Problems connecting to Google. Turns out some CURL defaults need changing
OpenRest.eu created a patch which fixed using Google for OpenID on my machine:
http://www.openrest.eu/docs/openid-not-completely-enabled-for-google.php
I've contacted the author to suggest he add the patch to github.
Although this is great solution for dev, something to consider before applying the patch: http://hueniverse.com/2010/09/oauth-bearer-tokens-are-a-terrible-idea/
Perhaps there should be a config so that you can change the SSL settings for testing but not in production. (Note: I still need to reread the Hueniverse article, I only skimmed it but wanted to make sure to report it here before the latest fire pulls me in a new direction).
This repo is being archived. Closing issue.