Yay for the smart people in the Whirlpool forums who know the best firmware for my Netgear DG834G. Having followed their advice, I think the issue I was having with random drop-outs is now resolved. As a result, I now have a reliable ADSL2 connection at 4.5 Mbit … w00t!

In other news, I’ve finally sorted out what I’m doing next year, having just handed in an enrolment form today. The order of the day is Honours in politics, which narrowly edged out my two other (science-ey) options. Of course, whichever option I chose, I was always going to continue in the long term goal of world domination … this is just to keep me out of trouble in the meantime.