Katy Nicholson
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Katy Nicholson
@coasterkaty.com
Coaster Crazy 🎢 40, UK, theme park fan, 💚 Green Party. Microsoft MVP 2021-2023. Check out my coaster blog, Instagram, YouTube, tech blog etc at https://k80.cat/
We went WP8 at work, hoping as everyone had a M365 account it’d be seamless and easy. But nope half the stuff needed a consumer MS account only. Loved the device and OS but let down by lack of joined up thinking and lack of apps.
September 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Our cards are the official Paxton ones so the numbers are encrypted, there’s no relation between the ID shown in net2 and the ID read by the SCR or any other reader with the official Paxton cards.
September 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Maybe it's just me being old and grumpy but I really hope this awful gen AI stuff goes the same way as NFTs and in a few years nobody is using it any more.
June 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The third row only has 4 seats, what a mess.
June 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I feel embarrassed every time I watch any sort of House of Commons footage at just the shouting, jeering, braying childishness on show. Politics just seems to generally attract the wrong people.
June 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Is this JW? My dad and step-mum are JW, never actually asked them what they believe, they married when I was 18 so I avoided indoctrination. Wow.
June 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Wouldn't be surprised if Speed was moved here, there's space for it. Anaconda was closed due to getting "new trains" (Megafobia's maybe?)
Still had a good day though.
June 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The obvious highlight is Monster, basically a clone of Raptor (Cedar Point) except they didn't fit the brakes on the mid course, so it only runs 2 trains.
The rapids was hilarious, 3 rafts of varying capacities as they were obviously salvaged from multiple other parks.
June 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Charnock Richard services have a "trans toilet", I decided to try it to see what the deal was. It was locked, and you had to go get the key from the shop.
Yes, you need to go and *ask permission to pee* at the shop. Ridiculous.
(I did not go and ask permission, so no idea what it was like inside)
June 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Now we need Google to stop pushing Chrome if you go near any of their websites in not-Chrome, and the world will be happy.
June 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I go with a back pack (the exact one in the photo)... bit big but survives Parc Astérix (I actually like their crazy system as it helps them empty, load and send a Toutatis train in 26 seconds), and I need the space for medication (epi-pens etc) and plenty of room for gloves/scarf in winter!
May 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Is that “minus 10” for the absolutely bonkers coaster portion? Hahaha. It’s so wild though, I love it. A challenge to not hold on.
May 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Blackpool promenade (an A road) was tried, and has since gone back to a clear distinction between road and footpath
April 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I took it shortly after 2008 came out so while people were still building new 2003(R2) stuff, basically nobody was upgrading from NT4 any more. I gave up and settled with an MCSA.
April 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
2003 AD Design exam (can’t remember the code), it felt 90% about upgrading netbios NT4 and 10% what was actually taught on the corresponding official course. Gave up after 2 goes.
April 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM