Stephen J Burke http://www.stephenjburke.com the exploits of a secret change agent Mon, 14 May 2012 04:52:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-13 http://www.stephenjburke.com/2012/05/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2012-05-13-2/ http://www.stephenjburke.com/2012/05/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2012-05-13-2/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 04:52:00 +0000 Stephen http://www.stephenjburke.com/2012/05/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2012-05-13-2/
  • Good morning from Hallett http://t.co/9uVctUdO #
  • Tim's placement bumped us to tied for 2nd in class. Still wants to hustle the time. #
  • Track is shut down. Car blew coolant in front of Tim. Have some tire wall rub on the Evo X but nothing but scuffs. #
  • Tim took a rerun. Very slick in turn 9 even after the clean up. #
  • We jumped to 2nd in class and 23rd overall with a slick track, post spin run. #
  • We may have killed the fan motor for the heater in our procrastination to clear the AC drain line. #
  • I hate the Facebook mobile app with a passion. #
  • Tomorrow's mandatory project: Hardware the inverter. Mobile updates rot and I need laptop power. #
  • I felt a disturbance in the force. We passed a Starbucks in the middle of nowhere and didn't stop. I need to work on our road trip rules. #
  • No defroster fan shouldn't impact our driving too much. http://t.co/EgzZSHee #
  • It is challenging not to be consumed by the scenery at High Plains Raceway. http://t.co/fY1KKNsm #
  • Just passed the trailer of the Porsche team on us-34 mile marker 167. Looks like they ran for wheel repairs. #
  • This road is laced with potential waterski ponds. http://t.co/xc11Cvvr #
  • More cowbell Nebraska http://t.co/e5q3nHYM #
  • Parking next to our dancing partner. http://t.co/IiwZJob8 #
  • We are alone in the Evo category. Our friends are headed home. http://t.co/XIqVu08G #
  • We have finished the most useless autocross ever and are headed to minnesota. #
  • Not sure how one mechanically separates chicken, but that is the second ingredient. http://t.co/JM5IDYRf #
  • Long night ahead. http://t.co/xvppVYp8 #
  • Road mates help make the trip possible. http://t.co/QYKim9ME #
  • Longest track walk ever. We will run out of gearing here. Turn 1 at 140mph. #
  • The cheap wheels are cracking. Need a wheel source, stat. #
  • We have wheels in route to Road America and will be mounted before we run in the AM. Tire Rack made magic happen. #
  • First run 12.9 in the drags. Sticky bogged. Now we run brackets. Dialing 13.0. #
  • Too fast. Ran a 12.5 though I didn't think I was. #
  • Going to be a long night stopping to keep air in these leaking wheels. http://t.co/FTelQQDV #
  • Amazing how many one lappers have time to stop at the strip club. http://t.co/UPRKNYf3 #
  • Car doesn't feel so dirty now. http://t.co/EjiuLLz7 #
  • Early morning wheel change. http://t.co/gMcUrWhm #
  • 1 day to go and it let's go at Road America http://t.co/D1vzbA7O #
  • Added to the list of vehicles I can never take on One Lap is a 2012 Jeep Liberty. It will be lucky to survive my company for one more day. #
  • Rental cars must only come with one outlet so you don't overload the circuit. Smart. http://t.co/56WLMkmq #
  • Video of the engine loss from track side.
    http://t.co/FlNTOzeO #
  • The best part of this ridiculously impractical event is the lifelong friends I make from the most unlikely sources. #
  • Seeing this through to the end. http://t.co/E7CA4QVR #
  • Met the head of Enkei to thank him for saving us with wheels. Very cool. #
  • Final interviews in the media studio. http://t.co/fV7ymCUQ #
  • Still get a cookie plate for second. http://t.co/qv17jhSp #
  • Closing the adventure. Homeward bound. http://t.co/v4Ev6YiK #
  • That wasn't rain. http://t.co/9MF0SWRB #
  • There was one other un-numbered One Lap team this year capturing the moment. Excited to bring them along for the ride.
    http://t.co/29i7si6U #

