Daily Diigo Bookmarks: What has Jordan been reading on the web today? 01/30/2009

• Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Look! Small Space Living...In a Garbage Truck

  Via Grist -- someone turned a garbage truck into an apartment! Hmmm...this is bad, I'm getting ideas...

  tags: garbage, housing, apartment, conversion, DIY, LA

• MAKE: Blog: Eco-Gym

  I'm not a fan of the name. I think it should be called a "junk-gym" instead of an "eco-gym," But still, totally cool concept of building outdoor exercise equipment with found items.
  
  Also, the post on MAKE didn't link to it, but here's a sweet photo gallery on Flickr.

  tags: MAKE, eco-gym, junk, trash, outside, found, spain, Gimnasio Ecológico Lumen

• What Elizabeth Cheney's 1988 college thesis tells us about the Bush presidency. - By Zac Frank - Slate Magazine

  Ha ha, one of the "perks of being a librarian" is getting to pull Elizabeth Cheney's senior thesis out of the trash.

  tags: slate, elizabeth cheney, colorado college, thesis, presidential policy

• MAKE: Blog: Kinetic Wave Sculptures & Shopping Cart Chair

  MAKE TV features kinetic sculptor Reuben Margolin. His wave-inspired moving installations are AMAZING. Go watch his videos on his website right now...do it!
  
  (Separate post on him most likely forthcoming.)

  tags: kinetic sculpture, sculpture, art, reuben margolin, MAKE

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