With the onset of summer, and the unavoidable high humidity, I decided to try and get rid of the pile of cable under my desk by taking another crack at setting up a wireless connection. I’d tried several months back but because of the strange internet connection I have (an ethernet connection to a building-wide Internet hub) I just couldn’t make it work with a standard wireless router. Until today when click click click and it magically started working. I guess the lesson learnt here is that computers sometimes fix themselves (except when it involves hard drive).
Anyway, the upshot is that now I no longer need such a big tangle of cable strewn across the room. Hurrah for modern technology.