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1990 Nintendo Game Boy: Throwback Gallery Pick

Step into the dawn of portable gaming with the legendary 1990 Game Boy, showcasing an incredible lineup of early titles like Double Dragon and Spider-Man! 🎮 This vibrant ad captures the cutting-edge digital aesthetic of the era, promising endless fun on the go. ✨

#nintendo #gameboy #1990 #90s #retrogaming #portablegaming #handheldconsole #doubledragon #spiderman #finalfantasylegend #paperboy #wheeloffortune #classicgames #vintageads #gaminghistory

Ethical Newsletter Options

[Read on Ethical Revolution]

Earlier this year I managed to finally move my email subscribers away from Mailchimp to a self-hosted solution.

Having moved a lot of things away from big tech in recent years I’ve had moving the newsletters nagging on me for some while.

I have two email lists. One is my generic list (to which I very rarely send anything out) and the other is the 26 step challenge where subscribers can sign up to receive one of my steps to a better world every fortnight for a year.

With the way this is set up I knew I’d need to find the right solution. I couldn’t just try one thing and then switch to another one if it wasn’t satisfactory, so a fair bit of research was required.

I found a number of open source alternatives to Mailchimp which looked like they could do the job for me (plus another which was suggested by one of my subscribers – Thanks Carlos!) and in the end I opted for phplist. For anybody else looking to do similar here is the shortlist I worked from:

– phplist
Self Hosted (free) / Paid (free if you are an open source project yourself)
An open source, UK registered, self-funded and owner-managed company, with 20 years of history and a large community of contributors.

– Ecosend
Paid
They call themselves the planet’s favourite email marketing platform and offer migration from Mailchimp in seconds.

– Keila
Self Hosted (free) / Paid
Followable in The Fediverse: @keila offer easy, reliable email newsletters powered by open source, made in Germany and hosted in the EU.

– Listmonk
Self Hosted (free)
High performance one-way mailing list and newsletter manager.

– Mailtrain
Self Hosted (free)
Newsletter App Built on Top of Nodemailer.

– Mautic
Self Hosted (free) / Paid
Followable in The Fediverse: @mautic say they are the world’s largest open source marketing automation product.

– Paperboy
Self Hosted (free)
Fast, modern email campaign delivery via standard email protocol. Use any SMTP server or service.

– Sendportal
Self Hosted (free)
Open source email marketing.

[Via Ethical Revolution]

#Ecosend #EmailMarketing #Keila #Listmonk #Mailchimp #Mailtrain #Mautic #Newsletter #Paperboy #phplist #Sendportal

"a twist on the #introduction: introduce yourself using #VideoGames to get to know you."

#FinalFantasyVII
#ThemePark
#CannonFodder
#TheSims
#Dogz #Catz
#WormsArmageddon
#RollerCoasterTycoon3
#CitiesSkylines
#CitiesSkylines2
#SilentHill
#ResidentEvil
#SuperMario
#Paperboy
#DuckHunt

Yup, you probably have an idea of my general era now lol

https://plush.city/@sunflower/111095674547437118

I just finished watching the #GDC post-mortem talk by John Salwitz for #Paperboy, which was pretty interesting, but what had me laughing was the video he showed of #RandomEncounters' "Paperboy - The Musical": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aoYBZJ1ZbA

Anyway, if you also enjoy talks / presentations by classic #videoGame developers, then I highly recommend the #GameDevelopersConference #ClassicGamePostMortem series, including the aforementioned one for the Paperboy #arcade game: https://youtu.be/MREsJsRZqu0

#FiXatoRecommends #JohnSalwitz #Atari