is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired.
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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 102, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy spooky season, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)
I also have for you a Pokémon game worth canceling your weekend plans for, Apple’s powerful new laptop, a doc all film geeks will love, and much more.
And I have a question: what’s your favorite thing to watch on repeat? I’m talking about the show, the movie, the YouTube video, the TikTok, whatever thing you can watch a million times and not get tired of. They’re the things you put on when you don’t want to think about it. (My top two are New Girl and the Mission: Impossible movies, for instance.) I want to build a big list of the best things to watch over and over and over again. Send me all your faves!
All right, short week but still a good one. Let’s dig in.
(As always, the best part of Installer is your ideas and tips. What are you watching / reading / playing / cooking / mounting on the wall this week? Tell me everything: [email protected]. And if you know someone else who might enjoy Installer, forward it to them and tell them to subscribe here.)
The Drop
Screen share
I always like to have new Verge team members share their homescreens here, so we can get to know them a little and also so I can subtly judge them for all their life choices. We have a few new folks here, actually, so it’s time to catch up! First up, Terrence O’Brien, our not-that-new-anymore weekend editor — I read his work for years at Engadget and have also always enjoyed his deep knowledge of music gear, but I had no idea what to expect from his homescreen setup. Maybe he doesn’t have a phone and just carries around some cool Teenage Engineering stuff?
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