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Windows Task Manager’s Creator Rebuilt It 30 Years Later | Shop Talk #92
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The Hidden Computer Network in Your Car | Shop Talk #90
August 18, 2026 · 48 minIn Shop Talk #89, Dave and Glen dig into viewer questions about CAN bus: the hidden computer network inside modern cars. This week starts with the scarier version of the question: can the network inside your car be hacked? Viewers asked…
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Are Flock Cameras Public Safety or Public Surveillance? | Shop Talk #88
August 2, 2026 · 38 minIn Shop Talk #88, Dave and Glen dig into the debate around Flock cameras, license plate readers, public surveillance, cell-phone tracking, and the difficult line between public safety and privacy. The core viewer question this week: if…
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Why Does a 3K Notepad Use 502MB of RAM? | Shop Talk #87
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About the show
Dave Plummer, a retired operating systems engineer for Microsoft going back to the DOS and Windows 95 days, and his co-host Glen talk about technology and answer questions from his YouTube channels: Dave’s Garage and Dave’s Attic. Just 2 high school friends from 40 years ago hangin’ out, talkin’ tech and usually sharing some kind of prairie anecdotes from their youth growing up in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Dave is now in Seattle, WA and Glen is in Vancouver, BC.