Whisper Fix

I just noticed that comments have been backlogged for a few months because the blog received a (spam) email with invalid UTF-8, which apparently in Ruby 1.9 causes String#=~ to throw the very generic ArgumentError.

I’ve caught the exception and, thanks to my high-tech mbox-based queueing system, we’re back on track. The hazards of a 1-person install base, I suppose.

— William Morgan, September 18, 2010.
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