Yawnfest

It's another red hot Internet news story in The Los Angeles Times, if your idea of "red hot" is this recent stunner about the availability of mash-ups online: "Google Maps Meets YouTube."

Sigh . . .

Okay, here's a helpful guide for the next reporter, since obviously the LA Times is a little behind the times.

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LonelyGirl15
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Hillary Clinton chatbot

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YouTube videos of David Hasselhoff smashed.
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YouTube videos of John Stamos smashed.

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Online greeting cards.
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Equally disposable widgets for social networking sites.

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Google tools
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Google anonymizers

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Sony PS3
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Homebrew games for old machines.

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BitTorrent
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CCN

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File-sharing songs and photos with your friends.
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File-sharing smells and textures with them.

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Easy hacks for Second Life
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Easy hacks for voting machines

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DRM
IN:
09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0

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Yahoo maps
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Photosynth

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Voice over IP
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Mass text-messaging systems

But . . . yo . . . check out this kind of cool Brooklyn buzz mash-up, which shows the differences between bloggers and the mainstream media when it comes to where they focus upon in the built environment of a city or neighborhood.