One of my favorite freebies out there is this guy:
ScaryBear Spacer Today Plugin*
It doesn't really do anything except take up space! The idea is that if you have a bunch of today plugins, you might not want the 'jammed up' all together near the top, so you add the Spacer plugin inbetwee two plugins and it'll add a blank space.
The space is configurable via the selection of amount of pixels.
so e.g. if you had 2 plugins, you could space 'em out so that one is way at top and one at the bottom:
Simply install and select as a plugin via your Today settings. Adjust under options. Sometimes you have to exit/enter settings a couple of times to get it work.
*ScaryBear took down the program when they re-did their website and they were kind enough to give me a copy when I emailed them!