In 5th grade, around 1998, a friend and I spent a few lunchtimes in the library decoding the Ultima Online rune alphabet from known town names on the paper map. In retrospect we probably could have just looked it up online but I think we hadn't yet developed the search-everything mindset.
I hadn't thought of this in a long time before your comment reminded me.
>a friend and I spent a few lunchtimes in the library decoding the Ultima Online rune alphabet from known town names on the paper map. In retrospect we probably could have just looked it up online but I think we hadn't yet developed the search-everything mindset
It's very sad to realise that that feeling is never going to come back.
I hadn't thought of this in a long time before your comment reminded me.