#!/usr/bin/env python

import time, random, sys, os, string
import rocksock

""" return formatted timestamp """
def timestamp():
	return time.strftime('%H:%M:%S', time.gmtime())

""" return some random string """
def random_string(strlen=20):
	return ''.join([random.choice(string.letters) for x in xrange(strlen)])

def _log(strng, level='info'):
	print '%s/%s\t%s' % (timestamp(), level, strng)