I was on the radio again

I was a return guest on TechTalk last Saturday (WRLR 98.3 FM, Chicago), this time resorting to blatant self-promotion--of myself, my new job, and the local science fiction convention I'm helping run this weekend. I also found the time to proffer some tech-and-taxes trivia, which will be revisited in a couple of weeks (the show is on hiatus for a bit, and I'll be at the con this weekend). Folks who have read my past columns on TechRepublic will already know the answers.

You can listen to the show via your browser here (click the April 12 entry), or download it to iTunes. For the iTuners who just can't wait to hear my nerdlinger voice, you can fast-forward to about 10:15 and catch my segment, which runs until about 25:45. The rest of the show is almost certainly much better.

I was on the radio...here's proof

Back on April 5, I was on the TechTalk radio show out of WRLR 98.3 FM in Chicago as a guest Trivia Geek. I acquitted myself geekishly, I suppose. Judge for yourself by listening to the show. If you check it in the browser, you'll need some patience, as I don't show up until about halfway into the 1-hour show. If you're of an iTunes bent, click that link and fast forward to about the 26:15 mark and jump in on my...er...appearance. I meander around verbally for about 15 minutes, and finally sign off with a recycled trivia question. They might have me on again next week, so you'll get the answer then.

Don't be confused, Mike Kastler refers to me as "Jay Gorman," briefly, before correcting himself. I'm not THAT famous yet.

I'm not looking for kudos, as I can't stand reading myself, let alone hearing myself. The old inferiority complex/perfectionist streak just won't let go. Enjoy.

So I'm going to be on the radio

Turns out one of my Geek Trivia readers is Michael Kastler, host of the TechTalk radio show on WRLR 98.3 FM in Chicago (Round Lake Heights, technically). Upon hearing of my recent unemployment, he offered to let me become a semi-regular guest on his program. The trial balloon of this little audio collaboration goes up on Saturday, April 5, around 10:30 Central time. They do the full live video streaming of the show (so you can watch me not be in the studio), as well as archives of the streams, so you don't have to be listening live and/or in Chicago to hear it.

I've actually wanted to do something like this for quite a while. It's somewhat ironic that it wasn't until Geek Trivia was canceled that it happened. I guess Zorg was right.