For many years, I've been meaning to write about various things in some sort of online journal. I'd like to tie together various parts of my life, such as my technical work in Debian, LTSP and other Free Software, Software Libre, and Open Source Software projects, but also my passion for Aikido, and other ideas that inspire me, such as pleaching.

As with many new things, I struggled to name this journal. I even struggled with calling it a journal as opposed to a Blog, though blog always sounded a bit... brief and kind of blunt for my liking. So journal it is. But I still didn't even really have a name for it.

Recently introduced to the concept of pleaching, essentially weaving living, growing branches togther, I was drawn to the concept, but admittedly, the sound of "pleach" or "pleaching" also carried some hint of harshness in it. Looking into synonyms, weaving, plait, braid... braid, yes, I typically wear my hair in a pair of braids... It has enough meaning to get by on... But that's too plain... so I borrowed from Spanish to come up with "trenza".

So, thankfully to all involved, most of these posts will probably not be about picking names for things. I have a bit of backlog about some technical projects I've worked on that I'd like to write about, so I'll start with a few of those...