oobject.com – how do they do it?

The oobject.com website has a style that I would like to replicate on my website for various parts of it.  I was thinking of a similar style for the front page and for a few of the other pages (portfolio, my travels page, etc).  Poking around their website, I don’t see how oobject does it.  Is that hand-coded or is it a plugin or ???

Update: It looks like they do it using a service from wists.com.  It’s a shame that there isn’t a locally-hosted option because I would enjoy running something like that on my website.

Captain Nemo’s sub replica and original diving helmet from the movie

I don’t remember where I originally found this, but this blog post directed me to the Vulcania Submarine project. The guys behind it have built a working 1/10th scale replica of Captain Nemo’s submarine from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (the Disney adaptation). They also restored one of the original diving helmets from the movie. It even works! They dove it in Hawaii, probably before sealing it in an air-tight container for preservation.