Try the Windows Live Spaces control

Right click view source to see how all this is done - it's one page of javascript and html.

You don't need to give up a fixed area of your screen to the control, you can make it hide and show.

The drop down below shows you the currently supported languages. Please choose one to see how the user interface changes in the control.
Language/Market:

By changing the width and height of the control, you can see how the user interface changes in the control.
Width:
Height:

The developer can specify color for areas in the control. The accepted format is #FFFFFF (hex), rgb(255,255,255), or one of aqua\|black\|blue\|fuchsia\|gray\|green\|lime\|maroon\|navy\|olive\|purple\|red\|silver\|teal\|white\|yellow.
Inner Background Color:
Inner Text Color:
Outer Background Color:
Outer Text Color:
Link Color:


The developer can write code that reacts to state changes in the control thru the various events.
Status: