Archive for September, 2009

Snow Leopard on the Dell Mini 9

I’ve used a hackintosh netbook since 10.5.6. It even became my primary work machine. When 10.5.8 came around I attempted to do a software update to fix things. I didn’t want to wait around because 10.5.7 had a nasty security vulnerability. Unfortunately software update harfed my install. Apparently you need to use the combo update, [...]

Beacon is Dead. Long live Facebook Connect.

Remember Facebook Beacon? It’s gone now. I’m surprised, are you? Not only that, but Facebook funding a privacy group to the tune of $9.5 million as part of their settlement. The Register has the story on how Facebook Connect has eclipsed Beacon. I expected that Facebook would keep Beacon around since they turned it opt-in. [...]