I am not a big one for Google Sketchup but I have seen a lot of people asking how they would export their work so that they can use it in their XNA Games. Here is a link to a site that talks about a x file exporter that can be used with Sketchup to export...
Brian Lawson has posted a great little sample of using the Xbox 360 controller with the XInput libraries. The sample is just a small console application that will display the different actions that are being done on each of the four controller slots....