A little feedback?

As you can see on the top and middle parts of the blog's right-hand sidebar, I have added two new things. One, on the top, is a link to a poll (I could not get the code to work) on what political ideology you view yourself as. The second change is in about the middle of the sidebar. I have added a little thing that tells you five of the stories I star (i.e. I think are cool).

Number one, is the placement of these items [or anything else on the blog] alright? Do you think I should get rid of them or anything else on the blog? If anyone has constructive feedback on layout, content, etc. than feel free to comment on this post.

Thanks.