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  • The other Evo X emerges as we share a dinner before the games begin. http://t.co/jlGPlDHb #
  • An alignment on the new machine. http://t.co/dBQwMJcH #
  • Separate sleeves for stainless vs mild steel to prevent weld contamination. http://t.co/3teWySvh #
  • Satellite radio back online. http://t.co/Ia5G4mdj #
  • Recruiting sticker peelers because our vinyl will be here tomorrow! http://t.co/gHLV01DU #
  • Do people expect a serious answer when they ask me why their access 97 based database system running everything breaks? Hard not to laugh. #
  • Why yes Verizon, I would like to demo your mifi device for a couple weeks. http://t.co/M2gOyvrt #
  • Thanks for making a computer based system NY. http://t.co/lTNjaw3z #
  • Who schedules a full day of work the day before departing for One Lap? Way too much yet to do. #
  • Timing the vinyl arrival just in time. http://t.co/r85TZCsh #
  • Decal night successful. http://t.co/M7C5DA7N #
  • A little interior bling never hurt. http://t.co/eenSDjUq #
  • West bound to Indiana. http://t.co/EzpVXoRW #
  • One state behind us. http://t.co/TmjwVrZH #
  • I guess the brakes work. Thanks Girodisc.
    http://t.co/ZuVl2Cqn #
  • Good morning from South Bend http://t.co/cJZYa7Yc #
  • TopSpeed streaming the drivers meeting. http://t.co/ZpWYq3p1 #
  • Gift bag from Dunlop. Thanks for the support! http://t.co/yuDtcPzE #
  • TopSpeeds secret to bringing a media guy. http://t.co/YJmbbpbQ #
  • The cookie support continues. http://t.co/wZbPbzxR #
  • Clearly brought an Evo to a GT-R fight. 7 GT-R entries this year. http://t.co/HWXxiJj5 #
  • Turbo bolts torqued, fluids checked, actually had time to OCD and remove water spots and wax the hood. http://t.co/pjBm25nZ #
  • The official wake up alarm for 2012 is the housekeeping scene from Tommy Boy. #
  • Staging for wet skid pad and the rain is joining us. http://t.co/FxxISiIf #
  • Torque Solution, we are replacing your exhaust hanger with a far superior option. Stick to street cars. http://t.co/zeTZL31J #
  • Slight oil leak around the return turbo return line going to the block has been addressed. #
  • Tim had a great run at Autobahn. Hard to keep him from showboat drifting the main turn for the cameras. #
  • Tim has reset the running order with a killer run. 46 is now 17th for us. Would have been better if he didn't have to pass mustangs. #
  • Long haul tonight. http://t.co/ebBJmvkv #
  • Some sites are worth catching on this trip. http://t.co/iB7dLPhl #
  • Overshooting the Council Bluffs base camp to grab lodging in Nebraska. #
  • We may be experiencing our first Tornado. Hoping the building and car are not in the path. #
  • I don't think the heavy stuff is going to come down for some time now. I'd play through. http://t.co/bunkiU7t #
  • Picking up an acme rocket to help. http://t.co/yKHxu8db #
  • It was a short night of sleep. I am catching up with posts with Tim at the wheel. First is our twister moment. http://t.co/k6uLBg5o #
  • I don't know about that one Kansas. http://t.co/dyr6np2o #

