Invasion of the Technical Gremlin

Writing can be hard at times and sometimes it can be downright impossible.  Especially when your house is visited by Technical Gremlins.  Yes, it's true, they do exist.  Here's what I had to say about them in my latest column:

Invasion of the Technical Gremlins

Do you think there is such a thing as a Technical Gremlin?  You know; a little creature that creeps about and wreaks havoc with all the gadgets and technical items in the house?  

What if the gremlins divide themselves up into specialty areas – Mobile network Gremlin or WiFi Gremlin or (and this is the worst one) Printer Gremlin.  The unsuspecting human prints off a document one evening and the next morning, the printer absolutely refuses to recognise the human or his computer.  It’s as if, overnight, the printer has been taken hostage and hypnotised. 

And there’s my favourite Gremlin Printer comment – “another computer is using this printer”.  That’s funny – I could have sworn everyone was out except me.  Is there someone else living in my house who is using the printer?

And don’t forget Sky Gremlin.  No – not the one who flies about in the sky but the one who randomly removes On Demand from the Sky menu.  That movie you thought you would watch suddenly disappears off the face of the earth in a little puff of Gremlin smoke.

I am quite worried now.  I recently purchased a high tech washing machine. It has flashing lights and a computer and could almost make me coffee.  What if a Washing Machine Gremlin takes up residence?   

And how do we solve the problems?  Is there a Gremlin Helpline we can call if we have an infestation?

I might have to move house.    May 2014

I am just trying to imagine what they might look like.