These huge google ads blocks that are in-line and/or floated left such that the content starts in the upper right, flows down a narrow column and then continues on the left underneath the ad are getting particularly annoying, especially on sites that show archived mailing list content formatted with a fixed width font. The entire flow of the page is broken because of it.

At least the spyrestudios page begins the content below the ad. Sure, it's putting the content below the fold, and it stands out like a sore thumb. If the ad spanned the entire column, it might not look so bad. But what's even worse is that there is most likely a standard sized ad that appropriately fits that container, bother horizontally and vertically, that if used wouldn't make it look like you're driving into a billboard built across the interstate.