I just bunged it straight into the coding! Its a bit trial and error, but it works nicely. Check my "Japanese Tuning Culture" blog in my sig to see it
This blog post >> http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2006/11/10-best-wordpress-plugins-for-google-adsense/ ...gives a pretty good overview of the adsense plugins that are available.
Done it with some help from glendowney couldn't put the code in the sidebar so just added it in the header
AdSense code can be pasted directly into WordPress templates. However, Javascripts don't run properly in posts or pages. To put the ads there, use the AdSense Deluxe plugin.
Good list, but that list misses the WPCandy plugin which is a really sweet plugin, allows you to place ads in between posts on the main page or anywhere else. Take a look at Funny Joke Online as example