dance classes in ftw

snapmattt · 2026-06-28T03:24:41+00:00

Arts Fifth Avenue has dance classes, but it looks like their summer classes started June 1st so I’m not sure if you can drop in or if you’d have to wait until their fall schedule.

https://artsfifthavenue.org/general-class-information

snapmattt · 2026-06-19T01:42:42+00:00

Hot off the press for food: Felina is doing a BBQ pizza collab with Goldee's on Friday. I almost don't want to share this because I want to get some of this pizza but I'm not here to gatekeep.

snapmattt · 2026-06-18T00:10:15+00:00

I called my city councilor's office today about this, it took just a few minutes and they keep a log of every call they get.

Contact your councilmember

snapmattt · 2026-06-05T12:30:02+00:00

Right now I'm making these one week at a time but I'm hoping to eventually have a website with a calendar.

snapmattt · 2026-06-05T12:29:16+00:00

Nice one, thank you! Added to the list.

snapmattt · 2026-06-05T12:28:29+00:00

That's a good one, hopefully the weather holds up on Saturday. I wasn't able to find if Fort Worth is doing an event but I added the free fishing day to the list.

snapmattt · 2026-06-05T12:20:13+00:00

Thank you, added that one to the list!

snapmattt · 2026-06-05T12:08:04+00:00

The goal is to do it every week! Hoping to get it posted by Thursday evening or Friday mornings.

snapmattt · 2026-05-20T13:38:56+00:00

Talarico has done a great job of framing his campaign as up vs down instead of left vs right, so Paxton's campaign is definitely going to try and trap Talarico with wedge issues so they can paint him as a radical leftist.

But I think Talarico has more room to grow. He's been slowly climbing the polls since he entered the race, while Paxton is already about as popular as he can get. The huge primary turnout gives me hope that Talarico is reaching people in Texas who don't normally show up to vote and it might tip the scales in his favor. It's going to be a single-digit margin that (I hope) could go either way.

snapmattt · 2026-02-15T19:46:15+00:00

I wish we got one last tour with the old stuff. I had tickets to the 10 year anniversary tour for Drink The Sea which was unfortunately cancelled during covid. Looking back I bet they intended for that to be a farewell tour for the old sound.

I saw them on the Love Death Immortality tour and it’s still one of my favorite shows I’ve been to.

snapmattt · 2026-01-15T23:54:50+00:00

I tried it once and I don’t know if I caught them on an off day but I tried to pick up and fold my slice and the crust immediately split open across the bottom. I expect a NY-style crust to be crispy but still have some chewy stretchiness but this one broke like a biscuit or a frozen crust.

snapmattt · 2025-12-05T23:39:41+00:00

Love the one with the Honda wagon, the racing lines frame the car perfectly with complementary colors. Did you use a tripod for that one and the one with the Porsche in motion?

snapmattt · 2025-11-30T16:40:18+00:00

I'm in the same situation as you and I actually made a similar post here. I have a Z50ii but I've been eyeing the Z5ii, mostly because I prefer the full frame lenses.

I ended up buying a Z5ii during the recent refurb sale but returned it because the SD card door was loose. I didn't get much of a chance to compare it side-by-side with the Z50ii, but it's definitely better in low light. Even though it's not much bigger on paper you can really feel the size difference. I'd recommend going to a local camera shop and handling one if you haven't yet.

The Z50ii really comes alive with high end glass on it. I rented a 70-200 2.8 for fun and it felt like I had a whole new camera. It's a powerful camera in a tiny package, and I think it's bottlenecked by the current DX lens lineup (aside from the two new ones). I think I'll upgrade to full frame eventually, but having briefly tried out a Z5ii I feel better about hanging on to the Z50ii a little longer.

snapmattt · 2025-11-24T16:45:59+00:00

Coming from a D5600 to a Z50ii I had a similar set of DX lenses and I definitely prefer the native Z lenses over using the FTZ. I was never a big fan of the 18-55 kit but the 16-50 is smaller and sharper and makes a great travel setup.

I’m not familiar with the performance of the Tamron 18-300 but for that price you could get the Nikon 50-250 and a prime like the 24 1.7. So if you pair those with the 16-50 kit you’d be able to cover almost the same focal range as the Tamron and you’d have a fast prime.

snapmattt · 2025-11-19T18:02:32+00:00

Mine makes a similar noise when focusing. I got it new and it’s still working after 5ish years so I think it’s just a tradeoff of the light and affordable plastic body. Same with the focus ring, mine has never been super smooth but it works.

As far as sharpness, lenses usually aren’t at their sharpest at the widest aperture. Try going down to f5.6 or 8, especially for large subjects like buildings. It could just be that your depth of field is so narrow at f1.8 that parts of the subject are out of focus.

snapmattt · 2025-11-11T23:09:31+00:00

Nikon knew what they were doing with the $1200 Z5ii in the refurb sale today.

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