitter: @InnosightTeam, @KarenJan, @lmacken and @linji:

RT @SteveStreza: No wonder Rochester is so weird.

RT @jeremyscahill: Wow. For anyone familiar with the hacker formerly known as "The j35t3r," this is wild:

Ditched my old Zarafina tea maker in favor of The Breville. Very impressed.

My sensei growing up.

Zen coding.

@zaitcev kitchen makes unicode in Python a little less painful.

wemux is an amazing tool for collaborative hackery.

tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals (or windows), each running a separate program, to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single screen. tmux may be detached from a screen and continue running in the background, then later reattached.

I'm totally getting an iShower when they come out next month.

RT @pypi: pyrasite 2.0: Inject code into a running Python process

Did some more Ableton experimentation over the weekend. This time it resulted in a face-melting #dubstep track :)

Sweet, shellshape is available for one-click installation on #Fedora 17 from #GNOME #tiling4eva

Sweet, shellshape is available for one-click installation on #Fedora 17 from #GNOME #tiling4eva

Check out my #CNN interview! :D

RT @mitsuhiko: This thread here is golden: — people that hate a genre asking other people to convince them otherwise.

How to maximize your brain function -

OONI is the Open Observatory for Network Interference and its aim is to collect high quality data using open methodologies, using Free and Open Source Software (FL/OSS) to share observations and data about the kind, methods and amount of surveillance and censorship in the world

The ANU Quantum Random Number Generator just added SSL/TLS support, and quantumrandom 1.7 now uses it :) #GameChanger

All-in with zsh again, thanks to

The OpenShift Origin LiveCD will have you up and running with the code that backs Red Hat’s PaaS in a flash, but installing the LiveCD to your hard drive requires a few workaround steps.

Announcing OpenShift Origin – Open Source Code For Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) #redhat

A Decade of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Technical Innovation #redhat

Red Hat Announces the Beta Release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 #redhat

I just made another Drum & Bass track. Ableton is way too much fun.

:-D

Nice chart that shows hashing strength of the pools: #bitcoin #mining

Nice chart that shows hashing strength of the pools: #bitcoin #mining

I made a new tune last night! This time I brought the BPM up to 165, and layed down a little Drum & Bass. Drum Kata #6

RT @roryasdfasdf: @lmacken Keep the heart rate up:

Need help powering through work on a Friday? Noisia is here to help. (Face Status: Melted)

Get alerts when issues you care about are mentioned in Bills, Federal Regulations, and Speeches in Congress.

I just backed Beautiful Vim Cheat-Sheet Poster on @Kickstarter

Looking to contribute to #Fedora but don't know where to start? Check out for some easily squashable bugs.

When temporarily not in use, multiple LackRacks can be stacked in a space-efficient way without disassembly, unlike competing 19" server racks.
The LackRack was first seen on eth0:2010 Winterlan in the no-shoe Lounge area. Its low-cost and perfect fit are great for mounting up to 8 U of 19" hardware, such as switches (see below), or perhaps other 19" gear. It's very easy to assemble, and thanks to the design, they are stable enough to hold (for example) 19" switches and you can put your bottle of Club-Mate on top! Multi-shiny LackRack can also be painted to your specific preferences and the airflow is unprecedented!

Hey @clockfort, we should make #nethack issue #openbadges by hooking to

Hey @clockfort, we should make #nethack issue #openbadges by hooking to

The Eyeboard is an open source project that I built in order to help people with disabilities. My circuit detects the eye movements using the technology called "Electrooculography", which consists in detecting the resting potential that exists between the retina and the cornea by using skin electrodes around the eyes.

I just backed Remee - The REM enhancing Lucid Dreaming Mask on @Kickstarter

RT @planetpython: Luke Macken: Wielding the ANU Quantum Random Number Generator

I made a quick screecast of my 2 favorite features of the Clementine Music Player: Nyanalyzer Cat & The Hypnotoad

New blog post: Wielding the ANU Quantum Random Number Generator

Hey, it's 4/20! Checkout this awesome infoviz: "Going Green: Legalizing marijuana is the best thing for America"

My cousin's video game development company :)

With Fedora 17 about to be released, Richard Hillesley examines its early history, relationship with its commercial sponsor and role in the current landscape of Linux distributions.

Great site for CVE details -

Circus is a program that will let you run and watch multiple processes. Like Supervisord, BluePill and Daemontools.

Powerhose turns your CPU-bound tasks into I/O-bound tasks so your Python applications are easier to scale.

#linux Larry Ellison knocks Oracle's Linux strategy: Oracle's CEO unintentionally taking a jab at his own compan...