Published on
February 26, 2010 in
News.
For some reason, I’ve been using 1024-bit DSA keys to sign my mail. It generally suggested that keys of at least 2048-bits be used for good security, so I have revoked the three keys I have been using (one for each email address) in favor of a single 3072-bit DSA/ElGamal key, which I will use from now on to sign (and encrypt if possible) all of my email.
The key ID is B1CFED68 and the subkey is 7C692AD9. The key fingerprint is 475D 276D 25C4 43C9 9DD3 CB95 8213 A610 B1CF ED68. You can find the public key on the MIT PGP Key Server (pgp.mit.edu) or you can get it here on my website.
*adjusts tinfoil hat*
I haven’t had a chance to play with my camera too much lately, so this was a good chance to mess around with my polarizing filter. Unfortunately, there is some unintentional vignetting occurring with the filter, but it’s pretty cool to see the intensity of the sky change as you rotate the filter.
The CD V-700 (Wikipedia) is a geiger counter designed to detect low levels of beta and gamma radiation. The device was designed by US Civil Defense and manufactured by numerous companies. I managed to score one on eBay from someone who had purchased them from a state surplus sale of some kind for just $55. This particular geiger counter was built by Electro Neutronics, but hasn’t been calibrated since 1998. So far, I have only been able to pick up some background radiation present in my room, but I have some uranium glass marbles at home that I’d like to test.
Mostly the same as last month, but I’ve switched my music player to MOC. I also used MPD a bit, but I like this one better.
