brianmckenzie

I can't think of any specific online resources that would help (note that I mistakenly said Quickbooks Online instead of Turbotax Online in my original post - I run Quickbooks, but do taxes in Turbotax or by hand).

Maybe you could find a better CPA, if you really feel you have to have one. Do you know your actual tax liability from your return? If not, you could go on the Turbotax website and figure it out without paying anything, unless you actually file through them. Do you know all your deductions, etc? Since you live in NYC your rent could be a big deduction, if ever work from home.

If I were you I would go through Turbotax Online and diff that against what your CPA is telling you, as a first step.

I don't know all the details of your situation, but an expensive CPA should not screw up like that. Unless he can get you enough money back to justify the cost of retaining him, you're better off without a CPA.

Next year, make estimated quarterly payments to the IRS, Just take 30-40% of what you make each quarter and send it to them, their website explains how to do it. Then at the end of the year you will either get a refund, or the amount you owe will be small enough that you can easily pay.

EDIT: I use Turbotax online, not Quickbooks online.

All the same, this is awesome. Thnx!

But like clockwork, someone does it to me every few months.

I would guess that I've sent less than 5 tweets since I've been on there. That hasn't kept a bunch of people from following me, although I don't know 90% of my followers and the other 10% are mostly ex-girlfriends and people I knew in high school.

For home use it's superb - even my computer-illiterate parents are using it exclusively.

Nope, they leave that to the lawyers.

Only adults can raise themselves.

Do the drugs. Have underage sex. Steal a car. Get into a fistfight.

After this, you will realize that life is not prescriptive/deterministic.

Dirt can absorb a LOT of heat. If you had to put out a fire, and you didn't have any water, you'd throw some dirt on it, right? We are all standing on a big ball of fire, anyway.

Having worked next door to the Sears Tower for several years, I can tell you that's a lot of dirt, distributed over the entire area of the fires. The only thing that surprises me is that it took so long for the effects to be recognized.

By comparison the carcinogens in Times Beach were on the surface and therefore easily measurable.

That being said, It's a nasty/expensive habit and I don't recommend it to anyone. Anecdotal evidence: of the 600 or so people at the last startup school, I saw maybe 4 people light up, so it can't be very prevalent among good hackers.

It isn't just propaganda anymore. Pure CSS is what you're going to see in almost every code base you might work on. The last several gigs I've had wouldn't even allow tables for tabular data, which I think is ridiculous.

If I were reviewing your code, I'd give you points for using tables to deal with tabular data. I might not even hold it against you if you used it in a layout, depending on context. Unfortunately the person reviewing your markup will probably expect pure CSS, even if it is data displayed in a table format. Adjust your expectations accordingly.

My main gig these days was a client at an agency I used to work for. I was the obvious choice for them because I built their software in the first place.

Otherwise, I've gotten contracts through friends, craigslist, and various mailing lists.

Don't underestimate the value of tech-related mailing lists. In the past, when I've been looking really hard, I've been able to get several leads/interviews for contract jobs per week, just from mailing lists.

Also, help other hackers find jobs/contracts. It will come back to you.