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The stroke of midnight brought the crash of drums and the traditional first nuclear explosion of a celebration that has marked the Atomic new year since the Atomic calendar's formal adoption on July 16, 2013 (1 Trinity 68).
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Tuesday, 16 July 2019 // 0 Comments
The annual tradition of the Spon Awards has continued this year with the ninth annual hosting of the ceremony that predates Sirocco itself.
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Sunday, 27 December 2015 // 0 Comments
A new decade has dawned in the Atomic calendar today, with Sirocco's biggest new year party yet welcoming the Seventies.
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Thursday, 16 July 2015 // 0 Comments
Controversy has erupted in the MicroWiki community following the judging of the Seventh Spon Awards, with many voicing their disagreement with the decisions made.
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Sunday, 22 December 2013 // 2 Comments
Sirocco's annual awards ceremony was held today with the nation's oldest tradition celebrating its seventh occurrence.
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Saturday, 21 December 2013 // 1 Comment
The National Centre of Computing has announced it will be undertaking a major expansion, increasing the size and scope of its exhibitions at a cost of over §230 (NZ$368).
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Tuesday, 22 October 2013 // 2 Comments
Under the terms of the Atomic Calendar Act 2013, from tomorrow the Atomic calendar will have official status within Sirocco.
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Monday, 15 July 2013 // 1 Comment
Rathlyn, HB, Jun 14 – The government has this afternoon donated a sum of money to an Internet radio station specialising in instrumental music. The popular Seeburg1000.com radio station, which specialises in instrumental music produced by the Seeburg Corporation in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and
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Friday, 14 June 2013 // 3 Comments
Alston, NCD, Dec 19 – A calendar honouring the Atomic Age has today been introduced in Sirocco for a trial run to see if it is feasible to run a dual-calendar system. The Atomic Calendar officially began on 16 July 1945, the date of the Trinity atomic test in Nevada, USA, with years being
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Wednesday, 19 December 2012 // 1 Comment
Alston, NCD, Aug 11 – A little over a year since the National Centre of Computing’s foundation, the museum has gained copies of two rare Windows operating systems – NT 4.0 and Neptune. The rare operating systems from the mid-late 1990s had been on the Centre’s radar for
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Saturday, 11 August 2012 // 0 Comments
