Jerzei Collie's journal

Dad found a microwave that received great reviews on Target's web site. He said the microwave will be delivered to me on Friday.

A few days ago, an anonymous person made a big donation to my Ko-Fi account. I appreciate whoever did that since I'm now over a third of the way to buying a new laptop.

I got a few frozen dinners today. My dad didn't go to the Space Force Base commissary this week since it was closed Thursday for New Year's Day.

In addition to a new microwave and laptop computer, I need to eventually replace my cell phone. The phone's volume bar fell off some time ago, and the earpiece speaker for the phone part no longer works.

I set up my laptop to use 16-24 GB from my external hard drive as virtual RAM. I hope this can reduce or eliminate some of the freezing and lagging. I don't want to add physical RAM since this laptop isn't compatible with Windows 11.

I might ask for a new microwave for Christmas. My current microwave is still running fine, but it's approaching 11 years old. Most microwaves have a 7 to 9-year lifespan.

My car must have sensed I made a service appointment with the Subaru dealer about the car's "low tire pressure" light. The light turned off while I was driving home from a catering order this morning. I just called to cancel the appointment.

What can I say about last night's show except...it was a show. I couldn't do certain things during the show due to certain factors. Also, the audio glitched a few times because I was trying to run other programs in addition to Mixxx and Second Life. I'll have to use the travel laptop for any additional work I need to do. I actually had to do an extra hour of the show for someone on Second Life who selects DJs.

I signed up for an additional year of Windows 10 security updates since they were being offered at no cost. This will give me another year to save up for a new Windows 11 laptop.

Tomorrow, I will pick up some sweet potatoes, mini marshmallows and butter to make a sweet potato casserole for Thanksgiving. I just discovered the butter I have expired in August.

The weather forecast for tomorrow has been changed from a rain/snow mix to just rain. The next forecast with predicted snow is Sunday night.

My plan to use my travel laptop for Sunday's Rabbit Hole has hit a snag. I ran Voicemeeter Banana on the travel laptop and plugged its audio into the main laptop's microphone port, but that just produces a low buzz without the microphone or Banana's audio. I wonder if there's another program that would work with Mixxx.

I'm not sure exactly what caused my computer to have blue-screen problems, but whatever Best Buy did cleared them up. The employee said there were no viruses, but some of the drivers were missing or needed to be updated.

The family friend from Pittsburgh is visiting Dad for a month. She had me help her with some yard work like pulling weeds and uprooting an old, dead plant.

My laptop is at Best Buy now. I'm scheduled to pick it up on Monday, meaning Sunday's Rabbit Hole will need to be a rerun.

I hope I don't need to get a new computer. Last night was the second time my laptop blue-screened during Doggy Radio. I'm not sure if my laptop will be compatible with Windows 11 since the prompts to download it don't give me an actual link to do so.

If I do need a new laptop, I'll try to find one with at least a 1 terabyte hard drive. My current laptop (bought in 2013) has about 450 gigabytes and is mostly full.

I had a small glitch during my show last night. I accidentally unplugged one of the USB devices I use which caused the audio to stop completely. Restarting Mixxx after plugging the device back in fixed the issue.

I have almost everything I need for my upcoming cruise. Only 20 more days! I'm just waiting for some mini bottles of distilled water for my APAP machine.