Star Wars is so back
- The author has been keeping busy with various activities, including reading about The Telepathy Tapes, watching The Men Who Built America, and playing through the archive of 4 3.
- The author received notes from readers with thoughts on wallpapers, which will be used to expand the Screen Share section in a future update.
- A new entry in the Star Wars universe has been released, as well as some exciting new apps, including those from Instagram and Perplexity.
- The author tested some impulse-bought headphones and found them to be worth checking out.
- This week’s installment of Installer No. 80 is a “pricey” one, with many new and interesting things to explore, but also a warning that it may not be suitable for all budgets!
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 80, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hope you had better luck than I did preordering a Switch 2, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)
This week, I’ve been reading about The Telepathy Tapes and extremely online parenting and translation glasses, watching The Men Who Built America, cackling at this incredible star-studded live reading of the original Star Wars, playing the whole archive of 4×3, doing some writing in the new Easlo Journal app, testing some headphones I impulse-bought on the TikTok Shop, and seeing if the Kagi Assistant fits into my search-engine world.
Oh, also: Thanks to everyone who sent me notes with thoughts about wallpapers! You’ve given me a bunch of fun ideas about how to expand the Screen Share section, including showing off more of your setups. More on that to come really soon.
I also have for you a terrific new entry in the Star Wars universe, a flip phone worth a look, new apps from Instagram and Perplexity, two games you’ll love, and much more. Pricey week, this one… sorry in advance. Let’s dig in.
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