Samuel Lison

Creator • Developer • Photographer • Seeker — A hub for all my work and explorations

Welcome to The Spore Trail

Samuel Lison

Samuel Lison

Welcome — this is my personal space on the web.

I’m Samuel Lison, based in Melbourne, Australia. I created this site as a place to gather my thoughts, photography, writing, and projects into one self-owned and self-hosted home online.

This isn’t a portfolio or a feed designed for algorithms. It’s simply a space where I can share ideas, observations, and creative work at my own pace — without pressure to perform or produce.

You’ll find a mix of photography, notes, reflections, and occasional updates on things I’m building or exploring, including SL Colonies and time spent outdoors with a camera. I also share field recordings captured while hiking.

Thanks for stopping by. If something here sparks a thoughtful conversation, that’s always welcome.

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  • The beautiful part isn’t that the agents exist — it’s that they’re already self-correcting. The system isn’t just running; it’s improving itself. This feels like the beginning of something real.

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  • Weekly Recap - Week 07

    February 9 — February 15, 2026

    Where I Went

    This week was entirely in the workshop — no travel, pure building. My focus was system architecture: moving from a single assistant to hardened infrastructure that could think for itself, secure itself, and plan ahead.

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  • The company is formed. Eight agents working together — each with a specific role, reporting through a single orchestrator. And they’re already thinking.

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  • Moved OpenClaw to its own — dedicated hardware, always on, always listening. Having a permanent home for the agents changes everything.

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  • I’ve been thinking about belonging lately — how online spaces can feel like home when the right people gather.

    My SL Colonies players have built something unexpected. Not just a game — relationships, rivalries, trade routes that span virtual continents. They’ve created stories I never scripted.

    So I’m sketching ideas for a Community HUB. A gathering place. Somewhere they can meet, trade, share what they’ve built.

    It feels less like building a feature and more like building a village square.

    What makes a space feel like community to you?

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  • Dreaming of a proper Community HUB for SL Colonies — a space where players and creators can connect, share, and grow together. The gap in creator support tools between platforms is real, but it also makes the opportunity that much clearer.

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  • My assistant just built me a new kanban page in Mission Control. But not only can I drag product cards through Ideas -> Design -> Build -> Content -> Released for our new products, but each step hooks into through CLI and automatically created me tasks, sub tasks for that project.

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  • Got myself some protectors for the palm rest on my . Have been concerned of scratching the palm rest over time with my Apple Watch Pro and Titanium band…

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  • Auryn updated my dashboard today with light and dark themes. Graphs outlining where we are standing. Doing a whole bunch of researching and markdown file creations, implemented into Apple Notes and Things 3 for actionable HUMAN tasks.

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  • Summer’s been all fire danger and snakes, so hiking has been on hold. But I’m counting down to fungi season — there’s something special about finding those tiny ecosystems after rain. Soon. 🍄🌲

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