Hi all. First post here. I have some questions as someone just starting out on this. By background I'm not a gambler, I have kids in college and 2 years ago was the first time I ever stepped into a casino. As a computer programmer I've kind of fallen in love with the analytics of Blackjack, I enjoy the challenge/math more than the gambling part of it. So the challenge of counting is right up my alley.

I've decided that I want to play more often and to play well so I've decided to learn counting and apply it. I've learned the basic chart and been successful enough that I pretty consistently at least break even and recently read "The Blackjack Blueprint", which leaves me with some questions on getting started.

Questions:
Looking at counts I'm looking for something not too complicated and I'm leaning toward the "knock out" count, but before I invest time in a particular one I'd like any thoughts from people who do this as to what's a good start.

I'm looking at Casino Verite for practice and I think this is where the programmer resides. What is a good/safe download/purchase link and what version should I be looking at?
Any other advice to someone starting this out would be great too. I'm not really looking to be a pro or a high stakes guy, the $5-$25 minimum bet tables is about where I'm at right now.

Thanks in advance!