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October 4, 2026 Jay Peters

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 146, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, it's October already?, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)

This week, I'm wishing I could do Walmart potato drone delivery in Portland, watching Mike Tomlin explain his incredible Minecraft city, pondering if the Gears of War pizza cutter is awesome or terrible, exploring Craig Mod's walks, nodding along with MKBHD's video about YouTube's A/B video testing feature, hoping that more concerts ban phones, and celebrating soup season. It's here!

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