There ’s this neighbor of mine who ’s been tailing me over these past 2 weeks. Asking stuff, and all things online earning. Seems desperately interested he is. And to be honest, I ‘m a bit annoyed while I always admire his spirit when it comes to curiosity.
Pretty much un-fortunate for me, I ran into him this morning on my way to Iza Media office. As actually my office is — surprisingly — nearby his house, so it ’s not really an incidentally occasion. He told me that there ’s a thing in his head he need to ask me, — yet again — so we ‘re headed together to my office.
We ‘re here at my office, I turn my pc on, I sat, He sat. My pc reach the desktop, by that exact time I ‘ve already feels this heat like a heated volcano would exploded nearby me.
..and it explodes.
“So Jarot, after your whole explanations about online opportunities, I ‘d really like to know if to create a website is as easy as you ‘ve told me couple days a go.” There he goes, he has it.
“Umm, what?” It confused me a bit.
As I never really mention the “it’s-easy-to-create-a-website” part.
While I did explained some of the-what-and-the-how of how things works on the internet - and fyi this dude is aint a tech savvy to the core - I still remember it precisely that I never mentioned about making a website is easy.
“I ‘m positive, I never told ya that creating websites like what I have live up there is easy. Where did ya get that idea anyway?”
I replied lightly. Light up my A-Mild cig. Flat face mode : ON.
.. and you know what, he giggles.
“Haha, you got me on that. Yea, you never really mentioned it. I made that part up. So c’mon, gimme your secret.”
He just admit that he lied, yet he seems damn proud of it. I ‘m sure there’s something wrong with his head.
“What more secrets do you want, you ‘ve seen it all these last 2 weeks.”
I shoot back. Yet another headshot. I ‘m beginning to become an expert on this shooting back thingy.
Not Easy, Aleast for Me.
“All I did is code this code that — you ‘ve seen it — Create some graphics — you ‘ve seen it also — and blogging. That ’s that. And one thing for sure, to create A website is never easy. Atleast for me.”
I added some more pressures on my tone.
I can see this desperation is growing bigger on his eyes.
“So it ’s not easy huh?” he replied desperately, like he has loose the war of this century of something.
“I ‘m not really a designer, nor even a programmer like you, so the whole online earning thingy is really just for dudes like you? Right?” He ’s down even more.
IF there ‘re others on this room, they ‘d definitely cry a river for him seeing how desperate being he is this very second.
Me? Nah.. I ‘m NOT buying it. Not a bit.
He ’s been doing this the whole 2 weeks, So I know exactly he ’s faking it this time just like previously, and the previously previous. Maybe he thought it ’s his first time to trick me this way, or he might thought I don ‘t remember it anymore the last time he did it. I dunno.
I really think there ’s something absolutely wrong with his head.
So I slap it hard to make it right.
“Okay stop your lousy act now, you did it the same style even the same mimic like the last time. What was it, yeah, yesterday. So stop it.”
I slap it once more.
And he stopped, and mumbled, “Geez, it ’s not working!”
And looked up at me, putting up that — dumbest smile I ‘ve ever seen — on his face.
There ’s definitely something wrong with his head. Positive.
It called Website Builder
“Okay so, there ’s actually an easy way to create a professional website, and this one might be the one for ya. It called website builder. With this tool, you won ‘t need to be a designer nor programmer to built a website. You can point and click, right? Just add a bit imagination and BOOM, you ‘ve created a website. Wanna have those kind of professional lookie websites, it ’s all there for ya to choose.”
“Yup, this one is definitely for ya.” I concluded.
“Why don’t you say so!” He punch my shoulder hard.
“I just did.” I punch back. He took a cig from my A-mild pack. Light it up.
“So, man, tell me, Why don ‘t you use this website builder for all your websites up there?” He ask this thing, and this is the first time he asked a reasonable thing.
“Well, I ‘m a coder, remember? It ’s a pride for me to code my own site. As simple as that.”
I replied.
He stand up.
“Alritey, you can keep that pride and your wholesome code-this-code-that thingy of yours, I ‘ll definitely go with this website builder. I ‘ll see ya around buddy.”
He leave.
Just like that.
Oh well, It ’s great anyway, time to get back to work.
But wait.. where ’s my Amild cig pack?
Crap! That moronic creature took it with him!
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June 16th, 2009
1:36 am
islam about said :
I am interested with that…. although it sounds too good to be true but I want to give it a shot;-) Althogh I’m totally blind about coding, and stuffs…Nice interview! (the compliment is for your friend who interviewed you btw) hahaha. Thanks Mas Djarot
June 16th, 2009
2:13 am
djarot said :
It always sounds to good to be true - when it comes to things that meant to automated the other thing. Giving it a shot might be preferable just to take hint on the idea “is it the right path for me?”
Yeah, totally. That dumb buddy of mine still owes me a pack of A-mild to me till this very second I type this. LOL.
Cheers.
July 13th, 2009
3:11 am
Red Gear said :
I’m interested to your sidebar change that has smooth movement for tab menu. How can I make thing like it? Can you give me information to get the code or you can kindly give me the script?
I will appreaciate your kindness.
Thanx, Red Gear.
July 16th, 2009
12:03 pm
djarot said :
Oh hi again, Red Gear..
I used Mootools slider. You know, mootools. A javascript framework. Other than jQuery, Prototpe, or Scriptoculous.
Pretty neat effect, yet light to be load. You can read about it on mootools site, or you can google it using “Mootools Slider” keyword. There ‘re bunch of ready used script out there which already being written.
Good luck.
July 21st, 2009
1:03 am
Neo said :
Well I will try website builder now but you know Djarot that other services who allow to make your website with the help of drag and drop don’t allow to touch the internal html and css codes at all and sometimes that becomes real painful when you want to add some new widget on your website.
Thanks
July 21st, 2009
10:16 am
djarot said :
You ‘re absolutely correct on that buddy. That automated thingy lack on things coders used to need it the most.
I ‘m a coder and some say i ‘m a conservative one. I like to type all codes by hand. Hand coded it, hard coded it. So I knew exactly what’s goin on with my pages, coz I personally write it.
So If you know a bit or two about html, i don ‘t really think it’s gonna work out well for ya. yea, real painful it is.
This buddy of mine (”the one on the story, yea that one”) wont found out in any near future how painful it is. When he ’s found out, which is eventually he would - if he ’s grew up his knowledge, well, all I can say is..
“told ya so..”
I ‘m a horrible person, i know.. ha lol.
Hey thanks for stopping by..