Ken Fogel

Step 1: Download and install WampServer Download the latest version of WAMP from here. As of this writing the current version is 2.0h dated 04/16/09 and file you will download is called WampServer2.0h.exe Run the file WampServer2.0h.exe You will be asked to agree to the software license, approve the choice of directory, select the default browser, and decide if you want a desktop and/or quick launch icon. For the directory the default is c:\wamp but you may change to whatever you like. In later steps in this document it will be assumed you selected c:\wamp so change this to your choice of directory. Step 2: Test the WampServer installation Test the installation by running WampServer. An icon will appear in your tool tray. Click on it and you will see: Select Localhost an... (more)

Upgrading to Windows 7 – Part One

It is now one week since I upgraded my primary desktop system to Windows 7. I had been an early adopter of Vista and had a number of problems, even an occasional BSOD in the early days. I delayed putting Vista on my school computer because it did not support Novell which is used at Dawson College where I teach. Today I upgraded my school computer and I am fully integrated into the Novell... (more)

Movie Roundup: The Watchmen, Wolverine, Star Trek, Terminator Salvation, and Transformers

Before I started to write this I checked out Roger Ebert’s web site. The only one of the five movies he liked was Watchmen and likely because it was the only movie with exposed boobies. I thought I would write about these five movies from the perspective of someone who though Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino was a manipulative tearjerker. I had never heard of The Watchmen graphic novel until ... (more)

Why You Would Rather Die (or Get Well) in Canada

This week I am taking my wife’s uncle to the hospital for radiation therapy. He is 88 years old and is slowly dying from lung cancer. As a cancer patient he has been visiting the oncology clinic every three weeks since his diagnosis to assess the course of the disease. At his last visit he complained of a lump just under his arm. Three days after that regular appointment he met with a ra... (more)

My First Day at Stanford Learning to Program the iPhone

Before the registrar at Stanford writes me a cease and desist letter, let me state that I am not a student at Stanford. Rather I have downloaded the 17 lectures and 3 supplemental sessions of the CS193P course entitled iPhone Application Development from Open Stanford. According to an article published on the Stanford web site (http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/may20/million-052009.html... (more)