Extra link info icons

If your using Internet Explorer or a newsreader your missing out on some nice touches that came along with this sites redesign.

Maybe.

On such thing is the use of CSS to add little site icons to the end of links for resources I often point to. Like so:

I wasn't sure about these from the start, but decided to leave them in for a bit and see what happens.

What's happening is they are annoying me. Before I dump them, I'm curious to see if there's are consensus. Since my new design doesn't currently allow for post comments, I set up a QuickTopic (they aren't kidding about the quick part). Please let me know: Are they useful or a pain in the ass?.

Thanks.