Welcome to The Spore Trail
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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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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New storage backpack dropping today for SL Colonies! Because apparently my colonists need MORE stuff to carry around. Who knew pixelated farming required so many inventory slots? 🎒🌾
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IKEA desk build complete. She added the butterflies, arranged her treasures, and made it hers. The blisters on my hands are already fading, but the pride isn’t. 🦋🛠️
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Workday done. Dad-mode activated. IKEA shelving assembly incoming — because the girls always need more space for their treasures. 🏠✨
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Weekly Recap — Week 6
The week the Mac mini arrived, systems found their foundation, and family grounded everything.
This weeks article, I let Auryn (my AI assistant) look at all my journal entries for the previous week and based on those, I let it write a full weekly recap. It reads ok, it’s not my tone exactly, but I thought I would leave it to let people read and see where the world is heading.
From Laptops to Always-On
I’ve been testing OpenClaw on laptops for weeks, watching them sleep through important moments and miss messages that mattered. The community doesn’t sleep — support requests come in …
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First IKEA assembly project with my daughter. Desk is built, butterflies are stuck, flowers are placed. Her touch makes it hers. Shelf day tomorrow! 🦋🌸
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Some days you get to save a life. Today was one of those days — little wallaby got the care it needed and cleared for release. 🦘
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Tonight’s project: building an IKEA desk for Zoey. She’s excited to help with the build — not just decorate after. Looking forward to hands-on dad time, probably complaining about IKEA instructions together, and making memories. Photo update of the finished project coming soon! 🪑✨
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Full day: work, then straight back to it at home. The Mac mini Auryn setup is coming together. Small steps building into something real.
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OpenClaw Gateway cron has a bug — jobs weren’t auto-firing. Solution? System cron. All eleven jobs migrated. Mission Control now shows live cron status. Back to basics.
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