PGP and SSH keys on a Yubikey NEO

January 2, 2015 33 Comments

With the new year, I decided it was time to make a new PGP key. I wanted to keep this key on a Yubikey NEO and NEO-n for every day use. By using hardware tokens like the Yubikey, the private PGP keys never need to be stored on my computer. The PGP keys on the Yubikey can also be used for SSH public-key authentication.

My current PGP key can always be found at https://esev.com/pgp.key.
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IntenseDebate and Google Analytics

February 16, 2011 Comments
I use IntenseDebate for the comment system on my blog. I also use Google Analytics to keep stats on how many people visit my site. To integrate the two, I created a Google Analytics plugin for IntenseDebate. With this plugin, when someone leaves a comment, an event is added in Google Analytics. This event can then be used with advanced segments in Google Analytics to see metrics focusing just on visits that lead to comments.
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Hiding Google Analytics Campaign Variables

July 6, 2009 1 Comment
Do you use a service like Google Analytics for viewing your website statistics? Are you keeping track of your inbound links using campaign variables (utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign)? I recently ran into a situation where Google search results were linking to URLs with my campaign variables in them. Not a good thing - it really messes up your stats by reporting Google searches as coming from another source! Not to mention causing duplicate copies of your content to appear in the search listings.
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Google Reader in Facebook

March 30, 2009 Comments
This has been around for a while, but I only recently started using it. Facebook's built-in importer application can automatically add your Google Reader shared items to your mini feed. To configure this, open your Profile to display all items you have posted. Select your Profile at the top of the Facebook website On the profile page: Click "Settings" on the bottom right side of the Write Something box Choose "
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