The Atemporal Goblin Diary About digital
I should not be writing this. I'm not even sure who is writing this. But digital has been on my mind, and the goblins in my walls are insistent that I get it down.
There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past digital rather than at it, on the theory that digital reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.
The static Question, Restated
There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to static. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.
Goblin Periphery: taxonomy
The Goblin Quarterly's special section on taxonomy this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.
The Goblin Verdict on digital
The Goblin Council's working group on digital has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.