The Bilokonsky Dynasty

New Album Review: Nature by Flotation Walls

Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:12 AM EDT

Nature, the debut album from Columbus, Ohio group Flotation Walls, hasn't stopped playing for me since I got my hands on the disc last week.

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entertainment, music, flotation-walls, indie-music, art, pop-music, nature, 2009-album-of-the-year

Exquisite Corpse: Narrative Structure and Lots of Words

Thu Jun 4, 2009 11:29 PM EDT

By Mykola Bilokonsky

This article has been a long time in coming - I apologize for the delay, and rather than spit out a list of reasons why I didn't have this published two months ago I'll just say that I dropped the ball, and beg your indulgence.

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arts, exquisite-corpse, plot, narrative

Transitioning from Flash to Flex: An Overview

Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:30 AM EST

By Mykola Bilokonsky

This article is cross-posted at the Flex Cookbook. It's mildly technical in nature, and definitely aimed at a specific demographic - I'm writing to Flash Developers curious about Adobe Flex. I hope at least a few people find it to be helpful!

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technology, adobe, adobe-flash, adobe-flex, flex, mxml, flash-vs-flex, as3, actionscript, actionscript3

Introducing: White House Watch

Sat Jan 24, 2009 3:03 PM EST

By Mykola Bilokonsky

Just a quick note to direct your attention to a new Newsvine Group: Whitehouse Watch. WHW is the newsvine home of all seeds originating from the newly renovated Whitehouse Website.

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technology, new-group, whitehouse-watch, whw, obama, government

Consistency: An Open Letter to Obama's Supporters

Wed Nov 5, 2008 11:54 AM EST

By Mykola Bilokonsky

Well, there you go. In January, Bush is out and Obama is in. The executive branch is about to undergo as radical an ideological shift as it's capable of sustaining - if the hype is to be believed. Ok, I'll play that game.

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politics, obama, bush, president, potus, government, us-politics, barack-obama, consistency, signing-statements

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Last Viner Standing 2 is Over. The iPhone goes to...

Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:58 AM EDT

By Mykola Bilokonsky

...Andy Min, after Jackie conceded in the middle of week 7. These two viners each wrote an article a day, five days a week.

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entertainment, lvs2, lvs3, nvpop, iphone, earnings, contest, newsvine, writing

LVS2: Week 7

Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:38 PM EDT

By Mykola Bilokonsky

And both Andy and JLP Coos have made it through the 6 weeks required to earn the iPhone. Now, whoever is the Last Viner Standing will win the grand prize! Congrats to you both! Week 7 links in this thread please, folks!

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history, tagged-history-for-the-sheer-scope-of-it-all, lvs2, lvs2week7

LVS: Week 6 (For the iPhone!)

Mon Oct 6, 2008 11:06 AM EDT

By Mykola Bilokonsky

This is it, Andy and JLP Coos - if you can make it through this week, one of you gets an iphone. You've both done a tremendous job so far, and I wish you both the best of luck!

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lvs2, lvs2week6

Last Viner Standing: Week Five

Mon Sep 29, 2008 1:01 PM EDT

By Mykola Bilokonsky

And then there were two. Good luck, kids - gotta make it through 10 more articles to be eligible for the iPhone. Please, in the name of all that is holy: neither of you quit early! Post links below!

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lvs2, lvs2week05