northpole

Aha.. found the answer.
Was looking around for options and found it in the
wp-content\themes\hueman\js\jquery.flexslider.js file.

There are umpteen settings in it to tweak your slider behavior. I found mine under
FlexSlider: Default Settings > Carousel Options.
Added the following in featured.php under child theme and voila I got my carousel.

itemWidth: 320,
itemMargin: 5,
minItems: 3,

Of course, had to play around css to get right dimensions, margins, etc.

@chriscurley,

There is a new feature called Updates, I think is available from WordPress 3.0 onwards. This theme supports this feature. Its like micro-blogging or twitter.

Just go to this section in your WP blog admin section and start adding new updates (unlike actual posts this has no title and much less options).

By default this theme supports 5 updates.