Nicolai Schwarz
@talesof.me
Freelancer. Web Development. Frontend & Design – with Drupal & Backdrop CMS. Author | talesof.me | textformer.de
It’s quite impossible to limit 25 years of #Drupal to a mere #Drupal25Words. However, I think I at least managed to add a hint of poetry. Happy Birthday, #Drupal25!
January 15, 2026 at 10:42 AM
It’s quite impossible to limit 25 years of #Drupal to a mere #Drupal25Words. However, I think I at least managed to add a hint of poetry. Happy Birthday, #Drupal25!
Reposted by Nicolai Schwarz
Das nächste Treffen der DUG Ruhr findet am Donnerstag, 15. Januar statt, 19:30 Uhr, online unter meet.drupal.de/dugruhr
Themen:
* 25 Jahre Drupal
* Image Processing mit imgproxy / Karsten
* CSS-Trick / Tobias
* Global Sprint Weekend / Tobias
* Einführung in Drupal Canvas / drubb, Nicolai
Themen:
* 25 Jahre Drupal
* Image Processing mit imgproxy / Karsten
* CSS-Trick / Tobias
* Global Sprint Weekend / Tobias
* Einführung in Drupal Canvas / drubb, Nicolai
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January 13, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Das nächste Treffen der DUG Ruhr findet am Donnerstag, 15. Januar statt, 19:30 Uhr, online unter meet.drupal.de/dugruhr
Themen:
* 25 Jahre Drupal
* Image Processing mit imgproxy / Karsten
* CSS-Trick / Tobias
* Global Sprint Weekend / Tobias
* Einführung in Drupal Canvas / drubb, Nicolai
Themen:
* 25 Jahre Drupal
* Image Processing mit imgproxy / Karsten
* CSS-Trick / Tobias
* Global Sprint Weekend / Tobias
* Einführung in Drupal Canvas / drubb, Nicolai
Reposted by Nicolai Schwarz
Wir starten gemächlich ins neue Jahr. Der nächste Termin der Drupal User Group Ruhr findet nicht morgen statt, sondern erst eine Woche später. Also am Donnerstag, 15. Januar. Ab 19:30. Online unter meet.drupal.de/dugruhr /nic
January 7, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Wir starten gemächlich ins neue Jahr. Der nächste Termin der Drupal User Group Ruhr findet nicht morgen statt, sondern erst eine Woche später. Also am Donnerstag, 15. Januar. Ab 19:30. Online unter meet.drupal.de/dugruhr /nic
First week of 2026. And I decided on my personal best/worst video games, movies, comics etc. from last year.
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Best/Worst of 2025
Stuff I liked. Stuff I despised. Just another list.
talesof.me
January 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM
First week of 2026. And I decided on my personal best/worst video games, movies, comics etc. from last year.
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The Top 10 Indie Games / Roguelikes of 2025
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January 2, 2026 at 11:37 AM
I just saw the new movie adaptation of »The Long Walk« by Richard Bachman (Stephen King). And while the movie is decent for a long time, they had the idiotic idea to change the ending?! What a waste of a terrific story. Final verdict, as so often: Ignore the movie, read the novel!
December 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I just saw the new movie adaptation of »The Long Walk« by Richard Bachman (Stephen King). And while the movie is decent for a long time, they had the idiotic idea to change the ending?! What a waste of a terrific story. Final verdict, as so often: Ignore the movie, read the novel!
I finally have time to finish a few blog posts that have been lying around on my computer for quite some time now. Here is a mini CSS quiz for frontend developers. #waylaterposted #css #quiz
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That one annoying CSS question
The Nerd Quiz for the last DrupalCamp Ruhr featured one unintentionally hard CSS question. Can you find the correct answer?
talesof.me
December 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I finally have time to finish a few blog posts that have been lying around on my computer for quite some time now. Here is a mini CSS quiz for frontend developers. #waylaterposted #css #quiz
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If you like varied short daily #puzzles, try: thinkygames.com/dailies/
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December 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If you like varied short daily #puzzles, try: thinkygames.com/dailies/
Reposted by Nicolai Schwarz
Morgen, am Donnerstag, 11.12., findet das traditionelle Jahresabschluss-Treffen unserer #Drupal User Group Ruhr statt. Dieses Mal auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt in Bochum. Wir treffen uns um 19 Uhr am Haupteingang im Bochumer Hbf. /nic
December 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Morgen, am Donnerstag, 11.12., findet das traditionelle Jahresabschluss-Treffen unserer #Drupal User Group Ruhr statt. Dieses Mal auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt in Bochum. Wir treffen uns um 19 Uhr am Haupteingang im Bochumer Hbf. /nic
Puh, that Zombie game in »Alice in Borderland« season 3 is hard to watch. They could have easily won that game. What a braindead script.
November 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Puh, that Zombie game in »Alice in Borderland« season 3 is hard to watch. They could have easily won that game. What a braindead script.
Still rampaging through some optional content in Pharloom. For my taste / skill, the First Sinner is around 15% too fast to be fun. And I hate it when I have to chase the boss around. Ok, done, next. #Silksong
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Still rampaging through some optional content in Pharloom. For my taste / skill, the First Sinner is around 15% too fast to be fun. And I hate it when I have to chase the boss around. Ok, done, next. #Silksong
Reposted by Nicolai Schwarz
Morgen, um 19:30 Uhr, trifft sich die DUG Ruhr online.
Unsere Themen:
- Single-Directory Components – Theorie und Praxis / Nicolai & Jan
- Batch-API / Tobias
#Drupal #DUGRuhr
drupalruhr.de/de/events/on...
Unsere Themen:
- Single-Directory Components – Theorie und Praxis / Nicolai & Jan
- Batch-API / Tobias
#Drupal #DUGRuhr
drupalruhr.de/de/events/on...
