Posts by FonZ

24 hours.. that sucks..

btw.. the story of the dude putting his finger in a dyke (wrong expression I guess) or dam is told everywhere around the world. Except over here.. It probably has something to do with the flood of 1943 and the insurance company of the dude. It’s a conspiracy I tell ya!

I always twist my stuff make some cynical hummer (MSFX start to be very sensitive so I drop him of my list ) . But I think the kid story is only legend by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf

Then Selma did a good job! There’s an actual place you can go over here with a little statue etc. Busloads go there.

I think Amsterdam is my limit (: . Going to show my face there on this Monday…... ........

If you need a guide, mail me..

btw.. the story of the dude putting his finger in a dyke (wrong expression I guess) or dam is told everywhere around the world. Except over here.. It probably has something to do with the flood of 1943 and the insurance company of the dude. It’s a conspiracy I tell ya!

I always twist my stuff make some cynical hummer (MSFX start to be very sensitive so I drop him of my list ) . But I think the kid story is only legend by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf

Then Selma did a good job! There’s an actual place you can go over here with a little statue etc. Busloads go there.

btw.. the story of the dude putting his finger in a dyke (wrong expression I guess) or dam is told everywhere around the world. Except over here..

It probably has something to do with the flood of 1943 and the insurance company of the dude. It’s a conspiracy I tell ya!

is that last one controlable with AS?

if(!rudeCustomer){ disArm(); } else { bang(); }

Actually this is the first time I see something like this. Usually people have asking for freelance have a lot of common sense.

Really?!? I see this this several times on a daily basis!!! This type of behaviour is not uncommon.

Hmmm, personally I don’t. I really really don’t, maybe that’s why I was so shocked . I’ve never ever heard someone demanding a job in such a manner. EDIT : I’m not talking about the money he’s willing to pay, that’s understandable because he doesn;t know how much time a project invlves. I was just reffering to the imperative way of asking (ordering) for a freelance job.

Idd, it’s not the money, it’s the way the proposal is formulated. It’s like walking into a very crowded butchershop and start ordering from the back while the rest is quietly awaiting their turn.

BTW .. this was my first one as well.. Never ever had a mail like it before. I received other rude stuff, but not to this extend. I don’t mind if people are rude in expression (I’m one of those as well) since I can read between the lines, but this…..

hahahaa…. That’s a proper one indeed Tsafi.

Well, I tried being as casual as I could over it and just mailed my normal pricing and stuff, but I got a reply which said nothing but:

Oh, be like that..

That’s actually what ticked me off..

Most people understand when you explain how you work and what it will cost etc.. And I understand if they want to hire a cheaper person. I’ll even give support to the hired third party, so I’m already half mad as it is.

Ah well.. I found out the guy is a DJ and probably lives like 300-400 km away. I’m thinking of sending a mail asking him to come play at my party which will last about 4 hours. I’ve got 40 euro and a cold beer waiting, all he has to do is confirm, come and play and then I’ll give him the money.

Oh, and I got a playlist as well, since well, you know those DJ guys right, nothing but this boom boom boom all night and I’m not really into that. So let’s start with some ABBA since grandma really loves that and mix it into NKotB. I know it can be done since the ABBA song has a bpm of 120 and the other one 125 and it will take an approximate 28 seconds to do the fade after the 2nd chorus.

Okay, the carsalesman analogy works in a lot of cases, but I recently received the following (I’ve abbreviated it a bit and put it in some nicer language!):

Hi FonZ,

I just bought your file and I love it!

Only thing I need you to do, is modify the PHP that goes with it so it does something completely different. This will take about half an hour. I’ll pay you 10 dollars.

Let me know your PayPal account!

Regards, Blah

Seriously, only thing missing was the actual time he wanted me to start.

Soooo, anyone any ideas on which analogy to use? I already tried talking sense and reason, but that didn’t work. I need something which will make it understandable for the mentally challenged I guess..

I thought he’d quit.. Ah well, if you’re an old-fart like me, you probably get off harder on P Brothers if you haven’t tried that yet.. Best news I heard this year: Tuff Crew is coming to town (really, like 20 years too late)..

I’ve been using it for a while now and it hasn’t failed me yet..