Tumblr audio to XSPF
Yesterday, I was contemplating building a new widget to play all of the songs tagged with specific themes in TheMusic (theme+music), a tumblr group that I’m part of. The more I thought about it, and thought about my limited flash & design skills, I figured I should take a look at existing players than spending the time on building my own.
XSPF (“spiff”) is an open-source XML format for audio playlists. For you other old-schoolers out there, it’s like a really simple version of SMIL. There is a nice open-source flash-based XSPF player out there, so it was simply a matter of getting the tumblr playlist into XSPF. A short while later, I had whipped out a little perl script to do just that, and it works like a champ.
This quick hack won’t win any programming awards, but in case you might find it useful, here it is! There is one slight detail that you’ll need to fill in to get around the basic tumblr download-protection “drm”, which I didn’t want to publish, but it’s pretty easy to figure out. If you do, use it responsibly!
Download tumblr2xspf.pl
Also, I’d suggest running this via cron or whatever, and caching the result, but it is written as a CGI for simplicity sake.
On Sunday, July 13th, Burning Beast will host ticketed guests at Smoke Farm for a feast of medieval proportions. As many as eight cooking teams have been challenged to master one of six specified animals, whole or in parts, using fire, earth, steel and little else. Participating are many of Seattle’s most notable chefs, including; Dylan Giordan (Serafina), Maria Hines (Tilth) Angie Roberts (Boka), Nick Albrecht (Brasa), Matt Dillon (Sitka and Spruce), Garret Abel (DeLaurenti), Dustin Ronspies (Art of the Table), Gabriel Claycamp (Culinary Communion), Ron and Larry Jones (Jones Glassworks). The event is BYOB and casual. Guests should feel free to bring tents, sleeping bags, swimsuits and healthy appetites. Overnight campers are welcome. Country air, coyote songs and delicious food guarantee a great night’s sleep!
I really want to go to this, but I have a class (Pickling & Preserving) that afternoon, and Brooke has to work until 7.
Gabriel’s confit-ing a whole lamb!!!
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Death Cab For Cutie - World Shut Your Mouth
This week’s contribution to cover day friday. B-Side from the Crooked Teeth single.
Watch the original by Julian Cope
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Colin Meloy - King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1
(Live in Seattle - May 5, 2008)
For @alexlines, who loved the NMH original on Hype Machine yesterday. You’re on your own for the M. Doughty version, I only have it in iTunes protected-AAC.
“ Mr. Boh represented the blue-collar town, and that’s one thing I am, a person who works two jobs, raises a good family and tries to make it, especially with gas prices the way they are. ”
If Boh were a real guy, “I would sit and drink a beer with him,” says Ben Donovan, a Baltimore City firefighter and avid collector of Natty Boh memorabilia
Well, it’s a nice sentiment at least.
Baltimore natives love to take pride in drinking Natty Boh. There’s nothing better than an icy cold Boh on a hot and humid summer’s day. But don’t be mistaken, this is not a good beer, it’s just the city’s Schaefer, Hamm’s, Blatz, or Olympia.
I remember the first time I had a Rainier when I moved to Seattle. Compared to my beloved Natty Boh, I thought it must be one of the famous NW microbrews!
Ironically, just like all of the other regional brews, Boh is no longer made in Baltimore, it’s just another label printed by Pabsts or whichever mega-brewery currently owns the brand.
Still, I’ll probably pickup a six-pack next time I’m in town…
The Baltimore Sun does a good job of reminiscing over all the foods that I miss from growing up there. Crabs, Natty Boh, and Pit Beef were givens, but I was impressed that they even mentioned Berger Cookies.
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The Dutchess & The Duke - Reservoir Park
I’m really liking the new record from The Dutchess & The Duke. Something about it reminds me of the stones.
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Grand Archives - Sundown
This is one of those songs that I’d never have known by name or by artist (Gordon Lightfoot), but recognized and was singing along with immediately.
johan:
Kinda like Thrift
Good stuff! I’ve got to find a way to start playing with these things…
