Tommy on November 22, 2017I'll go ahead and say it. Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday. I love food, and I especially love turkey and dressing. I usually eat so much of it on Thanksgiving day and the days following that I feel like I couldn't eat any more for another year. Thanksgiving... a U.S. Thing. So Obvious I…
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Tommy on November 19, 2017Once upon a time, I was a Verizon customer. For the wife and I to have unlimited data, texts, and some number of voice minutes, it was about 180 bucks a month. This was insane to me, but I really like having mobile data. And it was Verizon, so the performance was very good. Then…
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Tommy on November 18, 2017Some of you frequent visitors (We have those? Thanks mom!) might have noticed the site looks different. Well, we hit a little snag with our web hosting. In the past you might have experienced the site occasionally being slow or not available at all. Unfortunately, Namecheap's EasyWP (WordPress as a service) just didn't work out…
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Tommy on November 17, 2017See my fanboy disclaimer in the Big Guy on the Google Pixel 2 XL post before reading up on the Pixel Buds. You've been warned! Today (November 15th) was full of excitement because I was finally getting the "Kinda Blue" Google Pixel Buds that I ordered way back on October 4th along with my Pixel…
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Tommy on November 15, 2017One of the topics that I'll be visiting frequently here at Big Guy on Stuff is that of the side hustle. As I learn things while on this journey, I will pass them along so that hopefully you may benefit from my findings. Today's topic is on affiliate links. The Affiliate Link This is something…
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Tommy on November 14, 2017We are 22 days in, so I thought I'd give another update. These last 11 days have not generated as much money as the first 11, but we have managed to produce new content every single day for the last 18 days, so that's pretty awesome! Below is the same format as before with updated…
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Tommy on November 12, 2017H. T. T. P. On. A series of tubes is born. Cat videos, please! OK. Why Haiku? I've always been fascinated by haiku for some reason. From time to time I may do some more of these if it is received well, and I feel inspired to do so. I love reading them as well,…
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Tommy on November 11, 2017The Big Guys would like to take a moment to honor the men and women of the United States Armed Forces. I have never served, but I have many family members and friends who have, and I am grateful for the sacrifice that each of them have made in order to protect our great nation.…
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Tommy on November 10, 2017The Flu 4-1-1 Okay, first off let’s make this absolutely clear. The annual flu shot is not part of some kind of plot to inject each and every one of us with some kind of microscopic tracking device. The flu shot is devised to do one thing and one thing only: to protect you and…
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Tommy on November 8, 2017Update: A previous version of this post claimed that if you had Google's Preferred Care on the Pixel 2 XL, that you could get two replacements for free. This is untrue. The Big Guy needs to do a better job of reading his emails. You still have to pay $99 per replacement, but they did…
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