Verizon FiOS set-top boxes run Lua

["Matthew M. Burke" <matthew@...>]

All,

Apologies if this is a duplicate---I did a quick search of the archives, 
but didn't see any mention of this.

After my Lua on iPhone talk last night, somebody in the audience 
mentioned to me that Verizon is about to launch their FiOS TV SDK that 
will allow people to develop "widgets" that run on the set-top box for 
your TV.   Widgets will let you send tweets, do facebook, play sudoku, 
and other vitally important tasks :) by twiddling your tv's remote* and 
never having to leave your couch.  There will be an app store-like 
Widget Bazaar where you can sell widgets.

Anyway (as you've already guessed from the subject line), widgets are 
programmed in Lua.  The first of the how-to videos they've posted 
prominently features lua.org.

More info available at http://code.verizon.com.


Of course FiOS is not available in my neighborhood...and who knows when 
Verizon will get around to installing it.  Not to mention that Verizon 
is not anywhere close to my favorite company....

Matt

* The remote for Verizon's set-top boxes looks like it requires a 2-week 
training course...