Javascript, not Java.
And you can just view the source for that side and grab the links for the JavaScript from the source if you want to examine it. Will help you get an idea of how everything works on the site.
It looks like they used the swfobject source for embedding some of their elements on the page.
You can grab the swfobject source from here if you want to use it for embedding your own objects.
http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/
Works way better then flash's source generation.
The torches on that page are flash objects, as is the navigation.
The feed is pushed from the server using PHP, probably pulling directly from a database like MySql.
And you can just view the source for that side and grab the links for the JavaScript from the source if you want to examine it. Will help you get an idea of how everything works on the site.
It looks like they used the swfobject source for embedding some of their elements on the page.
You can grab the swfobject source from here if you want to use it for embedding your own objects.
http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/
Works way better then flash's source generation.
The torches on that page are flash objects, as is the navigation.
The feed is pushed from the server using PHP, probably pulling directly from a database like MySql.