Matte Elsbernd web publisher. writer. photographer. 31 years experience.
The web has always attracted me as a way to express my ideas. My ideas come in many shapes and sizes. Whether it's visual, verbal or programmatical, I've found some way to explore them, whether it turned into an actual website, stopped as a small demo, or remains simply an (not so) used idea that is waiting for someone else to take up and run with.
The sites/projects below are pretty much 100% my work from idea to writing, design, development, etc. I think it's a pretty impressive list, but it's still just a sliver of the ones I've wanted to build.
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What Was New in 2025
HexHues (December 13, 2025)
AI Coloring
I asked Google Gemini to name some HexHues - https://hexhu.es/colorsby/gemini/
HexHues (December 13, 2025)
Updates!
Sadly, I don't get too many name submissions over the last few years, but I did get some. But since I never check, I never reviewed and approved them. But I just did.

And I noticed this coming year - 2026 - will make HexHues 30 years old! Will have to figure out something colorful and festive to do.
(Not So) Used Ideas (December 13, 2025)
Resurrected
The (Not So) Used Ideas website is built on Wordpress. It stopped loading a long while back but didn't have time to diagnose. All attempts to fix and update it weren't working. I had thought that perhaps that it was so many generations old that updating wasn't going to work, so I re-installed Wordpress and I've since ported all the old entries over to this new instance. In the process, I have added images created by AI to further illustrate the ideas, so a win!

While doing all of this, I think I realized that the template I had paid to use had not been updated and would force Wordpress (old and new versions) to crash. That was the problem. Alas, I liked that old design, but not at the cost of it not working.
Books I've Read (December 7, 2025)
Unredacted: Russia, Trump, and the Fight for Democracy by Christopher Steele, (Read from Nov 26, 2025 to Dec 07, 2025)
Books I've Read (December 2, 2025)
Zodiac by Neal Stephenson (Read from Nov 22, 2025 to Dec 02, 2025)
Books I've Read (December 1, 2025)
Backtrack: (Deluxe Edition) by Brian Joines, with Jake Elphick, (Read from Nov 22, 2025 to Dec 01, 2025)
Books I've Read (November 28, 2025)
First by Randy Brown, (Read from Nov 20, 2025 to Nov 28, 2025)
Books I've Read (November 24, 2025)
Drafted by Rick Parker, (Read from Nov 22, 2025 to Nov 24, 2025)
Books I've Read (November 20, 2025)
Making History by Stephen Fry, (Read from Nov 04, 2025 to Nov 20, 2025)
Books I've Read (November 10, 2025)
Nuclear Winter: Vol. 3 by Caroline Breault (Read from Nov 10, 2025 to Nov 10, 2025)
Books I've Read (November 10, 2025)
Nuclear Winter: Vol. 2 by Caroline Breault (Read from Nov 10, 2025 to Nov 10, 2025)
Books I've Read (November 9, 2025)
Nuclear Winter: Vol. 1 by Caroline Breault, (Read from Nov 09, 2025 to Nov 09, 2025)
Books I've Read (November 4, 2025)
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham, (Read from Nov 01, 2025 to Nov 04, 2025)
Books I've Read (October 31, 2025)
Who Gets What - and Why by Alvin E. Roth, (Read from Oct 21, 2025 to Oct 31, 2025)
Books I've Read (October 25, 2025)
Fluke: Chance, Chaos and Why Everything We Do Matters by Brian Klaas, (Read from Oct 10, 2025 to Oct 25, 2025)
Books I've Read (October 23, 2025)
The Economic Consequences of Mr. Trump: What the Trade War Means for the World by Philip Coggan, (Read from Oct 22, 2025 to Oct 23, 2025)
