Zuce’s Docs

August 10, 2005

Check out the PCIJ Blog entry containing copies of the Zuce affidavit and annexes.  In the past, one had to rely on the accuracy of media reports on documents submitted during government.  Myself, I’ve never read any of the relevant documents in the Erap impeachment trial.  I’ve contented myself with news reports and what I saw on TV.  This is the beauty of the blogosphere — we can get information, raw and unedited. 

Back to the Zuce docs: 2 items for me stand out.  The first is the memo addressed to Secretary Joey Rufino describing Commr. Garcillano as an individual who has “delivered  almost every electoral pleasure of the administration.”  Nothing like a key phrase that can be understood in different ways.

The second is Secretary Rufino’s handwritten endorsement of Garcillano per “The Antidote Group.”  Who they?  Do they give electoral pleasure too?

A [Not So True] Raul Roco Story

Over bottles of beer last Friday night, a very senior partner at a major law firm told us his Raul Roco story.  What follows is not what he actually said or what actually happened.  You can imagine  the beer and the conversation got in the way.  But I hope I got it right.  Otherwise, this guy is liable to grab me by my collar and say “What’s your problem, Disini?”

First we preface by saying this all takes place in a job interview between this very senior partner and a (I suppose) newly-minted lawyer, Raul Roco.  The interviewer has his own style.  He figures that if the applicant got as far as his office, he’s probably smart enough to work in the firm.  If not, then something must be terribly wrong with his hiring committee. 

So, this interview is anything but conventional.   (more…)

Writing from Ubuntu

I might as well be in a foreign country. 

I’m currently hacking away from a 4 year old computer with a 700Mhz processor and 128MB of RAM.  It just about conked out on us until a student of mine, Emer Banez (aka Josep Estrada), suggested (and later installed) Ubuntu Linux.  (Thanks, Emer!) 

I must say, I like the interface.  Bless the hearts of the folks at Ubuntu for including just about all the applications a home user would need. 

I’ve always been an advocate of Free Software and even took out a membership at the Free Software Foundation (just to get a chance to see Richard Stallman in person).  But this is the first time I’ve actually used Linux. 

So far, so good.

Now I have to install a wireless network card on this thing.  Any suggestions?