Paul Balcerak's Page

If there are any Web developers on the network willing to drop me their two cents, I swear I'll give that person's site a few hits. Not because I'm desperate; because I find myself hungry for input on the issues of SEO and Web site optimization (re: getting tons of hits) on a daily basis. I started a new job about a month ago as a kind of Web developer/manager. In a nutshell, the company I work for owns about 30 newspapers, each of which has its own… Continue

In light of newly-christened flip-flopper Sen. Barack Obama's announcement that he'll not be taking public campaign funds, I thought it might be helpful to pass along a link originally given to me by one of my college professors. OpenSecrets.org's Presidential page has a nice little tool that keeps track of who's been giving how m… Continue

Congrats to former Sonic Ray Allen, who, along with his Boston counterparts, destroyed the L.A. Lakers last night to capture his first and the team's 17th NBA title. In the meantime, the city of Seattle's fight to keep carpetbagging Sonics owner Clay Bennett from moving the team to Oklahoma City continues to go almost completely unnoticed… Continue

... I will take those remarks and tuck them away, away in a tiny "lock-box", where all bad thoughts go. --Darrell Hammond playing Al Gore on SNL, 2000 One thing I love about good old-fashioned journalism is the practice of recognizing a mistake when one is made, correcting it and moving on. Recently, both the L.A. Times and… Continue

It's been a prolonged absence from the blogosphere for me — and more on that in a later post — but I'm back with an interesting link to an article on the New York Times' Web site. The gist: some legal experts think the U.S. should consider breaking with Supreme Court precedent and banning hate speech. Here's a snippet: Some prominent legal scholars say the United States should reconsider its position… Continue