Things I read today that I found interesting and worthy of comment June 25th:

• Google Voice is Opening Up Today: Here is What You Can Expect – I've had my request for an invite submitted for months, but no messages from Google Voice yet. Soon as I get the invite, I'm registering. Whether I use it much will depend on if phone # portability is in place. If so, I'm cutting over very quickly after some testing. If not, I'll play with it a bit to see if the service is all that until that feature arrives.
• Clear Shuts Down Operation – No surprise with the economy in shambles and being driven deeper into the mud by the Feds each day, the airports have turned into relative ghost towns. I haven't waited for more than 5 minutes in a line to get to a scanning station for over 9 months. Bear in mind this is at the Atlanta airport, one of the top 3 busiest in the world with not one of the top 3 best administration staffs. Why would I pay for quick service when it would be nearly impossible to improve on my normal, free experience?