The Name of the Site: TeXnoStuff
The hardest choice was the name for the site, dating back to 2013. I wanted a catchy name and I wanted it to represent the site, but I have never been very good at giving titles, labels, and names; this is probably quite clear even now.
Actually, the name I chose is not immediately readable because it contains an “x”, but what does an “x” have to do with it and what does teCSnoStuff mean?
A rather unwise choice for a domain name, making it complicated in both reading and pronunciation, but I couldn’t resist the charm of the Greek letter Chi and the word “TeCno.” Effectively, the “x” is actually a Chi and the pronunciation of my site’s name is TeCno, while stuff stands for “stuff”, nothing special, essentially Technical Stuff (even though there is a bit of everything).
It actually is the ideal name for my site, as it doesn’t offer a specific topic, but various ones, hence “stuff”. Technical, where technical means technology, thus related to computer science, automation, university course notes, tutorials, and practical guides, essentially everything I feel like sharing in my free time.
For several years I have also been passionate about photography and travel, so the “stuff” will range quite a bit and the topics covered will be multiple, but in the end, it is exactly what crosses my mind.
To conclude, I would like to emphasize that the idea of the letter “Chi” is not exactly mine but was inspired by LaTeX: this too is pronounced “LateC” since, as Wikipedia states, the pronunciation of the name is not “tex”, like the popular protagonist of some Italian comics, Tex Willer, but rather “tech” because the origin of the name TEX derives from the root of the Greek word τέχνη, art, technique, technology—the last letter present in the name is a capital Greek chi (Χ), whose script is confused with that of the Latin “x” (X).
With this last quote from the wise Wikipedia, I can rightly include photography as well, being an art, without worrying too much about going off-topic.
