Vergil’s Coffee

I’ve come to grips that the eeePC is not my primary computer and really wasn’t designed to be. So, after the 3rd time restoring the machine to factory settings using the Recover CD, I’ve vowed not to keep loading on a bunch of apps that I really didn’t need. (You know, that urge to load up a new computer with as many things as possible before actually using the thing?)

One thing that has annoyed me though is the inability for Flash-heavy sites to run on the default OS of the eeePC. I exclusively use Vimeo for all my video work (via the FlipVideo) and the site always hangs during the upload process and the crashes the browser. I’ve Googled for an answer, but couldn’t seem to find one until I jumped on the #eeePC IRC channel and zer0her0 clued me in on the basic uploaders:

http://vimeo.com/upload/video/basic

And also a more minimalist version:

http://vimeo.com/upload/video/babyface

Both work fine from my 4g (701); I’m liking, though, the basic over the babyface one: Still like to see my upload progress.

And now, I can upload my vids while I’m on vacation and not rely on Lori’s laptop to do what I should be able to do on this basic machine.

Wee-Haw!

P.S. Apparently there’s some hostility toward Flash-based websites in the Linux world (and other OS universes) <g>.