Thought these two posts were worth pointing out, not just because they work with me at Microsoft UK:
Graham "The Goldfish" Tyler
An excellent article on SharePoint Database options: http://blogs.msdn.com/grahamtyler/archive/2004/10/19/244496.aspx
Nigel "The Lip" Bridport
How to modify the standard SharePoint search results: http://blogs.msdn.com/nigelbridport/archive/2004/10/27/248439.aspx