It's no secret that I'm a fan of Digg.  This would be the third project I've built on their API (the other two can be seen here and here).   This project is basically what I'd call a more interesting version of the 'Digg This' button.  Essentially, it is a real-time, customizable flash embed that displays the amount of diggs (and possibly other info like number of comments) given a particular story id.  In the example below, you will see Mario hit the coin box every time the story is dugg, no need to refresh the page.  Additionally, an official 'digg this' button is appended and updated via Javascript every time the story is dugg.

NOTE:  I'm fully aware how annoying the sounds are on this widget are ;)... it's a joke example and not intended for widespread use... if you want a less annoying version for your blog, check out the graph or the plain text one available in the following link

There are several other styles available, check out the gallery page to experiment.  If you wanted to get custom visitor statistics for your widget (views, interactions, etc), just hit the 'remix me' button in the gallery page and you'll be given access to stats specific to the widget you create.  This is a cool way for visitors of your site to see that people are giving attention to your digg story.  You could really customize this to do whatever you want... simply make a flash file published for Actionscript 2.0 and upload it somewhere... then load it from the "Custom" option in the drop down menu in the gallery page.

Use the following template:

System.security.allowDomain(_parent._url)
function updateDiggs(story)
{
    //this function is called roughly every 5 seconds
    //story.diggs will give you the number of diggs.
    //story.comments will give you the number of comments.
}

function resize(w,h)
{
  //event to resize to the width and height of the widget if necessary
}

function setColor(color)
{
    //event to change the color of anything if necessary
}

for any other questions email:
h a r t @ g o o w y m e d i a . c o m