Lisa Emms

No better to end the drive home than seeing people in the sea, shorts on and I'm down on the beech too.. Yes I'm going for it.

In the fields behind McDonald's, Minster services is a van selling fresh asparagus picked right there, so skipped the BigMac and just had a coffee before heading home to cook.

It's the first time I've been to Mc-D's Minster and I have to say the coffee wasn't too bad. As a Gamesmaker With a couple of night shifts :-(. - I had better get used to it, asparagus season will be over by then.

Receiving many emails a day, I prioritise and answer those that look important first. So please make the message stand out by letting me know what it's about.

No subject line = no read right now.

When you send me an email without a subject line, do you truly expect me to read it?

Photo taken from my friend Jordan, Im sure he won't mind me using it. see more at Symiart.com

The new Equine Border Inspection Post is likely to attract flights of horses required for certain Olympic events into Manston Airport.

Kent County Show Ground at Detling Hill, has been designated as the training and holding area for horses competing in the Equestrian events during the Olympic Games.

Checking out Klout, just call me a nerd!

Bloated Belly, and trudging back to work with bank account stretched from shopping, and exhausted from family fun, totally over 2011 with just a few days to prepare for 2012.

Time for reflection and evaluation!

Last year I gave up Pringles, and saved 10% of my salary each month, not from the cost of the Pringles, but better budgeting! I'm proud to inform you, I haven't indulged in a single box of Pringles, and each month I managed, by taking on extra work, putting the extra dosh, as well as 10% of my salary aside each month, I managed a cool 80% more than my target savings.

Christmas this year, did not put me into the red, well that's what savings are for ;-) and I start the 2012 with a budget much healthier than last.

What will your New Year resolutions be?

Lip gloss, lip gloss and more lip gloss, naughty Auntie Lisa giving the Emms girls make up for Christmas...

Following a couple of fourteen and half hour days, todays twelve hour shift feels like a holiday! Last night a phone call at home ten- thirty five at night, being let down by staff over Christmas, which isn't even my responsibility. Pleezze

New Years Resolution, 2012

Improve Time Management, and enjoy some time off.
I will control my phone, with voicemail not the phone control me.

What are your resolutions for 2012?

Giving a small donation and pledging a couple of hours of my time each week, I have decided to support Debra, the charity which works, for those who's skin doesn't, during 2012,

I took the New York Times, personality test : They tell me I'm business savvy :-)

With your strong eye for detail and love of all things intricate, you see the beauty in good craftsmanship and value anything in life that has taken dedication and perseverance. Your holistic way of thinking and ability to see the bigger picture lends itself well to the world of business and it's here that you tend to excel. When all is said and done, you are a bit of an intellect with a tendency to do a spot of soul searching from time to time.

You're not one to let a challenge pass you by and your thirst to close the next big deal is what makes you tick. You're straightforward, self-disciplined, thoughtful and hard working. Once established in a post, you are very difficult to unseat. You're not just an idea-oriented individual, but also an achiever. Rarely do you get ahead through advantage or nepotism, as you are more likely to come out of nowhere with unusual talents and take the field by storm. When called upon in a time of crisis, you often come up with highly creative and practical solutions, winning the appreciation of your superiors. Above all, you're very realistic about the positions you hold and shrewd enough to guarantee survival in the job market.

It's the Third week in November: That can only mean one thing Beaujolais Nouveau!

A trip over to France and, some good food to accompany a glass or three, a dear travelling friend of mine is coming down for the weekend and we have made exciting plans, meeting up in Margate before heading to Dover and crossing the channel.

SeaFrance, industrial action may have scuppered our plans by cancelling their sailings, so I’m busy looking for alternative ideas, anyone with a sailing boat?

Whether it’s a photo of you on a night out or of you cuddling your newborn baby, the image you choose to represent you on social-networking sites says a lot about you

WHAT DO YOU think of you?

Although privacy as a concept is constantly being eroded, the message about what’s appropriate to post online and what is not is getting through to most nondigital natives. But what about the image you choose to represent yourself?

I choose the Caricature

“It’s kinder to play with one’s own image than someone else’s,” Using a caricature is a way of saying that your image isn’t rigid and that you don’t take yourself too seriously. Choosing a caricature can also be perceived as a form of distancing: you’re uploading a representation of yourself instead of an actual picture of yourself.

I love the blue glasses

I'm sure some of my regular followers know, I'm a fan of Apple, (the technology) Today I was working out at Chislet, where the trees were full of of them - tempting me to I dig out this Greek recipe for apple. Now the kitchen smells yum.

A short walk through Margate High Street, where promo girls are trying to get the passers buy to sigh up for Ann Summers parties.

Apologies to those of you who use a text reader to access this, I have sometimes forgotten the basics of good web design, and I appreciate that we all have a duty to provide accessible content for all. So here are some reminders to self: & anyone else who may be thinking about website content accessibility.

1. Hypertext links. Use text that makes sense when read out of context. For example, avoid "click here." which is an instruction rather than description.
2. Images & animations: Use the alt attributes to describe the function of each visual; I would go further and say avoid annoying animations all together Frames. Use the noframes element and meaningful titles.
3. Tables. Make line-by-line reading sensible. Summarise
4. Multimedia. Provide captioning and transcripts of audio, and descriptions of video.
5. Page organisation. Use headings, lists, and consistent structure. Use CSS for layout and style where possible.
6. Graphs & charts. Summarise
7. Scripts, applets, & plug-in’s. Provide an alternative in case these are unsupported.

QR-codes by themselves are fundamentally neither good nor bad, they’re just a means to an end: an offline-to-online delivery. It’s what’s beyond the code that usually determines whether the experience will delight or disappoint.

Serving up a non-mobile optimised web site, at the end of the code, is a very basic fail, and will only cause disappointment, for everyone, this is especially true, for those who use technology to overcome disabilities.

You should decide if you are using your QR code as a marketing tool, or an accessibility tool. Do it right and it can be both!

Of course there are simple errors to learn from, stick with QR codes, and you will behead of the game, for they will become a very big thing. Like the other technological trends, CD's DVD's even mobile phones, which all took a while to catch on in the UK.

The status: "only in Japan" will not be true for long.