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Three little tips for debugging .Net Windows Services

<p> If I want to switch to service mode, I just comment out the declaration directive. <pre> //#define CONSOLE </pre> <p> Using this technique let&#8217;s me get most of the way towards my service functionality without having to open the Service Control Manager (SCM) once. </p></li> <li> At some point you&#8217;re still going to need to debug the service as a service. Don&#8217;t, I repeat, <b>don&#8217;t do what I did and listen to the MSDN article I mentioned earlier when it comes to launching the debugger</b>.…

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Belated Post #1: The Great Manhattan Snowball Fight

<center> <br /> <img src="/images/snowball-fight-03.jpg" alt="Do you know who that guy is? His name started with an M…" title="Do you know who that guy is? His name started with an M…" /><br /> </center>…

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Fear not dear readers, I&#039;m alive!

<td> <p> I know, it&#8217;s been a looong time since I&#8217;ve posted. I had big plans for my December vacation, including a re-design for this blog, an article for MSDN, and some sample code I wanted to write. Well, once I was actually on vacation I did my best not to accomplish anything that could be construed as productive activity. I got nothing done. </p> <p> I also had some annoying computer problems, but that&#8217;s a story for another day.…

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