The short form

[torquill]

For those who don't read geek, the upshot of the previous post is that I've got wireless access on my laptop again. (A routine update managed to break it in a big way, and I've been fighting for a few days to get it back.) There are still a couple of kinks to work out -- namely that the signal isn't good enough for me to use it in the living room, as I used to -- but the overall setup seems to be cleaner and happier than it used to be.

It was more painful than it should have been, less painful than it could have been, and I'm happy to be cable-free again. Yay!