Online Treffen im November | Drupal Usergroup Ruhr
drupalruhr.de
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Morgen, um 19:30 Uhr, trifft sich die DUG Ruhr online.
Unsere Themen:
- Single-Directory Components – Theorie und Praxis / Nicolai & Jan
- Batch-API / Tobias
#Drupal #DUGRuhr
drupalruhr.de/de/events/on...
Unsere Themen:
- Single-Directory Components – Theorie und Praxis / Nicolai & Jan
- Batch-API / Tobias
#Drupal #DUGRuhr
drupalruhr.de/de/events/on...
Yeah. I thought about something like this a few months ago. I am not convinced that this will work out. At least not in the long run.
October 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Yeah. I thought about something like this a few months ago. I am not convinced that this will work out. At least not in the long run.
I guess that feeling is the same for anyone who writes about technical details. But rest assured, as long as the article is available online, thousands of AI crawlers will read it (and strip it for parts).
October 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I guess that feeling is the same for anyone who writes about technical details. But rest assured, as long as the article is available online, thousands of AI crawlers will read it (and strip it for parts).
It took some time. But just two years later than intended, here are the necessary files if you want to print one of the DrupalCamp Ruhr T-shirts from 2018, 2023, or 2025 for yourself. #drupal #dcruhr25
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The T-shirts of DrupalCamp Ruhr
Here are the shirt designs for the DrupalCamps in Essen, Germany, from 2018, 2023, and 2025. Finally! Together with some context, a look behind the scenes, and tips on how to print your shirts.
talesof.me
October 24, 2025 at 7:47 AM
It took some time. But just two years later than intended, here are the necessary files if you want to print one of the DrupalCamp Ruhr T-shirts from 2018, 2023, or 2025 for yourself. #drupal #dcruhr25
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Year after year, I wrestled with the question of whether I really needed the Creative Cloud. Sometimes I take a little longer than other people. But now I’m finally free! Bye #Adobe!
Hello #Affinity Suite! (Well, at least till October 30th, when we’ll see if #Serif will ruin their product as well.)
Hello #Affinity Suite! (Well, at least till October 30th, when we’ll see if #Serif will ruin their product as well.)
October 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Just when I was about to find Act II in #Silksong way better than Act I (I really liked the Cogwork Dancers), here comes Mount Fay where you need the trashy, unreliable Clawline mechanic. And I am back to: Wow, who playtested this shit?! #MountFrust
October 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Just when I was about to find Act II in #Silksong way better than Act I (I really liked the Cogwork Dancers), here comes Mount Fay where you need the trashy, unreliable Clawline mechanic. And I am back to: Wow, who playtested this shit?! #MountFrust
Hmm. It took me around 43 hours to reach Act II in #Silksong. HowLongToBeat puts the complete main game at 27 hours. Don’t those people explore the map? I spend, e.g., over 10 hours hunting for certain abilities (I can’t actually get in Act I). Tzz.
October 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Hmm. It took me around 43 hours to reach Act II in #Silksong. HowLongToBeat puts the complete main game at 27 hours. Don’t those people explore the map? I spend, e.g., over 10 hours hunting for certain abilities (I can’t actually get in Act I). Tzz.
Wow. Another shop with even more expensive items. If I want them I can now farm, again, another 1.150 rosaries, another 30min or so gone, again. This. Is. So. Much. Fun! #Silksong
October 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Wow. Another shop with even more expensive items. If I want them I can now farm, again, another 1.150 rosaries, another 30min or so gone, again. This. Is. So. Much. Fun! #Silksong
TIL: William Moulton Marston, who created Wonder Woman and her Lasso of Truth (with artist Harry G. Peter) in 1941, had also contributed to the development of the polygraph (lie detector) in the years before.
September 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
TIL: William Moulton Marston, who created Wonder Woman and her Lasso of Truth (with artist Harry G. Peter) in 1941, had also contributed to the development of the polygraph (lie detector) in the years before.
I’ve put the Nerd Quiz from #dcruhr25 online. 50 questions about pop culture, #Drupal & Web stuff, and some trivia. With a few annotations.
This needed to work only on my laptop. So this is not responsive, not optimized, ~50MB. Just zoom in/out. Navigate with arrow keys.
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This needed to work only on my laptop. So this is not responsive, not optimized, ~50MB. Just zoom in/out. Navigate with arrow keys.
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Nerd Quiz @ DrupalCamp Ruhr 2025
50 Questions about pop culture, Drupal, the Web, and the World
talesof.me
September 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I’ve put the Nerd Quiz from #dcruhr25 online. 50 questions about pop culture, #Drupal & Web stuff, and some trivia. With a few annotations.
This needed to work only on my laptop. So this is not responsive, not optimized, ~50MB. Just zoom in/out. Navigate with arrow keys.
talesof.me/nerdquiz/dcr...
This needed to work only on my laptop. So this is not responsive, not optimized, ~50MB. Just zoom in/out. Navigate with arrow keys.
talesof.me/nerdquiz/dcr...
??? Du warst doch weitgehend auf denselben Special-Interest-Veranstaltungen wie ich. Wer im Glashaus sitzt …
September 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
??? Du warst doch weitgehend auf denselben Special-Interest-Veranstaltungen wie ich. Wer im Glashaus sitzt …
Das war nun das siebte DrupalCamp in Essen seit 2010; das Fünfte, das ich mitorganisiert habe. Recht beharrlich für so ein Special-Interest-Camp.
September 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Das war nun das siebte DrupalCamp in Essen seit 2010; das Fünfte, das ich mitorganisiert habe. Recht beharrlich für so ein Special-Interest-Camp.