serial2twitter script for Cookieduino project

cookiepie.py

##Import libraries
import time
import serial
import tweepy

auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler('secret', 'secret')
auth.set_access_token('sauce', 'sauce')
api = tweepy.API(auth)

##Configure serial port
arduino = serial.Serial('/dev/tty.usbmodem1d11', 9600, timeout=1)

##Instantiate variables
current = None
previous = None

while 1:  ##Infinite Loop
	line = arduino.read(24) ##Wait for new line to come across Serial
	if 'Low' in line:
		print 'Low'
		if 'Medium' in previous or 'High' in previous:
			current = '<<cookies eaten>> Warning: cookie levels are running dangerously low, cap\'n'
		else:
			current = '<<cookies added>> Ah...sweet, sweet cookies...'
	elif 'Medium' in line:
		print 'Medium'
		current = '<<cookies added>> These cookies are relevant to my interests.'
	elif 'High' in line:
		print 'High'
		current = '<<cookies added>> SO MANY COOKIES SO LITTLE TIME!'
	else:
		print 'None'
		if 'Low' in previous or 'Medium' in previous or 'High' in previous:
			current = 'Oh the humanity...the cookie jar is empty! D:'
	if current != previous:
		previous = current
		try:
			api.update_status(current) ##Post message to Twitter
		except tweepy.error.TweepError:
			continue
		del current	##Clear status
	time.sleep(1) ##Wait 1 seconds