[permabear]

Are you talking about actual cloud computing or Google Apps?

Amazon has a well-established cloud computing platform. In terms of security, it is guaranteed to be several notches above anything you can get from another vendor, or assemble at home. They have firewalls and jumphosts so even their own staff can’t access your data.

Understand that cloud computing gains you flexibility, but you lose in the reliability angle. Individual nodes in a cloud can and will go down without warning.

For most individuals, true cloud computing does not make sense. Clouded app offerings are a different beast, though.

[permabear]

Are you talking about actual cloud computing or Google Apps?

Amazon has a well-established cloud computing platform. In terms of security, it is guaranteed to be several notches above anything you can get from another vendor, or assemble at home. They have firewalls and jumphosts so even their own staff can’t access your data.

Understand that cloud computing gains you flexibility, but you lose in the reliability angle. Individual nodes in a cloud can and will go down without warning.

For most individuals, true cloud computing does not make sense. Clouded app offerings are a different beast, though.

[permabear]

Are you talking about actual cloud computing or Google Apps?

Amazon has a well-established cloud computing platform. In terms of security, it is guaranteed to be several notches above anything you can get from another vendor, or assemble at home. They have firewalls and jumphosts so even their own staff can’t access your data.

Understand that cloud computing gains you flexibility, but you lose in the reliability angle. Individual nodes in a cloud can and will go down without warning.

For most individuals, true cloud computing does not make sense. Clouded app offerings are a different beast, though.

[permabear]

Having been thru a number of different outdoor sets, I would highly recommend resin-based furniture. Had teak and it disintegrated. Metal is either too hot or too cold depending on weather.

Despite being in Del Mar, this place actually has very reasonable prices and nice stuff:

http://uniquepatiofurniture.com/

For under $2000 you can put together a whole outdoor living room like this:

http://www.uniquepatiofurniture.com/products/Versailles-II:–9-Piece-Deep%252dseat-Sectional-Set.html

[permabear]

Having been thru a number of different outdoor sets, I would highly recommend resin-based furniture. Had teak and it disintegrated. Metal is either too hot or too cold depending on weather.

Despite being in Del Mar, this place actually has very reasonable prices and nice stuff:

http://uniquepatiofurniture.com/

For under $2000 you can put together a whole outdoor living room like this:

http://www.uniquepatiofurniture.com/products/Versailles-II:–9-Piece-Deep%252dseat-Sectional-Set.html

[permabear]

Having been thru a number of different outdoor sets, I would highly recommend resin-based furniture. Had teak and it disintegrated. Metal is either too hot or too cold depending on weather.

Despite being in Del Mar, this place actually has very reasonable prices and nice stuff:

http://uniquepatiofurniture.com/

For under $2000 you can put together a whole outdoor living room like this:

http://www.uniquepatiofurniture.com/products/Versailles-II:–9-Piece-Deep%252dseat-Sectional-Set.html

[permabear]

Having been thru a number of different outdoor sets, I would highly recommend resin-based furniture. Had teak and it disintegrated. Metal is either too hot or too cold depending on weather.

Despite being in Del Mar, this place actually has very reasonable prices and nice stuff:

http://uniquepatiofurniture.com/

For under $2000 you can put together a whole outdoor living room like this:

http://www.uniquepatiofurniture.com/products/Versailles-II:–9-Piece-Deep%252dseat-Sectional-Set.html

[permabear]

Having been thru a number of different outdoor sets, I would highly recommend resin-based furniture. Had teak and it disintegrated. Metal is either too hot or too cold depending on weather.

Despite being in Del Mar, this place actually has very reasonable prices and nice stuff:

http://uniquepatiofurniture.com/

For under $2000 you can put together a whole outdoor living room like this:

http://www.uniquepatiofurniture.com/products/Versailles-II:–9-Piece-Deep%252dseat-Sectional-Set.html

[permabear]

I have not used this personally, but there are some receiver/amplifier thingies like this that you can attach to whatever speakers you want:

http://www.amphony.com/products/wireless-surround-sound.htm

[permabear]

I have not used this personally, but there are some receiver/amplifier thingies like this that you can attach to whatever speakers you want:

http://www.amphony.com/products/wireless-surround-sound.htm

[permabear]

I have not used this personally, but there are some receiver/amplifier thingies like this that you can attach to whatever speakers you want:

http://www.amphony.com/products/wireless-surround-sound.htm

[permabear]

I have not used this personally, but there are some receiver/amplifier thingies like this that you can attach to whatever speakers you want:

http://www.amphony.com/products/wireless-surround-sound.htm

[permabear]

I have not used this personally, but there are some receiver/amplifier thingies like this that you can attach to whatever speakers you want:

http://www.amphony.com/products/wireless-surround-sound.htm

[permabear]

I think whatever happens to the $2M+ crowd will determine the direction of the market.

Right now there’s a flood of $2-5M homes. RSF has 2 years of inventory in that price range. You can’t spit without hitting a $2M custom listing in Santaluz.

If those sellers start dropping their prices aggressively, others will be forced to follow suit. So it seems to me a “who can afford to wait the longest” game.

sdr has good points about original owners who don’t have to sell. But on the flip side, my uncle builds high-end spec homes for a living. Over the past 2 years he has narrowly avoided certain death on more than one occasion. Many spec builders still need financing and in a place like Santaluz, a builder might be carrying at $15-20k/month until they (a) find a buyer or (b) exhaust their cash and get foreclosed on.

[permabear]

I think whatever happens to the $2M+ crowd will determine the direction of the market.

Right now there’s a flood of $2-5M homes. RSF has 2 years of inventory in that price range. You can’t spit without hitting a $2M custom listing in Santaluz.

If those sellers start dropping their prices aggressively, others will be forced to follow suit. So it seems to me a “who can afford to wait the longest” game.

sdr has good points about original owners who don’t have to sell. But on the flip side, my uncle builds high-end spec homes for a living. Over the past 2 years he has narrowly avoided certain death on more than one occasion. Many spec builders still need financing and in a place like Santaluz, a builder might be carrying at $15-20k/month until they (a) find a buyer or (b) exhaust their cash and get foreclosed on.

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