Hardcoding them into templates is currently the only option; I'm hoping that we get more in the future other than JUST the post island...
I'd like to see a secondary post island (one above the first post) as well as the current one (which is under the first post) to allow users to select which they want or if they want both...
I'd like to see one under the breadcrumb bar in the center column, and one above the footer bar in the center column. I'd think the under breadcrumb one would work as the secondary post column though hehe