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The truth is out.

Lingbo Li — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:43:58 +0000

Dear readers,

I’m currently working full time at Serious Eats.

My day begins badly. I wake up at 6:30am. I’m living at home, rather than stowing myself away in the crisper bin of Tim Cushman’s fridge, squirreling around for sushi remains. I get home at 8, 9, 10pm – and I can stay awake for an hour or two before falling asleep. I wear flip flops everyday instead of high heels. I skip makeup. I feel like a corporal shell going to seed. What happened to my abs, anyway?

I’m just saying, eating amazing falafel sandwiches for a summer job isn’t a piece of cake.

There’s no such thing as falafel cake. I think.

For those of you not in the Internet know, Serious Eats is a far more serious endeavor than LingboLi.com. It involves a crack team of editors and funding.

It’s hard to compete. In comparison, for the last few months, LingboLi.com has been updated by an man in India with an ancient IBM and a dialup connection (but man, his cellphone sure is tricked out). Since his written English is good, he’s being paid slightly above poverty level. I even threw in dental benefits.

I also lost my camera.

So this is to say that don’t be confused if there are a bunch of Boston posts upcoming. I may be in New York, but writing… you can do that anywhere. Even if you’re impoverished. I have the photos on my hard drive.

Lingbo in New York = old Boston posts that I should have done awhile ago.

XOXO,
Lingbo
as dictated to outsourced blogger, apologies for typos.

Oh, if I were an iPhone app…

Lingbo Li — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:01:47 +0000

If you ever wondered what your food blog would look like as a snazzy iPhone app, wait no longer, camera-wielder.

Thanks to the good folk at UrbanDaddy (my favorite e-newsletter, for the record – subscribe if you haven’t), I learned about this ridiculous new tool that is as useful for companies as it is sickeningly self-promotional for us lesser folk.

Use code “urbandaddy” for $100 off your $200 purchase if you actually do want to convert your… whatever… into a mobile shrine of joy.

Otherwise, I’m going to pretend that the sample LingboLi.com app is real. An Oprah-wannabe can dream, right?

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A new year, a new look

Lingbo Li — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:23:04 +0000

Just like Madonna’s hair color is as variable as the seasons, I figured this blog was long overdue for a TLC-approved makeover. Stacy and Clinton, what do you think?

An extreme makeover before and after

But this isn’t just some pretty new face! No! All content is now sorted into roughly 4 super-categories – food, travel, life, and how-to. I have spent many long hours combing through and categorizing every post by location and cuisine, so if you are seeking ideas for where to eat in Allston or if you’re hankering for Chinese, the process should be much easier. The “offal” section is entirely penis, testicles, blood, etc, if you’re into that sort of thing.

It’s also easier than ever to be my fake Internet friend (see side column notepad), stalk me via Twitter, or unearth videos of me eating a big hunk of wasabi. Enjoy.

Happy 1st blogger birthday!

Lingbo Li — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:32:42 +0000

a cupcake from Sweet to celebrate

One year ago, I figured I might as well put a blog on my vanity domain. I had no idea what I’d be writing about – my first few entries recycle a treatise on how awesome Madonna is, how to register a domain, and the haul from a thrifty shopping trip.

It’s been most excellent year, and I honestly can’t imagine life without having this humble little blog which has brought some amazing people and opportunities my way. Don’t by shy about saying hello if you see me around – I always love hearing that people actually read this thing. I don’t get paid to write this blog (and restaurants don’t give me meals for free), so I’m only paid in comments, love, and web traffic statistics.

Join the Harvard Culinary Society!

Lingbo Li — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:49:30 +0000

Love food? Go to Harvard? Join the Culinary Society! We put on lots of cool events, co-sponsor with other student groups, and generally have a rockin’ time.

Join Culinary Society!

It’s delicious.
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OPEN MEETING

THIS Tuesday, 8pm

Memorial Hall (basement of Annenberg)

We’re looking for people (you!) who love food:
eating food, talking about food, writing about food

Get some of the tastiest leadership training around
with opportunities to
plan cooking lessons,

book events with upscale eateries,
and host wine tastings.

Or you can help design our new website,
write for our newsletter, be in charge of publicity,
or get business experience to fund it all.

Intrigued? Drop by. We’ll have delicious treats.

Technical Blah Blah

Lingbo Li — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:29:44 +0000

In case you’re interested in how to make your own website, since I’ve spoken to a lot of people who want to:

- I loved my webhost, 2mhost. I am so happy I switched over from Doteasy.com after about 5 years. Hosting is only $2.45 a month if you pay for two years and you can run PHP/MySQL/CGI scripts.

- What are those last three things? I am not sure either, but I do know they allow me run WordPress and thus, finally have a proper blog.

- WordPress is actually very simple to install if you half a clue what you’re doing. If you don’t, get a friend to help you. I wouldn’t even venture to write a template from scratch, but the one I use, Plainscape, is very easy to fiddle around with if you’re comfortable with CSS and HTML.

- Graphics are made in Photoshop, some initial coding for the old website was done in Seamonkey’s composer function.

- Stock photos from SXC.hu.