tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18344166085358850302011-11-27T15:19:09.120-08:00A blog about everyday life with spinal cord injury...Spinalmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01560698091851169053noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834416608535885030.post-35620525326687842472007-10-10T10:14:00.000-07:002007-10-10T10:24:11.462-07:00I just got out of hospital and near on the first email I opened was a link to the new stepnow movie. Superb work guys! lets hope that the powers to be will start to realise that our release from paralysis is out there, it's just a matter of time and investment.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZyVzP9uHgP0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZyVzP9uHgP0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1834416608535885030-3562052532668784247?l=spinalman.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Spinalmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01560698091851169053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834416608535885030.post-76917715503456041142007-08-11T14:26:00.000-07:002007-08-11T14:34:31.521-07:00Here's a movie I made as a tribute to all Stepnow members. The movie shows flashbacks to life before chairs.<br /><object width="320" height="280" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-a1c7c3557cecabb9" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v4.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Da1c7c3557cecabb9%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330036657%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D1780FFBEA931F632B0DDBEFA9F7ABE084893E4FB.597B20784F8263B0FC0A3645BBA5289F731F985C%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da1c7c3557cecabb9%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DRKrwfyEY_b6Iq6mGzq_igdcJr7U&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="280" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v4.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Da1c7c3557cecabb9%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330036657%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D1780FFBEA931F632B0DDBEFA9F7ABE084893E4FB.597B20784F8263B0FC0A3645BBA5289F731F985C%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da1c7c3557cecabb9%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DRKrwfyEY_b6Iq6mGzq_igdcJr7U&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1834416608535885030-7691771550345604114?l=spinalman.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Spinalmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01560698091851169053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834416608535885030.post-43132013221695313892007-07-31T07:07:00.000-07:002007-08-08T10:22:55.404-07:00I recently made a Stepnow Movie and some of the Stepnow members were kind enough to send me photos to use but I wasn't able to use all the photos in the movie so here's a picassa slideshow showing just some of the photos I was sent. A few you will recognize from the Stepnow Movie and a few you won't, thanks to everyone that helped!<br /><br />Pictures speak louder than words...<br /><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Life Before Chairs</span><br /></p><br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&noautoplay=1&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;RGB=0xffffff&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fspinalman%2Falbumid%2F5096358622203259505%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" height="267" width="400"></embed><br /><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Life After Chairs</span><br /></p><br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&noautoplay=1&RGB=0xffffff&amp;feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fspinalman%2Falbumid%2F5093338512869861121%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" height="267" width="400"></embed><br /><p style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Stepnow, vote yes to Stem Cell Research</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1834416608535885030-4313201322169531389?l=spinalman.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Spinalmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01560698091851169053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834416608535885030.post-52744840645964903342007-07-29T08:17:00.000-07:002007-07-29T10:22:25.472-07:00Here is a video I made for the worlwide grass roots organization called <a href="http://www.stepnow.org/">Stepnow</a>.<br />The video depicts life before and after spinal cord injury. I must admit, despite the fact that I made the film myself and must have watched it a hudred times during the process, it still brings a tear to my eye each time I watch it.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="280" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-4955a6c9ab265a7c" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v18.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D4955a6c9ab265a7c%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330036657%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6A27D1B1E66D87A241629BFE981F7FBEEDEAD856.2DD0A79B55BA4AA4B081E0440603803FD8732529%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D4955a6c9ab265a7c%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dvm50agufNGAMu3rdDfe_4vqzJTA&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="280" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v18.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D4955a6c9ab265a7c%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330036657%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6A27D1B1E66D87A241629BFE981F7FBEEDEAD856.2DD0A79B55BA4AA4B081E0440603803FD8732529%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D4955a6c9ab265a7c%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dvm50agufNGAMu3rdDfe_4vqzJTA&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Pictures speak louder than words,<br />No Vito to stem-cell research, it's time to Stepnow!</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1834416608535885030-5274484064596490334?l=spinalman.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Spinalmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01560698091851169053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834416608535885030.post-16452440049788918142007-07-28T09:28:00.000-07:002008-11-13T13:04:18.181-08:00Here are three headers I am using as a basis for three blogger templates. Yes as well as being spinally injured, I also work as a web designer and these photos are from some recent personal projects.<br /><br /><p>The first you will recognize or at least it should seem very familiar :).</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KjJS00aRK00/Rq8UDUxspvI/AAAAAAAAANY/jjGtbD1DUxY/s1600-h/deckchair-header.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KjJS00aRK00/Rq8UDUxspvI/AAAAAAAAANY/jjGtbD1DUxY/s400/deckchair-header.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093311750928639730" border="0" /></a></p>The second I took with my head amongst the yellow flowers of my latest buy from the local garden center. I based the <a href="http://alpha2beta.blogspot.com/">αlphα 2 βetα</a> blog template around this header.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KjJS00aRK00/RqzTuExspHI/AAAAAAAAADU/uOw2Jb5vOGU/s1600-h/flowers-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KjJS00aRK00/RqzTuExspHI/AAAAAAAAADU/uOw2Jb5vOGU/s400/flowers-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092678067158819954" border="0" /></a><br /><p>The third I took from the driving seat of my car, not easy when you are already using both hands to drive! I will let you know when this template is ready.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KjJS00aRK00/RqvBVUxspGI/AAAAAAAAADM/w3ebk8EccQM/s1600-h/rearview.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KjJS00aRK00/RqvBVUxspGI/AAAAAAAAADM/w3ebk8EccQM/s400/rearview.jpg" alt="rear view header" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092376375771047010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KjJS00aRK00/RqtwOkxspDI/AAAAAAAAAC0/enJ8jqlv0PQ/s1600-h/deckchair.jpg"><br /></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1834416608535885030-1645244004978891814?l=spinalman.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Spinalmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01560698091851169053noreply@blogger.com0