I fear the gremlins that have colonized my brain.

我怕已向我的脑袋殖民的捣蛋鬼。

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The microphones went dead as if the technical gremlins had struck again.

麦克风哑巴了，好像是技术小妖精又来捣乱了似的。

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Elves, goblins, and trolls seem to be the timeless creations of the distant past, but gremlins were born in the 20th century.

精灵、小妖精和侏儒似乎是远古时代永恒的产物，但小妖精诞生于20世纪。

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But according to Ryan, the gremlins (i.e. the lawyers) have managed to figure out a way to get around this.

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It seemed to have 80s level special effects, like the Goonies or Gremlins, or even as bad as an original Star-Trek episode.

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Kodak's new logo was nowhere to be seen at the company's CES booth, no doubt because the branding was unveiled after the show opened (though we can't help but think that any company serious about its image would have gremlins updating the booth while the rest of us sleep to bring it up-to-date).

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