Books I've Read (October 19, 2025)
Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World by Otto English, (Read from Jun 30, 2025 to Oct 19, 2025)
Books I've Read (October 18, 2025)
Fallen Star: (Eve Ronin Book 6) by Lee Goldberg (Read from Oct 15, 2025 to Oct 18, 2025)
Books I've Read (October 16, 2025)
The Wall by Marlen Haushofer, (Read from Jul 01, 2025 to Oct 16, 2025)
Books I've Read (October 5, 2025)
Clown Town: (Slough House Book 9) by Mick Herron (Read from Oct 01, 2025 to Oct 05, 2025)
Books I've Read (September 25, 2025)
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder (Read from Aug 30, 2025 to Sep 25, 2025)
Books I've Read (September 21, 2025)
The Hallmarked Man: (Cormoran Strike Book 8) by Robert Galbraith (Read from Sep 12, 2025 to Sep 21, 2025)
Books I've Read (September 5, 2025)
The Third Rule of Time Travel by Philip Fracassi, (Read from Sep 03, 2025 to Sep 05, 2025)
Books I've Read (September 2, 2025)
This Inevitable Ruin: (Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 7) by Matt Dinniman (Read from Aug 21, 2025 to Sep 02, 2025)
Books I've Read (August 21, 2025)
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride: (Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 6) by Matt Dinniman (Read from Aug 10, 2025 to Aug 21, 2025)
Books I've Read (August 10, 2025)
The Butcher's Masquerade: (Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 5) by Matt Dinniman (Read from Aug 01, 2025 to Aug 10, 2025)
Books I've Read (August 1, 2025)
The Gate of the Feral Gods: (Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 4) by Matt Dinniman (Read from Jul 28, 2025 to Aug 01, 2025)
Books I've Read (July 28, 2025)
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook: (Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 3) by Matt Dinniman (Read from Jul 20, 2025 to Jul 28, 2025)
Books I've Read (July 20, 2025)
Carl's Doomsday Scenario: (Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 2) by Matt Dinniman (Read from Jul 17, 2025 to Jul 20, 2025)
Books I've Read (July 17, 2025)
Dungeon Crawler Carl: (Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 1) by Matt Dinniman, (Read from Jul 15, 2025 to Jul 17, 2025)
Books I've Read (July 14, 2025)
Hidden in Smoke: (Sharpe & Walker Book 3) by Lee Goldberg (Read from Jul 07, 2025 to Jul 14, 2025)
Books I've Read (July 1, 2025)
Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys by Lol Tolhurst, (Read from Jun 04, 2025 to Jul 01, 2025)
Books I've Read (June 17, 2025)
A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps by Jonn Elledge, (Read from May 03, 2025 to Jun 17, 2025)
Books I've Read (June 13, 2025)
The Eternaut by Hector German Oesterheld, with Francisco Solano Lopez, (Read from Jun 09, 2025 to Jun 13, 2025)
Books I've Read (June 12, 2025)
Breakfast on Mars and 37 Other Delectable Essays: Your Favorite Authors Take a Stab at the Dreaded Essay Assignment by Brad Wolfe, Ed. with Rebecca Stern, Ed. (Read from Apr 03, 2025 to Jun 12, 2025)
Books I've Read (June 10, 2025)
The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy by Nick Romeo, (Read from Jun 01, 2025 to Jun 10, 2025)
Books I've Read (May 24, 2025)
The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove, (Read from May 01, 2025 to May 24, 2025)
Books I've Read (May 5, 2025)
Antimatter Blues: (Mickey7 Book 2) by Edward Ashton (Read from May 01, 2025 to May 05, 2025)
Books I've Read (April 28, 2025)
We Stand On Guard by Brian K. Vaughan with Steve Skroce, (Read from Apr 27, 2025 to Apr 28, 2025)