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  • Nothing beat the awakening of a hibernating project car. http://t.co/MgDr0hDo #
  • Just back in the states now. Should be home around 2:30am http://t.co/tpxtA69I #
  • Some form of cruel torture not allowing me to drive the car. http://t.co/0sobje7r #
  • Sweet mother of braking. http://t.co/DAw3FEFo #
  • My survival passengers this week. Coffee and Advil. http://t.co/O97P4Cth #
  • Holey crap perfect timing Google Drive. http://t.co/fBhEBKfo #
  • The weekend updates finally posted from the engine build and install at Magnus. http://t.co/voz9l7BW #
  • Is this a climate change migraine or what? Day 2 of full Advil survival and no letting off. #
  • Girodisc is our official brake sponsor this year. Overwhelmed and proud to have the winning brake solution on board.
    http://t.co/mtruStow #
  • The brain is running the sleep schedule. Somebody flipped the awake switch. #
  • Good site reference in @waterski_mag for Pangaea. I love that place. http://t.co/2c48U83g #
  • Car is throwing up oil. Guess we better get that sorted before the rest of the stuff needs attention. http://t.co/QScGfLoI #
  • I can not make this shit up. Our plan to get decals early went up in flames. http://t.co/O3iYpvtz #
  • It is bring your offspring to work day. I think it should be "have your kid teach you how to use a computer" day. #
  • Oil pump is out. Relief valve is seized. http://t.co/AApPoy5C #
  • That my friends is a completely new oil pump without a seized relief valve. http://t.co/irmQxBzy #
  • Survived the morning laps around Rochester. Time for a road trip to Toronto. http://t.co/U63RXXZa #
  • The wardrobe alone shows how much support we have to make this happen. http://t.co/wQdZ96Mg #

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  • Flaring fittings and finishing up this fire suppression system. http://t.co/S3IQmPZq #
  • One of those mornings where the roadblocks keep showing up. http://t.co/JQSvMDgC #
  • Facebook needs a better search function within it's own pages. Not to find pages, but to search content. #
  • The order of "miscellaneous parts missing when I took this apart" came in. http://t.co/NSOcqfTm #
  • Professional vinyl installation secrets. Minus the professional. http://t.co/u3FpYZA6 #
  • Second pair of blown out Sketchers with only a week on my feet. Time to choose a new shoe. http://t.co/yPrUIFDL #
  • Notes on how to fumble through your first fire suppression install for the Mitsubishi Evo X. http://t.co/oPxRmQYu #
  • White lettering on Brembo brakes are reserved for those who dream of driving fast. http://t.co/YImlBSow #
  • Australia gets the fastest modified 4 cylinder.
    http://t.co/cZdB5SDJ #
  • Cursing @GoPro for changing the wi-fi bacpack release from April to Summer. I need one in 14 days for One Lap.
    http://t.co/LezZRbyX #
  • Needs more tongue weight without a motor. http://t.co/Sfib1UEy #
  • Practicing tracking our trip.Need to figure out how to open the rest of the Google Latitude history up. http://t.co/dPYDYn7e #
  • Classic lunch at Magnus http://t.co/qrP2GC6E #
  • Our GPS tests worked pretty good. We have live tracking setup this year for One Lap. http://t.co/MqhimYYJ #
  • Industrial sized Nutella. That could be dangerous. http://t.co/jF1QfT4R #

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  • Somebody needs to bring an XP2 from @XproHeli on One Lap of America this year, so we can get some aerial fly overs of the racing. #
  • Google should have beat Facebook to the Instagram purchase. Slackers. #
  • The AT&T network has gone to absolute garbage out here. Somebody reboot the tower. #
  • Technician here to repair the safe. Very technical approach of jiggling the handle repeatedly. Fixes leaky toilets too. #
  • If a bracket doesn't exist, weld one. http://t.co/UxhBl4ho #
  • My wife exclaimed how she would enjoy cleaning off the counter while I am at work. Wanted to make it fulfill http://t.co/j6HYG7fD #
  • Last nights project..Hood heat shielding has been upgraded. http://t.co/FYB3DmlN #
  • Forced Performance helping the Red Cross in TX and sending out care packages. http://t.co/4Djbqym5 #
  • 17 Days until One Lap of America. Our strategy is to be in a schedule of sleep deprivation before we go which will create an immunity. #
  • Forgot how vintage dad's toolbox was. http://t.co/5YcXul2F #
  • Not sure if I should save this for a good 80s halloween costume. http://t.co/008A9DYr #
  • Drill twice, measure once. It happens. http://t.co/Uer3kzjK #
  • The calm before the storm. 16 Days until One Lap. http://t.co/9PciZWV9 #
  • I reset the correct countdown clock. We have 19 days until One Lap. Whew. Time to call in the hail mary. http://t.co/iXKhoSti #
  • Hubcap from a 57 Dodge Lancer. Good to know we have that. http://t.co/rjwf6IYW #
  • If we get any more tornados in our route path, we might need to turn this race into storm chasers and disaster relief. #1Lap #
  • Red pill Blue pill http://t.co/G11NPf3E #
  • I hate group texting. Should be BCC as the originator. #

