December 2010
5 posts
Yearly Recap: 2010
This past year has been the biggest of my life. Our son Leopold was born on Christmas Eve 2009.
Throughout 2010 we’ve been challenged by our new role as parents. There was frustration and tears but also so much joy. I wouldn’t give it up for anything.
My wife Amy took the year off work to stay home with Leo. At the time I was a work-from-home contractor which proved tricky to...
IRD bumbles, but with good intentions
IRD issued this Revenue Alert a few days ago. In short, it says that New Zealand business are required by law to keep their records in New Zealand. Some online accounting packages may not. It appears that Xero, the only credible product in the market, stores customer data off-shore.
The law they are talking about is the Tax Administration Act 1994, section 22.
[…] every person who carries...
As your attorney, →
I advise you to take I-91 south to Exit 7. Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP is on the 13th Floor
Why the P2P DNS project will not work
You probably know that the Internet is full of “domain names” like these:
facebook.com
google.com
trademe.co.nz
wikipedia.com
thepiratebay.org
These all exist in the “domain name system” or DNS for short. It’s the system that allows people all over the Internet to use friendly text names to connect with websites, email, and nearly all the Internet services we...
Live from New Zealand
I finally got around to retiring my old WordPress blog and migrating the domain over to Tumblr. It’s 2010; running blog software yourself is not a smart move, unless you have some insane requirements.
Most of the thoughts I want to share publicly usually fit into 140 characters, so my Twitter account @svs is way more active.
That being said, I like having an outlet for longer writing. So...