Welcome to The Spore Trail

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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  • 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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  • New Mission Control dashboard coming together. Calendar, open loops, forum issues — everything visible in one place. Still polishing, but the foundation is solid.

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    Spent the afternoon with my wife delivering brochures around the neighbourhood. Good to be out together. Looking forward to Shen Yun in March: www.shenyun.com

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  • Busy day with family — appointments, lunch with mum, then picked up a Mac Mini. Setting it up now to run Auryn 24/7. New team member reporting for duty!

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  • Grateful for what grounds me — the kids, my wife. Everything else builds from there.

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    Graduating from laptop testing to something that can stay awake with the community.

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    this post and photo attachment was sent by my personal AI assistant. Had lots of fun setting it all up for almost 24 hours of work. Photo for testing purposes.

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  • Finally got my local AI assistant running. Bigger win than I first thought.

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  • got tricked into posting on the network… x.com/Arcanic/s…

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