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Hello friends! Welcome to Installer No. 103 is your guide to the best and edge-The most wonderful things in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, sorry everything’s so expensive this week. You can also read all the old issues at Installer Home.)

This week I was reading about it gogoing and Costco and Protein bars and Jonas BrothersGluttony Nobody wants this Season 2, trying to figure out how to save $4,500 The new Rivian e-bikeTell anyone who will listen T-Pain still gets itI’m learning everything I can about… Louvre robbery-Play an amazing amount of fortnite On my iPad, doing my shopping Yuto players After about a dozen of you told me I should do it. Thanks for that.

I also have a sleek new e-reader, a new AI-powered browser, a new version of your old favorite game, and much more.

also, Keep sending us your favorite, endlessly rewatchable stuff! I’ve received so many responses already that I think next week’s issue might be entirely dedicated to the topic… Keep sending in shows, movies, TikToks, creators, and all the things you come back to again and again!

(As always, the best part of… Installer These are your thoughts and advice. What are you reading/watching/playing/printing/patching with duct tape this week? Tell me everything: installer@theverge.com. And if you know someone else who might enjoy it InstallerSend it to them and let them know Subscribe here.)

John Huggins I’ve forgotten more about televisions than I ever knew. He’s only been here for a few weeks as a Senior TV and Audio Reviewer, and I’ve already been impressed with his knowledge and credentials – including the fact that he’s a Certified TV Calibrator, which is now instantly my new life goal.

However, you will see John everywhere Edge Covering audio and video equipment of all types. I asked him to share his home screen, because I like to show new people, see if he’s bad with phones and I can feel an ounce of superiority over him. Unfortunately, there are no dice.

This is John’s home screen, plus some information about which apps he uses and why:

Phone: I’m currently using an iPhone 15 Pro Max, but I’m considering upgrading to the 17.

wallpaper: It’s a photo of a redwood tree from when I took a drive up the West Coast from Los Angeles to a little north of Seattle in 2023. I camped for a few days among the redwoods, went hiking, and was completely amazed to be surrounded by the nature of Indore… I mean, Northern California.

Applications: Wallet, Settings, Camera, Apple Maps, FaceTime, Reminders, Apple Notes, Chrome, Safari, Weather, Find My, Photos, SoCal Sound, Phone, Messages, Mail, Calendar.

I’m kind of bad at organizing my apps (although I took this opportunity to clean them up a bit). I usually just download them and show them at the end of my list. I have six screens of apps at the moment, including a large number of AV apps for each manufacturer.

My home screen includes the things I use most often: email, various social networks (like Instagram, Signal, WhatsApp, and LinkedIn), the My Home app to control the device, a slew of streaming apps, and of course the games I play the most. Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (which I’ve been playing since it launched almost 10 years ago) and Marvel Strike Force.

I also asked John to share some of the things he’s interested in now. Here’s what he sent back:

Here’s what Installer community this week. I want to know what you’re up to now too! Email installer@theverge.com Or send me a message on Signal — @davidpierce.11 ​​— with your recommendations for anything and everything, and we’ll feature some of our favorites here each week. For more great recommendations, check out the responses to This post is on topics and This post is on Bluesky.

“After setting up my NAS a few weeks ago, I moved from Google Photos to… Imicha self-hosted scam that is almost identical. Transferring images was a pain, but now I have my own image server. I started working on the setup Home helperand my self-hosting journey (as much as I can) is going well and truly. – Craig

“I finish a task On HBO today. It’s incredibly well done, absolutely devastating in parts, and stimulating in others. – on

“I recently discovered a use case that in my opinion completely justifies its existence: uploading board game instructions to LM notebook Use it as evidence and, more importantly, as a judge during arguments. – Yaaqoub

“I just finished reading Activation Written by Corey Doctorow this morning. It was an excellent read, and I would highly recommend it.” -Nathaniel

“I just got this RayCue charging dock To add some functionality to my Mac Mini M4. Waiting for an NVMe SSD to add storage to my Mac. – Jean Francois

“Enjoyed MD Vinyl. It’s just a great looking app that focuses on albums. These apps tend to be expensive, but this one puts my phone on standby more often than not. -Matthew

“Ball x hole It has taken over my life just like that Balatro I did once.” — Ronak

“Zain browser It recently got a great update that brings a lot of quality of life improvements, and overall over the past few months it’s been quite capable of being my daily browser. – Janejo

“I really enjoy the go-karts racing on some serious tracks. 3DBotmaker It’s a YouTube channel where they do some cool races, and they’re in the middle of DRC-X right now. It’s beautifully shot, some great commentary, and it’s all about big air, baby. -Jasper

I’m in an eternal struggle with what I call “scrolling apps” on my phone. I’ll delete Reddit, Threads, Bluesky, Instagram, and everything else, and then I’m stuck in line at Costco and suddenly, they’re all there again. Reading is definitely good, and I love doing crossword puzzles, but sometimes I do He wants To look at my phone for 10 minutes, you know?

The best thing I’ve found, somewhat surprisingly, is… I sign. (I wrote this before John told me he also loves Dropout, I swear.) I only recently became a subscriber, and its giant library of feel-good comedy turns out to be the perfect thing to watch a few minutes at a time. (Sam RichIf you’re reading this: Give me a vertical video feed of all your social clips, in the app!) Make some noise This episode left me in a much better mood than DoomScrolling does, and like the rest of the internet, I’m quickly converting to Brennan Lee Mulligan Distinguished. Highly recommended in all respects.