I agree with the idea especially when it comes to buffing. The best way I have found for counting is as you buff, only use `full` stacks of 25, each time a stack is used up whisper the number 1 to yourself and then number 2 etc... until you have competely buffed the island, or sector or building type, multiply the last number used by 25 and add the amount of buffs used from the last stack.
Hope this helps a little.
A post I have previously read also asks for a button that you can press that will buff building types so if you have 25 of one building and 35 of another then it is just 2 button presses rather than 60 !!!
An even better idea was to have the islands owner be able to make a list of buildings that wants to be buffed and then only 1 button press to buff them all at once.