Well it depends a lot on your starting point. Do you know anything about programming already or are you a total beginner? I would recommend at least grasping the basics (variables, arrays, loops, etc.) before you start researching app development.
Its a hard question to answer because there are so many languages best suited for different things, but I must say I HATE using CSS. Although its fairly easy to learn the syntax, dealing little bugs that inevitably pop us is extremely frustrating.
I find Google Analytics extremely useful, unlike AWstats it is better for geolocating your users and determining which is spam and which to target towards.
I dunno, I think when YouTube makes the decision to redesign. Their primary goal is increasing video traffic and ad revenue. Even if that frustrates users.
I would be satisfied with $1 per month, considering domain registration is less than $10 per year.
I also have some domains I'm not really using right now, how would I cash in on this?
I've played both but as another poster said above, there aren't many tie-ins in terms of the story or characters so if you decide to just devote your time to Skyrim you wouldn't be missing out on much.
I think the forum software you're thinking of is vBulletin. I'm not sure if it was a plugin or not but I remember seeing several vB 3.0 forums with this capability.