Dead bush, smart watch, and tiny computer

^{Any guesses on this mystery photo?}

^{Hint1:  It is not the doggy’s recently removed testacies.   We replaced his post-surgery plastic head cone after a few days with a variety of diapers to keep him from chewing on his stiches:}

^{Hint 2:  It is also not the big white bear’s testicles.   Doggy verified this:}

^{The bear seemed to enjoy the doggies explorations a little too much:}

^{Hint 3:  It is not insect related  … I needed an excuse for an insect photo.  We have been enjoying a plethora of fall stink bugs:}

^{Hint 4: It IS related to this:}

^{If you are thinking the above is the impression a sea gull makes when if flies into pink play dough, your thinking is flawed.  Play dough does not have hair.}

^{Hint 5:  It is also related to this:}

^{Give up?   These are close ups of various body parts of this guy:}

^{The first photo was from his paw, which he uses in his auto-defense mode whenever doggy comes to play, even when he is sleeping:}

^{The other 2 close-ups are from his hear and nose.}

^{Three of the evergreen bushes didn’t like the patio I put in this summer.   So I deleted them.}

^{I’ve been having a lot of fun with a new toy, a Moto 360 smart watch.   I interfaced it to the house, so I can now easily talk to and monitor house actions:}

^{I also re-connected to the MisterHouse users group and created some how-to web pages and videos.  The video in the first one shows some examples on what I can do with the watch:}

• ^{http://misterhouse.blogspot.com/2014/10/voice-control-with-smart-watch.html}
• ^{http://misterhouse.blogspot.com/2014/10/solar-heated-hot-tub.html}
• ^{http://misterhouse.blogspot.com/2014/10/tracking-phone-location.html}

^{The other toy I got was a small, but powerful, computer:}

^{Intel calls it a NUC, for Next Unit of Computing.   This one has a Haswell I5 quad CPU, 8 gig of ram, 240 gig storage (SSD), and only uses 7 watts of power!   I put Linux on it and use it for MisterHouse, monitoring and controlling it remotely, so it needs no keyboard or display:}

^{The Annoyed Chinese Tea Master from last month took some computer classes and became a Peaceful Chinese Computer Master,  employed to monitor the new computer.  The monster spider that annoyed him last month dried up and did the Humpty Dumpty thing:}

^{I’ve been teaching Doggy how to hike on the nearby trails:} 

^{We have had some beautiful Fall hikes:}

^{This is the top of one of our local peaks.}  

^{When he gets near the top, he goes into sprint mode … gives me a good workout!}

^Bruce