Mike Stringer stringertheory

design and data science. formerly partner @ideo, co-founder @datascopeanalytics

stringertheory / excepthook.py

Created July 17, 2025 17:25

A function to use to make sure that tracebacks are logged.

	def excepthook(*exc_info):
	"""Log the traceback if program throws an unhandled exception."""
	exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback = exc_info
	exc_time = time.time()
	msg = f"{exc_type.__name__} @ {exc_time}"
	logging.critical(f"{msg}. Traceback ↓", exc_info=exc_info)
	logging.critical(f"{msg}. Traceback ↑")

	sys.excepthook = excepthook

stringertheory / special-days-wikidata-refresh.json

Last active August 5, 2026 09:29

special-days: last Wikidata snapshot refresh (shields.io endpoint badge)

{"label":"wikidata refreshed","message":"2026-08-05","schemaVersion":1,"color":"blue"}

stringertheory / paste-image

Last active July 19, 2026 01:43

Save a macOS clipboard image as a PNG

	#!/usr/bin/env zsh

	# Save a clipboard image using pngpaste, with optional oxipng optimization.
	#
	# Exit statuses:
	# 0 Image saved successfully
	# 1 Image could not be saved or the operation was cancelled
	# 2 Invalid command-line usage

	emulate -L zsh