Well today was pretty boring. I just got done writing the rant for my front page, although I am having some issues getting my site to publish correctly now. I am still working on getting the directory structure cleaned up. I posted a bunch of crap to begin with, to just get a presence there and now trying to clean it up and leave the good page is confusing. I have way to many pictures linked in a page that consists of just background colors right now. I will probably get heavy handed with the delete button tonight and then try and fix what is broken after.
I continued my FFIX game and got to the 4th disk today. That is my happy achievement for the day. I was going to work on the site some more but I need to learn to pace myself and be able to work on it, take a break and then return to it. I do not want to burn myself out and I need to learn to maintain progress. I really am learning self-disciple along with HTML in this project.
I got my first call on the ad in the paper today. IT was some guy telling me how he deleted some files off of his computer and now he is unable to connect with Earthlink or AOL through his modem. It was a home built machine so he did not have a restore disk. I told him my rates are 50 dollars an hour and that it would take about an hour for me to go through his network settings and restore and lost files and get him back on the net. He said he was not thinking of spending that much on his machine and told me how that price is above his budget.
I replied how when I called around for prices that others in the valley are charging 75 dollars an hour but he can certainly see if he can find help elsewhere. I am not positive what "The Computer Guy" in town charges but of the four I know 2 of them run the 75 dollar an hour tag and I am sure the other does also. It got me to thinking if maybe I am charging too much?
But then I think about how much it costs to live here (minimum of 550 a month up to an average of about 1300-1500 for a two bedroom). How much a person pays for a computer (minimum of about 500 for a new PC, to about 1100 for an average and 2000 for a good one). How much I would pay for Internet access (minimum of 13.95 a month and up to 60 dollars per month for broadband). How much I drop on a single game (minimum 25 dollars for a new game up to 50-60 dollars for new releases that have good graphics). And even how much I pay per month for online gaming (minimum 9.95 for UO up to 12.95 and up for FFXI and double that for those who run 2 accounts like I did with DAoC.)
No, 50 dollars is not to much to ask to get someone back on line so they can go back to spending hundreds of dollars a year playing.
I continued my FFIX game and got to the 4th disk today. That is my happy achievement for the day. I was going to work on the site some more but I need to learn to pace myself and be able to work on it, take a break and then return to it. I do not want to burn myself out and I need to learn to maintain progress. I really am learning self-disciple along with HTML in this project.
I got my first call on the ad in the paper today. IT was some guy telling me how he deleted some files off of his computer and now he is unable to connect with Earthlink or AOL through his modem. It was a home built machine so he did not have a restore disk. I told him my rates are 50 dollars an hour and that it would take about an hour for me to go through his network settings and restore and lost files and get him back on the net. He said he was not thinking of spending that much on his machine and told me how that price is above his budget.
I replied how when I called around for prices that others in the valley are charging 75 dollars an hour but he can certainly see if he can find help elsewhere. I am not positive what "The Computer Guy" in town charges but of the four I know 2 of them run the 75 dollar an hour tag and I am sure the other does also. It got me to thinking if maybe I am charging too much?
But then I think about how much it costs to live here (minimum of 550 a month up to an average of about 1300-1500 for a two bedroom). How much a person pays for a computer (minimum of about 500 for a new PC, to about 1100 for an average and 2000 for a good one). How much I would pay for Internet access (minimum of 13.95 a month and up to 60 dollars per month for broadband). How much I drop on a single game (minimum 25 dollars for a new game up to 50-60 dollars for new releases that have good graphics). And even how much I pay per month for online gaming (minimum 9.95 for UO up to 12.95 and up for FFXI and double that for those who run 2 accounts like I did with DAoC.)
No, 50 dollars is not to much to ask to get someone back on line so they can go back to spending hundreds of dollars a year playing.
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