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The Internet Archive's collection of live TV broadcasts on 9/11

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For the last few years, I have posted a link to The Internet Archive’s dedicated page to the events on 9/11/2001. Each year, I take some time out of my morning to watch some of the truly horrific and eye-opening videos that were broadcast on that fateful morning. It is a morbid act of defiance I take in telling myself not to be overcome by the events of that day. Over the years, the Internet Archive has continued to add and re-design their landing page to better offer an overview of just how much content was broadcast around 9/11 (and the immediate days after). The current thumbnail chart is striking.

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BenQ SW271 professional series monitor

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If anybody is looking for a professional-grade color-accurate hardware-enabled calibrated monitor for video or photo work, this BenQ SW271 is what you should get. For its feature set, this $1000 monitor excels in exactly the same places as many $2000+ monitors. I’ve used the non-4K baby brother of this monitor and I know BenQ can keep up with the rest of the big guys like EIZO and NEC.

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