I thought such a topic would be usefule, we could share our ideas and best practices on how to manage sites.
I recently found the Google Chart API. It is stunningly easy way to produce charts and maps - much easier than the current javascript used on ZakStunts. I plan migrating soon and implementing various charts for the racver profiles by using this API:
http://code.google.com/apis/chart/ (http://code.google.com/apis/chart/)