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Source: unrealitymag.com

We here at Unreality like the world of the "unreal." So what better a way to be imaginative than to take two completely different ideas and mash them together to form a better, weirder, cooler idea?

Scooby Doo vs Zombies
Source: io9.com

Imagine that Fred, Daphne and even Shaggy were eaten by zombies, vamps and other big bad beasties. Where would that leave Velma? In supernatural slayer mode, of course. Check out this awesomely wicked Velma-centric Scooby-Doo fan art.

Steal This Hook? Mashup DJ "Girl Talk" Flouts Copyright Law
Source: The New York Times

Girl Talk, whose real name is Gregg Gillis, makes danceable musical collages out of short clips from other people's songs; there are more than 300 samples on "Feed the Animals," the album he released online at illegalart.net in June.

Creative Block? Try Moodstream
Source: Read/WriteWeb

The world's largest stock imagery company, Getty Images, this week released a new mashup that leans on the company's vast stock image and audio assets.

Intel unveils tool for creating mashups that enhance Web sites
Source: Computerworld

This is what Web 2.0 is all about right here. Intel's action here is a great step in helping businesses and their clients work together to deliver relevant web content and media that clients and prospects want.

Mix - Hip(ster)-Hop Mashups From The Hood Internet

The creme de la creme of rap and rock come together in The Hood Internet, a duo of mashup DJs STV SLV and ABX.

Web Mashups Made Easy
Source: EW.com

Nice article on new mashup tools that allow non-programmgers to link Web 2.0 applications together.

Friday Diversions: Fred Astaire still a Superstar (video)
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There is something about the combination of "Puttin on the Ritz" and "Superstar" in the context of this video that I really like. If it wasn't enough to watch Fred Astaire, there is the amazing synchronization between the dancing and the music.

Pipes Mashup Turns Google Maps into a Blogging Tool
Source: Wired News

You might think of Google Maps as, well, maps — a way to find business location and get directions. But that's really just the tip of the iceberg, Google's mapping interface supports all sorts of other goodness — like the ability to create your own maps and share them.

Google, Twitter and Twittervision Launch Super Tuesday Google Maps Mashup
Source: bloggersblog.com

Google, Twitter and Twittervision have teamed up to provide a mashup that shows election-related tweets from around the nation.

What if the (early) Beatles recorded Stairway to Heaven?
Source: scalzi.com

"You Don't Look Like Your Head's Exploded Yet Today" This cracks me up. It's quite addictive. Stay with it 'til the end...

Location Based Advertising: a cool adword experiment based on Gmaps, Yahoo Rest, Flickr Api and others
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It's somewhat like a showcase of a mashup about the mobile concept of 'location based' but than seen on the web. Click anywhere on the map of the world to get ads served up which (in most cases) are relevant to the location you clicked! See it for yourself!

ufoshup
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UFO flight simulator based on Google Maps.

PC World - 'Wiki City' Creates Real-Time Maps
Source: PC World

MIT researchers merge Wikis, GPS, and the Semantic Web to enable interactive navigation.

Check for Bad Neighbors Before You Move with RottenNeighbor
Source: Lifehacker

Check Google Maps mashup RottenNeighbors before you move to a new neighborhood to get a heads-up on the potentially noisy folks next door.

Florida Tropical Storm Mashup
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25 best maps, feeds, charts, photos... for tracking the latest tropical storm... or hurricane.

The L.A. Times Has a Homicide Google Mashup
Source: Mashable!

The L.A. Times has added a Google Maps mashup to its Homicide Report, with several geo-tagging and search filter attributes.

Measure Your Run or Bike Ride with Gmaps Pedometer
Source: brentevans.blogspot.com

Google Mashup That Measures Your Run or Bike Ride with Gmaps Pedometer

25 Web Sites to Watch - Yahoo! News
Source: Yahoo! News

The very cutting edge of Web 2.0

APIs and Mashups For The Rest Of Us
Source: Digital Web

From the article: All the latest and coolest web apps seem to have an API these days. But what is an API? And why should you care?

Microsoft Popfly
Source: popfly.ms

Microsoft shows off the Alpha release of Popfly, an easy way to build and share mashups, gadgets, Web pages and applications.

Building Your Own Virtual Web Hybrid

I've been playing with an idea about people building own virtual web hybrid (VWH) for personal purposes (politics, money, reputation, fun?) in web with mostly free components.

What do you get when you cross ABC's Lost with Modest Mouse?
Source: YouTube

An interesting YouTube mashup, if I do say so myself.

A Little Linux Mashup
Source: blogs.pcworld.co.nz

In Web 2.0 terms a "mashup" is a website that combines content from a variety of sources in order to give users an integrated experience. You can achieve something similar using the vast variety of hidden utilities in Linux - and you don't even need to be a programmer!

Video: Star Trek and the Holy Grail
Source: YouTube

A fun mashup of Star Trek and the Camelot interlude from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." Quite humorous actually.

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