Zit Seng's Superwall

The new Apple Magic Mouse announced earlier in October has started shipping. It’s a pretty, clean, smooth, button-less and seamless mouse just like the Mighty Mouse it replaces. It is even more so, because there’s not even the tiny scroll ball anymore from the Mighty Mouse. The Magic Mouse looks like just a piece of curved acrylic topped white plastic, and an aluminum bottom. It’s possible that people unfamiliar with Apple’s mice might not believe that this device actually functions as a mouse.

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This will be the first time ever I’ve seen a set meal that includes coffee ‘O’, tea or a soft drink, but not milk for the coffee. Look at the menu. No doubt, they were up front about milk for the coffee not being included. But I thought how absurd. Probably something I’m misunderstanding about the menu. No milk for the coffee? My goodness, how much can milk cost? Trying to save some meagre cost in this economic downturn?

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Live Tasmanian mussels

This is the Live Tasmanian Mussels, the Chef’s Special at Galbiati Gourmet Deli located in Rail Mall along Upper Bukit Timah Road. It is served in white wine, black pepper and tomato sauce. The mussels are really nice and sweet. The sauce is delicious and goes very well with the bread which is served with the dish too.

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I bought the Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus from Comex last week. The 1TB model was selling at only $239 (was $309 the week before at Sim Lim Square). I had planned to get an external hard disk for my MacBook to put Time Machine backups on. Time Machine requires a separate disk to run on, and I’ve not had the chance to turn on Time Machine because I didn’t have a spare external hard disk available until now.

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We picked up a Nokia E66 business smartphone from M1 at Comex. It was going for quite a good price it seems. $298 for a low-end 2 year contract, considering that it is $368 from M1 Shop’s “Online Exclusive”. The E66 has generally received quite good reviews overall, although many have pointed out that the camera itself is quite mediocre.

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Another item I acquired during my pre-Comex shopping trip last weekend is this notebook cooler pad. It has two fans, is slightly elevated at the back so that it is tilted forward, and it emits a cool blue hue when it’s running. I know, these things are quite common and indeed I’ve seen them many times, but this is only the second notebook cooler pad that I’ve purchased, so it is still cool to me.

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I know Comex starts today, but I somehow ended up at Sim Lim Square last weekend and did some pre-Comex shopping. I bought a bunch of things, including this Logitech V320 cordless optical mouse to use with my notebook at home. Nowadays, everything needs to go wireless. How nice if wireless power can come soon.

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Like many other things, laptop bags have gone from purely functional to become fashion accessories. One of the nicer brands, though not terribly common in Singapore, is STM. This is an Australian brand sporting laptop bags in various styles including messenger bags and backpacks. I recently got my hands on the small STM Phantom bag, which is designed to fit laptops with 13″ screens.

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