22/366 Snickerdoodles Originally uploaded by Wade Brooks Fresh out of the oven, yummy! Here is a link to the recipe (or see below): http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/snickerdoodles/7ffc92a9-d847-4869-9ecb-99de3b751b14 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened 1/2 cup shortening 2 eggs 2 3/4 cups All-purpose or unbleached flour 2 teaspoons cream of tartar 1 teaspoon baking soda [...]

Hwy 70 Fence Originally uploaded by Wade Brooks From my photo a day series, enjoy!

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 beta was released. More information and download information are here: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom4/

From the App Hub site: Beginning with XNA Game Studio 4.0 Refresh, the XNA Framework expands programming language support to include Visual Basic (VB). Visual Basic programs can use all of the services of the XNA Framework to create exciting Windows Phone games. More info here: http://create.msdn.com/en-US/education/gamedevelopment/VBSupportForXNA

The Beta SDK for the XBox Kinect is out. Check out the links below. Documentation Here: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/kinectsdk/guides.aspx Download Here: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/kinectsdk/download.aspx

I created this application to write the current real time stock price to our intranet server. The application uses Google’s stock price API. The resulting XML file is parsed for the price and volume which is then saved to the local web server as a text file to be included in a web page. The [...]

I started playing Need for Speed: The Run and they have a car pack and challenge series available from Old Spice. Here is the link: http://oldspice.ea.com/form?statusCode=303 The included cars are: Mercedes SLS AMG, Ford Mustang Boss 302, and a Nissan Silvia S14A. So far I am very impressed with the gaming and graphics. My Xbox [...]

This looks interesting and might be a good winter project. Microsoft .NET Gadgeteer is a rapid prototyping platform for small electronic gadgets and embedded hardware devices. The Microsoft research site is here: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/gadgeteer/ Gadgeteer site is here: http://www.netmf.com/gadgeteer/ FEZ Spider Starter Kit

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life” Apple co-founder Steve Jobs passed away today. More details at wired.com: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/10/jobs/