User:Natasa Siencnik/workshop1

Time for Revolution

World Clock Installation

1 - Ideas

2 - Description


Inspired by both the current political struggles in North Africa and the supposed lack of public participation in Western societies, the installation of 12 clocks is monitoring the political activity in a selection of countries. Conventional world clocks are typically found in loci such as hotel lobbies or stock market halls, representing stand-alone heterotopias, yet displaying their undeniable dependencies and power relations. But instead of progressing in time simultaneously, the incoming tweets about revolution are the engine for driving the clock hand. While time is running faster in some countries, others seem to be in a static mode, providing both stability and stagnancy. Presented simultaneous and equal in their physical manifestation, some clocks indicate it is time for change in an infinite loop.

3 - Technical Flowchart



4 - Script

Python : Main Script 2011-03-10

#!/usr/bin/env python
#-*- coding:utf-8 -*-

import os, urllib2, json, sys, codecs

enc = codecs.getencoder("ascii")

def twittersearch(tag): 
    url = enc(u'http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=%%23%s' % tag, "xmlcharrefreplace")[0]
    print("Query-URL: " + url)
    f = urllib2.urlopen(url)
    data = json.load(f)

    out = []
 
    for entry in data['results']:
        d = {}
        for key in ('created_at', 'id', 'text', 'iso_language_code') :
            d[key] = entry[key]
        out.append(d)
 
    return out

list_of_languages = [
u"Rewolusie",
u"Revolucion",
#u"الثورة",
#u"Հեղափոխություն",
u"Inqilab",
u"Iraultza",
#u"Рэвалюцыі",
#u"Революция",
u"Revolució",
#u"革命",
u"Revolucija",
u"Revoluce",
u"Revolution",
u"Revolutie",
u"Revolutsioon",
u"Rebolusyon",
u"Vallankumous",
u"Révolution",
u"Revolución",
#u"რევოლუცია",
#u"Επανάσταση",
u"Revolisyon",
#u"מהפכה",
#u"क्रांति",
u"Forradalom",
u"Revolusi",
u"Réabhlóid",
u"Rivoluzione",
#u"革命",
#u"רעוואָלוציע",
#u"혁명",
u"Revolūcija",
u"Revoliucija",
#u"Револуција",
u"Rivoluzzjoni",
#u"انقلاب",
u"Rewolucji",
u"Revolução",
u"Revoluţie",
#u"Революции",
#u"Револуција",
u"Revolúcia",
u"Mapinduzi",
#u"การปฏิวัติ",
u"Devrim",
#u"Революції",
u"Cách mạng",
u"Chwyldro",
]
 
out = []
 
for tag in list_of_languages:
    out.extend(twittersearch(tag))

ids = []

for entry in out:
    if entry['id'] in ids:
        print('non-unique id found\n')
    else:
        ids.append(entry['id'])

    print("%(created_at)s - %(id)d : %(text)s\nIn %(iso_language_code)s" % entry)	
 
sys.exit()

Python : Main Script 2011-03-24

#!/usr/bin/env python
#-*- coding:utf-8 -*-

import os, urllib2, json, sys, codecs, datetime

enc = codecs.getencoder("ascii")

def twittersearch(query): 
    url = enc(u'http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=%s' % query, "xmlcharrefreplace")[0]
    print("Query-URL: " + url)
    f = urllib2.urlopen(url)
    data = json.load(f)

    out = []
 
    for entry in data['results']:
        d = {}
        for key in ('created_at', 'id', 'text', 'iso_language_code') :
            d[key] = entry[key]
        out.append(d)
 
    return out

list_of_queries = [
    {"country":"Egypt","tags": ["revolution"]},
    {"country":"Libya","tags": ["revolution"]}
]
 
out = {}
 
for qd in list_of_queries:
    out[qd["country"]] = []
    for tag in qd["tags"]:
        query = u"%%23%s+%%23%s" % (tag, qd["country"])
        out[qd["country"]].extend(twittersearch(query))

for (country, entries) in out.items():
    ids = []
    print(country)
    for entry in entries:
        if entry['id'] in ids:
            print('non-unique id found\n')
        else:
            ids.append(entry['id'])

        print("%(created_at)s - %(id)d : %(text)s\nIn %(iso_language_code)s" % entry)	
     
sys.exit()

Python : Compare Date and Time

import datetime

In [4]: dt = datetime.datetime.strptime("24 Mar 2011 10:48:33", "%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S")

In [5]: dt
Out[5]: datetime.datetime(2011, 3, 24, 10, 48, 33)

In [6]: dt2 = datetime.datetime.strptime("24 Mar 2011 10:48:35", "%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S")

In [7]: dt2
Out[7]: datetime.datetime(2011, 3, 24, 10, 48, 35)

In [8]: dt2 > dt
Out[8]: True

In [9]: dt2 == dt
Out[9]: False

4 - Languages
Link: http://www.explore2india.com/worldcapital.htm Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_capitals_in_native_languages

Afriaans: Rewolusie Albanian: Revolucion Arabic: الثورة Armenian: Հեղափոխություն Azerbaijjani: Inqilab Basque: Iraultza Belarusian: Рэвалюцыі Bulgarian: Революция Catalan: Revolució Chinese: 革命 Croatian: Revolucija Czech: Revoluce Danish: Revolution Dutch: Revolutie English: Revolution Estonian: Revolutsioon Filipino: Rebolusyon Finnish: Vallankumous French: Révolution Galician: Revolución Georgian: რევოლუცია German: Revolution GreeK: Επανάσταση Haitian: Revolisyon Hebrew: מהפכה Hindi: क्रांति Hungarian: Forradalom Icelanding: Revolution Indonasian: Revolusi Irish: Réabhlóid Italian: Rivoluzione Japanese: 革命 Jiddish: רעוואָלוציע Korean: 혁명 Latvian: Revolūcija Lithuanian: Revoliucija Macedonian: Револуција Malay: Revolusi Maltese: Rivoluzzjoni Norvegian: Revolution Persian: انقلاب Polish: Rewolucji Portuguese: Revolução Romanian: Revoluţie Russian: Революции Serbian: Револуција Slovak: Revolúcia Slovenian: Revolucija Spanish: Revolución Swahili: Mapinduzi Swedish: Revolution Tagalog: Rebolusyon Thai: การปฏิวัติ Turkish: Devrim Ukrainian: Революції Urdu: انقلاب Vietnamese: Cách mạng Welsh: Chwyldro

5 - List of Countries
Libya - Tripoli
Egypt - Cairo
Iraq - Baghdad
Russia - Moskow
Japan - Tokyo
India - New Delhi
China - Beijing
North Korea - Pyongyang
Israel - Jerusalem
USA - New York
UK - London
Netherlands - Amsterdam


5 - Outcome
Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:44:48 +0000 : Eating Cinnabon & preparing 4 #jan25 demo #Egypt #revolution
Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:38:08 +0000 : Its time .. the chance that we should take.. #Revolution NOW - DOWN WITH 8 and 14 March !
Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:34:24 +0000 : if it is time for anything.. its time for the #Revolution of the people, WAKE UP !

6 - Taska
implement timestamp
build up database
build installation

6 - Questions
How can I implement a time stamp and check for doubles?
What kind of program do I need to run this on a server?

Thanks to Stock for the technical super-support and Stefan Weber for his helpful input and feedback. :)