SOAR(Searchable Online Archive of Recipes, University of Berkeley

DONALD 712

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Dec 30, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/30/97

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Up until recently I had SOAR bookmarked as one of my favorite places on AOL.
Now all of a sudden when I try to access it I get the message "unable to
retrieve". Does anyone know what has happened to this site? If so, please
e-mail Dona...@aol.com and thanks.

AWVacaBrew

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Dec 30, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/30/97

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It looks like SOAR is part of the University of California system since it is
maintaimned at UC Berkeley. As such it is closed, just like most schools, for
the holidays. I too have tried to gain access to it. The error message I get
implies that the file server is turned off. It should be back on line when
school is back in session.

Jennifer Snider

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Dec 30, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/30/97

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awvac...@aol.com (AWVacaBrew) writes in rec.food.cooking:

The power was cut to the room that SOAR is in (someone tripped the circuit
breaker) last week. We've been trying to find someone in Berkeley that can
get into the building go reset the circuit breaker. Since it's the holidays,
most of the volunteers have gone home to visit their families. The few that
are around have been having problems getting into the building, because the
university shuts down between Christmas and New Year's and locks all the
buildings. The building should reopen on Friday, so SOAR should be back up
either by this Friday or sometime next week.

-Jennifer Snider
je...@soar.Berkeley.EDU

Nancy Dooley

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Dec 30, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/30/97

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On 30 Dec 1997 14:33:45 GMT, dona...@aol.com (DONALD 712) wrote:

>Up until recently I had SOAR bookmarked as one of my favorite places on AOL.
>Now all of a sudden when I try to access it I get the message "unable to
>retrieve". Does anyone know what has happened to this site? If so, please
>e-mail Dona...@aol.com and thanks.

Maybe they're updating or something; I can't get there, either.

N.

Dan Cohen

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Jan 1, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/1/98

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AWVacaBrew <awvac...@aol.com> wrote:

>It looks like SOAR is part of the University of California system since it is
>maintaimned at UC Berkeley. As such it is closed, just like most schools, for
>the holidays. I too have tried to gain access to it. The error message I get
>implies that the file server is turned off. It should be back on line when
>school is back in session.

Ummm...that would be a tad strange. I've never heard of a university
shutting down net traffic for the holidays. True, traffic originating
from .edu domains tails off, but the servers are up and running, tended
by armies of underpaid grad students. Wouldn't be much net left
without them.

Something a lot of schools *do* do during breaks between terms is upgrade
or replace old equipment and software. In theory, this is usually planned
to cause an outage between 4 and 6 AM on a Monday, or some similar
low-traffic period. In practice...

--dc

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da...@titan.ucs.umass.edu

AWVacaBrew

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Jan 5, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/5/98

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SOAR is back on line.

Hahna Kang

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Jan 5, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/5/98

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Joe Davis <jhd...@nobotibm.net> wrote:
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>>SOAR is back on line.
>
>Could you post the address please.

http://soar.berkeley.edu/

David Beale

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Jan 10, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/10/98

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the website is soar.Berkeley.Edu/recipes

natjon...@gmail.com

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Nov 29, 2015, 10:03:54 PM11/29/15

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On Tuesday, December 30, 1997 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, DONALD 712 wrote:
> Up until recently I had SOAR bookmarked as one of my favorite places on AOL.
> Now all of a sudden when I try to access it I get the message "unable to
> retrieve". Does anyone know what has happened to this site? If so, please
> e-mail Dona...@aol.com and thanks.

Thank you everyone for your information I love this site ! Don't take it away but I would really like it right now. Oh well!

jmcquown

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Nov 30, 2015, 2:56:28 PM11/30/15

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How about you dredge up something more recent than 1997 to reply to?

Jill

notbob

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Dec 2, 2015, 2:40:08 PM12/2/15

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I'm glad it got dredged!

The The Searchable Online Archive of Recipes (SOAR) was one of my
first bookmarks, and what with all the new cooking blogs and formums,
I have lost track. This website brings it all back:

http://recipesource.com/

Lotta good stuff, regardless of how old that article is. ;)

nb

el pedernal

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Dec 2, 2015, 2:42:19 PM12/2/15

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Fantastic link, tnx!

ImStillMags

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Dec 3, 2015, 12:40:02 PM12/3/15

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Yup, I had forgotten all about that site, I used to use it a lot. I'm glad to have it back.

Arun George

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Jun 3, 2022, 7:18:02 PM6/3/22

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2022 - and still looking for this website. I believe I had first come across this back in the year 2000 or 2001, if I'm not mistaken. Was love at first sight.

Cindy Hamilton

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Jun 4, 2022, 4:30:40 AM6/4/22

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On 2022-06-03, Arun George <arun.t...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 2022 - and still looking for this website. I believe I had first come
> across this back in the year 2000 or 2001, if I'm not mistaken. Was
> love at first sight.

It has morphed into this:

<https://www.recipesource.com/>

--
Cindy Hamilton

dsi1

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Jun 4, 2022, 6:58:10 AM6/4/22

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20 years ago, such a site might have been useful but these days, you have a planet full of searchable recipes. Sticking to one site seems to be a great way to not find a recipe you're searching for.