π 100 FORMAT (11HHELLO WORLD) – Too tough to tinker

What I would absolutely love, and might even be prepared to pay for, would be to have a live human being explain some basic ideas to me. There are tons and tons of online tutorials, as I know, but most of them start from a point that is already beyond me. Iβve spent all my spare time over the past three weeks trying to get there from here, and I am finally prepared to admit I cannot do it.