https://jeremytangren.com/posts/ Recent content in Posts on Jeremy Tangren's Musings Hugo en-us Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:29:56 -0700 https://jeremytangren.com/posts/getting-started/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:29:56 -0700 https://jeremytangren.com/posts/getting-started/ <!-- Write your post below this line. Everything above the closing +++ is metadata. --> <h2 id="i-got-lost-in-the-mountains"> I Got Lost In The Mountains <a class="heading-link" href="#i-got-lost-in-the-mountains"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <p>I was out riding my motorcycle in the Santa Cruz mountains recently and got lost. This wasn&rsquo;t really a problem, I was out for the journey and didn&rsquo;t really care where I was; though what I did want was some sense of direction. I opened Google Maps and tried directing it towards some interesting roads. It didn&rsquo;t like that, Google Maps is built to get you where you&rsquo;re going efficiently and quickly, not interestingly. After several minutes of fussing while on the side of the road, I dropped a pin forcing the general direction I wanted to go, thinking it would also take me in the general direction of home. This was a great idea in theory, but as I would quickly learn in practice, it was actually terrible for me.</p>