Books I've Read (April 21, 2025)
Mickey7: (Mickey7 Book 1) by Edward Ashton, (Read from Apr 15, 2025 to Apr 21, 2025)
Books I've Read (April 14, 2025)
The Voided Man: (The Voided Man Book 1) by Anthony Dean, (Read from Apr 13, 2025 to Apr 14, 2025)
Books I've Read (April 13, 2025)
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, (Read from Apr 13, 2025 to Apr 13, 2025)
Books I've Read (April 12, 2025)
The Girl Who Flew Away by Lee Dean, (Read from Apr 12, 2025 to Apr 12, 2025)
Books I've Read (April 10, 2025)
Eden by Christopher Sebula, with Alain Bismut, (Read from Apr 10, 2025 to Apr 10, 2025)
Books I've Read (April 9, 2025)
Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan, (Read from Apr 01, 2025 to Apr 09, 2025)
Books I've Read (April 5, 2025)
Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager by Michael Lopp (Read from Feb 03, 2024 to Apr 05, 2025)
Books I've Read (April 3, 2025)
Making Sense of People: Decoding the Mysteries of Personality by Samuel Barondes, (Read from Oct 04, 2024 to Apr 03, 2025)
Books I've Read (April 2, 2025)
Alice in Borderland: Vol. 9 by Haro Aso (Read from Apr 02, 2025 to Apr 02, 2025)
Books I've Read (April 2, 2025)
Alice in Borderland: Vol. 8 by Haro Aso (Read from Mar 30, 2025 to Apr 02, 2025)
Books I've Read (April 1, 2025)
Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune 2052-2072 by M.E. OBrien, with Eman Abdelhadi, (Read from Mar 20, 2025 to Apr 01, 2025)
Books I've Read (March 27, 2025)
Take More Vacations: How to Search Better, Book Cheaper, and Travel the World by Scott Keyes, (Read from Jun 23, 2024 to Mar 27, 2025)
Books I've Read (March 22, 2025)
You Are Not Expected to Understand This: How 26 Lines of Code Changed the World by Torie Bosch, Ed. (Read from Jul 24, 2024 to Mar 22, 2025)
Books I've Read (March 22, 2025)
Alice in Borderland: Vol. 7 by Haro Aso, (Read from Mar 20, 2025 to Mar 22, 2025)
Books I've Read (March 20, 2025)
Alice in Borderland: Volume 6 by Haro Aso (Read from Mar 17, 2025 to Mar 20, 2025)
Books I've Read (March 17, 2025)
Alice in Borderland: Vol. 5 by Haro Aso (Read from Mar 01, 2025 to Mar 17, 2025)
Books I've Read (March 14, 2025)
The Medici Return: (Cotton Malone Book 19) by Steve Berry (Read from Mar 03, 2025 to Mar 14, 2025)
Books I've Read (March 2, 2025)
Stranger Planet by Nathan W Pyle (Read from Mar 02, 2025 to Mar 02, 2025)
Books I've Read (March 2, 2025)
Strange Planet by Nathan W Pyle, (Read from Mar 02, 2025 to Mar 02, 2025)
Books I've Read (March 1, 2025)
Alice in Borderland: Vol. 4 by Haro Aso (Read from Feb 04, 2025 to Mar 01, 2025)
Books I've Read (February 5, 2025)
Severance by Ling Ma, (Read from Jan 28, 2025 to Feb 05, 2025)
Books I've Read (February 4, 2025)
Book Title 1 by Haro Aso (Read from Jan 31, 2025 to Feb 04, 2025)
Books I've Read (January 31, 2025)
Alice in Borderland: Vol. 2 by Haro Aso (Read from Jan 24, 2025 to Jan 31, 2025)
Books I've Read (January 24, 2025)
Alice in Borderland: Vol. 1 by Haro Aso (Read from Jan 19, 2025 to Jan 24, 2025)
Books I've Read (January 19, 2025)
The 7-1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (Read from Dec 27, 2024 to Jan 19, 2025)
Books I've Read (January 18, 2025)
Antartica: Volume 1 - Out in the Cold by Simon Daniel Birks, with Willi Roberts, (Read from Jan 12, 2025 to Jan 18, 2025)
Books I've Read (January 5, 2025)
Dead Body Road: Issues 1-6 by Justin Jordan, with Matteo Scalera, (Read from Jan 05, 2025 to Jan 05, 2025)
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