All posts by Tony Burgess

Hi there, my name is Tony Burgess (my friends call me T-Bird) from Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. I am a believer, bleeding heart, idealist, and blogger. I'm married to Laura the Soup Diva and a dog dad to Frankie, Cody, and Mikey. Daily I work for a blood bank recruiting donors. My blog is where I chronicle and curate the sacred, serious, and silly things in my life. I am a member of The Episcopal Church. Thank you for connecting with me. Grace, peace, and love!

Music Monday – Selena Gomez – Kill Em With Kindness

This song is featured in a Verizon Wireless ad campaign featuring Selena Gomez telling a young man to play her song again and again because his great data plan. It’s a pretty good pop song with a killer hook that stays in your head for days and for me that isn’t a bad thing.

Hello August 2016!

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Hello August 2016. Let’s see what you have in store for us all. Let’s do this.

Six Word Story

Fleek, is that good or bad?

A Stylized Photo Using PRISMA

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This picture of the Movable Wall was stylized using PRISMA. I like the way it looks. This app gives a different look to my photos. It looks like art doesn’t it?

Prisma – A Great Photo Filtering App

Prisma transforms your photos into artworks using the styles of famous artists: Van Gogh, Picasso, Levitan, as well as world famous ornaments and patterns.

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I started using Prisma today after hearing about it and seeing others use it. Normally I don’t filter my pix, even on Instagram. This app will let me tell my story from a different perspective. It’s available for Android and that iPhone thingy.

The Big Internet Brands Of The ’90s — Where Are They Now? : All Tech Considered : NPR

What happened to all those other big brands that dominated the early Internet experience? Here’s a nerdy remembrance of a few of them.

Source: The Big Internet Brands Of The ’90s — Where Are They Now? : All Tech Considered : NPR

I first got online back in 1995 after I bought a computer that could get on the World Wide Web. I had other computers that accessed Prodigy and some Bulletin Board Systems. The 1990’s were kind of the beginnings of the commercial Internet. I do miss those days but I kind of like the blogging and social media of the here and now. NPR’s report gives us a historical look back to the early Web.