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  • To whomever named the gas extraction process of fracking, my Battlestar Galactica brain thanks you for making the news entertaining. #
  • Apparently black ice on the road this morning. Probably melt off for most people's commute. #
  • Selling off the set of Mitsubishi Specialty Tools. http://t.co/lhOnYrej #
  • Very wyse move dell, very wyse indeed. http://t.co/Jve5GdQN #
  • Somebody just asked what I do in my spare time. I just laughed and said I work here in my spare time. I was serious…they didn't get it. #
  • Productive morning on the Easter basket assembly line. http://t.co/L8QFozX2 #

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  • I feel like Top Gear… "Our producers have prepared this alternative car in case we don't make it." http://t.co/XjWoALcT #
  • I already know what tire to choose. It is still good to see why in the Tire Rack catalog. http://t.co/T3bTsyCt #
  • Orange options for the new Sparco wheels eh? Might need details from @tire_rack like weight & offset. http://t.co/acqMBgsw #
  • Spring or not, I am prepping the mower http://t.co/d6aTJHcm #
  • My JetBlue flights, I get stuck with a TV that doesn't work. Others get to tackle the captain. http://t.co/XxpU4y5J #
  • This weekends project arrived. Fire suppression from @SummitRacing http://t.co/mTX4M0WB #
  • Cleaning up some of the cheap vinyl work with some equally cheap vinyl. http://t.co/r8e5lZ1Q #
  • Using a little something about Mary logic, I am going to invent 6 hour Energy. Minds will be blown. http://t.co/1k4WmKh0 #
  • The only thing I can guarantee is that I don't have the loosing lottery ticket. #
  • If anybody casts a show that does what Gordon Ramsey does, but for business and IT, I want to host. #
  • Who has a tubing straightener I can borrow in the area? #ROC http://t.co/7mIlExdZ #
  • Is there a devision of Google that their only objective is to come up with this stuff once a year? 8 Bit Maps http://t.co/olOyDtYs #
  • Only way I can pull of orange shoes is standing next to an orange race car. http://t.co/1ivlSjdQ #
  • I almost missed the Google Racing post with the saturation of BS today online. http://t.co/xXDfsxLb #
  • I have to remember that old servers do not gain value with age and to stop hoarding for a rainy day. http://t.co/wovavEiv #

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  • Ryan Gates an entry in One Lap 2012 with the 311RS car? That should make it interesting. http://t.co/RACeKgzL #
  • Wow SEMA bought PRI. #
  • The SEMA announcement link.
    http://t.co/zZZpIrG9 #
  • Staging a hostile takeover of the one lap site by 2013 just to get it to work on my phone. http://t.co/vlPNQXdU #
  • I would have this for breakfast every day if possible. http://t.co/lkkIPqmb #
  • I have witnessed so many controversies start over the extra fee on the emergency exit row because of leg roo http://t.co/qDIa70L2 #
  • Very Grrr baby http://t.co/wTa5FeEN #
  • Morning visit to Hogwarts http://t.co/0O3MAR7v #
  • Mythos interior might change my plans for our own basement design. http://t.co/0WI1c7Zk #
  • I need to spec out a wireless network for universal studios. I witnessed the saturation of poor cellular coverage today. #
  • Good morning St Petersburg Grand Prix. http://t.co/b5eLtvSQ #
  • Stefan's ride today. http://t.co/i2FK3zxV #
  • The Ferrari tent http://t.co/OdROhtEY #
  • We all have our theme parks here in Florida. http://t.co/s8u2cgCJ #
  • Good sticker. Probably more appropriate on a tshirt for me. http://t.co/98dFoblb #
  • Evo X running in the Pirelli World Challenge, finished 20th. http://t.co/ZbSl0u6r #

