spin.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
import time

def uchar(code):
  return ('\\U%08x' % code).decode('unicode-escape')

start = 0x1F550
end = 0x1F55B
emoji = map(uchar, range(start, end + 1))

def spin():
  while True:
    for moji in emoji:
      sys.stdout.write(moji)
      sys.stdout.write('  ')
      sys.stdout.flush()
      time.sleep(0.1)
      sys.stdout.write('\r')

try:
  spin()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
  print()