Hope everyone had a great Christmas and is looking forward to the new year. I've put some new tracks into the radio playlist. BTW does anyone know how to get Windows Media Player to show track details from a SHOUTcast stream?

Just when you thought you had all the problems with Windows XP Service Pack 2 nailed, Microsoft are planning the release of Service Pack 1 for Windows 2003 Server. And by the looks of it, it will be another nightmare week for admins everywhere!

Actual quote from Microsoft: 'The company argues that the improvements are important enough that applications should be changed to accommodate them.' Hehe!

Now that Windows Media Player 10 is out you can use that as your player to listen to my radio stream. You just need to use a slightly different url. http://www.ryanstevens.co.uk:8000/ I'll try and update the main website link somehow to support all players tonight. Happy listening.

Play the stream with Windows Media Player 10 by using the File -> Open URL command. Then when the stream is playing, I go to my Library under Now Playing and right click on the words Now Playing to get the Add As New Playlist option. Clicking that will allow you to add it as a playlist under your My Playlists section of your Library.

The recent outage on my web sites was due to an extreme heavy session of Halo 2. Basically when I know I'm gonna be playing for a long time I turn off my web sites to eliminate any lag (mainly from goggle bots). So if you find that my web site disappears in the evening you know why! Also, I occasionally have such a manic session that I forget to turn the web sites back on!!!

Last night a group of yanks showed me how to 'sword jump' in Halo 2. Basically theres a 'bug' in the game that you can use to make your character able to jumb about 500ft into the air. You can reach almost any part of the maps. I spent the evening admiring the view on top of the wheel on the Zanzibar map. All you need is a sword and a warthog. I wont describe how to do the jump just yet - let me enjoy it a bit longer, but i'm happy to demo it to anyone who joins my games. My gamertag is solidstore. You should hear the reaction when other people see you leap 500ft during a slayer match!!! If you also hold a sniper rifle just imagine the possiblities. This technique will become public knowledge pretty soon and I imagine all manner of silly videos and tricks will be discovered. Happy jumping!

Revealed!