Detective Work Needed

Okay, here are two tasks for the smart ones in the readership to help me with.

First, I came across a well-designed OS X application that made manipulating Flickr photos and tags and descriptions much easier. It was heavy on the clean typography and was well-designed. Might have actually been a web app. Might have had a name like “Meebox” or something like that. Any ideas?

Second, we have purchased a type of fruit here in Portugal that is new to us. About the size of an apricot with an apple-like exterior and a consistency and taste somewhere between peach and pear. Two largish pits at the core. Orange or “ruddy” colour. Our local grocer can’t tell us what the name in English is.

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Marian's picture
Marian on May 17, 2006 - 19:12 Permalink

We need a photo of the fruit.

Peter Rukavina's picture
Peter Rukavina on May 17, 2006 - 19:20 Permalink

Good idea. Coming soon.

Daniel's picture
Daniel on May 17, 2006 - 20:51 Permalink

Could you write the name in portuguese? I could either look it up or ask my portuguese collegues for help!

Peter Rukavina's picture
Peter Rukavina on May 17, 2006 - 20:53 Permalink

Justin wins the prize for the Flickr app — it is, indeed, Mugshot.

Alas I don’t know the name of the fruit in Portuguese either!

cristian's picture
cristian on May 18, 2006 - 14:26 Permalink

I think the fruit is called nectarine.
English version of the word seems to be same as Romanian.

Search for nectarine on Google images.

Greetings,
Cristi

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--- on May 18, 2006 - 20:28 Permalink

In case it helps.. In Spanish it’s called “nispero”

marian's picture
marian on May 20, 2006 - 18:31 Permalink

In Portuguese loquat is nespera. In case you haven’t figured that out. Ask the vendor if it’s a nespera.

Miki's picture
Miki on May 1, 2008 - 21:39 Permalink

It is loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) :)