Have you ever wanted to build your own web mashup? Last week, I reported on some really cool mashups including some of the best mashups on the web. There is some really great stuff out there like mashups that can help you find the ever-elusive Nintendo Wii or help you to discover new music.

You might think it takes a lot of programming knowledge to build a mashup, but you can actually build a quite functional web mashup without using a lick of code. Now, you probably won't be building anything quite as fancy as Weatherbonk without tossing around a bit of JavaScript, but you can do some neat things such as linking your personal blog to Flickr.

And, thanks to mashup tools like Yahoo Pipes and Microsoft Popfly, you can get a surprisingly amount done without needing any programming knowledge. Try it for yourself with these handy tutorials:

• How To Mashup Flickr With Your Blog Using Yahoo Pipes
• Create a Twitter Mashup Using Popfly

For those that do have some programming knowledge that want to learn more about building mashups, you might be interested in learning more about Mapbuilder.

While the intention of Mapbuilder is to allow those without programming knowledge to build their custom Google Maps, the website also allows you to generate the source code for the map. So, if you'd like a good example of interacting with the Google Maps API, Mapbuilder can give it to you.

(Image of Weatherbonk)