Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 152, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, thank you for taking time away from Zelda to be here, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about school apps […]
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