I like it but the ad space seems like an afterthought, and heavily unbalances the design. It isn't 800 compatible anyways right now so I don't really get the point in your retorts.
Also, the logo is almost unnoticable (but if that's what they wanted that's fine). I love Awesome's redesign of the header, and it'd be awesome if the site was changed to look like that.
Overall it's quite a nice design. Good job.