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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 48, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, get ready for a lot of books this week, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)
I’m back after a couple of weeks off — thanks to everyone who wished me a good vacation and sent over book recommendations! I wound up reading Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, She Rides Shotgun, and The Wager and highly recommend all three. Mostly, I spent two weeks chasing a toddler around various restaurants and playgrounds, and it was a good time, but I am oh so very glad to be back hanging with all of you. And it turns out I missed a lot of good stuff!
This week, I’ve been reading about Worldcoin and Conan O’Brien, watching Bad Monkey and rewatching The Night Manager, tweaking my recipe for a maple syrup Old Fashioned, listening to 99 Percent Invisible’s excellent series on The Power Broker, rebooting all my fantasy football leagues, and trying my damndest to switch from Spotify to YouTube Music.
I also have for you a new way to take smartphone photos, a new-ish HBO smash, a new podcast app, a clever use of AI for your notes, and much more. Let’s get into it.