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  • Nürburgring in Vegas? http://t.co/YQZzBL5S #
  • Having a mental struggle between prepping the race car or the boat with this warm weather. Technically only one runs. #
  • Compromised with charging the battery in the boat while staring at the race car. http://t.co/gS9lOZ0J #
  • Broken Facebook app replaces the Marvel logo with Girodisc's. Super hero brakes indeed. http://t.co/EJciiT5n #
  • I love the smell of Methanol in the morning. FB video of the Magnus car coming out of hibernation. http://t.co/CBD68sE0 #
  • I feel like pi today for some reason. #
  • Laying out proper firewall material since Mitsubishi used kindling. http://t.co/4iJz2UXd #
  • Treasures to be found at the Yates estate sale for the automotive enthusiast, now that they moved. http://t.co/Eq0zVm95 #
  • Scary umbrella threat at RIT causes a lockdown.
    http://t.co/2S1v1lM2 #
  • Kevin Rose at Google. Why don't I own stock yet? https://t.co/lKdf6Z8R #
  • Just hanging around this weekend. http://t.co/ZL8mmHaG #
  • Hot aspiring female media personalities, we need you for One Lap. http://t.co/KkfUGbDo #
  • I feel more connected to Subaru after buying a used car than to the car I race. Where's the love Mitsubishi? http://t.co/o9SOizkl #
  • Selling the COBB AccessPort for the Subaru. http://t.co/Mhpa0Hnq #
  • Calling it spring. Furniture is hitting the deck. http://t.co/BgvNufNB #
  • Can I just throw a St Patricks day party? It is far too nice out to leave this place. #
  • Locating cool green items for St Patricks Day. We have quite a few. http://t.co/ie0n6Ued #
  • I admit my method of picking March Madness picks in rank of alphabetical order may not have been the wisest. #
  • Good morning http://t.co/HfEHqDlC #
  • Returning to the scene of the previous roofing battle to claim victory. http://t.co/vfvyWf50 #
  • Always good to see a running Evo X stop by, just to remind me what they look like. http://t.co/WT1j376m #
  • Won the battle of the roof shingles before the rain. Only casualty was the gutter. http://t.co/UnaySFHz #

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  • First attempt at running conduit worked well. http://t.co/nR6HD4PW #
  • Watching the Engadget live steam for Apple announcement. My brain keeps wandering off to wishing I could program websites that slick. #
  • Pulling wires with a snake that is too short for the long run. Figures. http://t.co/bj8GMYUy #
  • Seems I have bumped to 4G with an iPhone 5.1 update. http://t.co/aY8olRRL #
  • Magnus might get the brilliantly descriptive yet inappropriate license plate of the year award. Posted on FB. http://t.co/vcpueuN5 #
  • I should really start a trendy shoe company to advance my racing career. #
  • Ok I get it. I will use instagram. http://t.co/iNkMmItf #
  • Always use the winter car as the crash test dummy first. http://t.co/t0Xa22rB #
  • Depressed to see how many Fortress of Solitudes existed on Foursquare in this area. Might have to go with the Hall of Justice. #
  • Favorite of the warning stickers. In case you didn't know what to do if a car is falling on you. http://t.co/pKErTmP3 #
  • NASA needs Angry Birds, not the other way around. I wonder how many kids want develop video games vs being astronauts. http://t.co/Opm7pVRS #
  • Pacing amongst the piles of crap in this barn not being productive. I need a storage system intervention. #
  • How did this car not get any lighter to push without a motor in it? http://t.co/C1N40CR8 #

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