--- nodefamily.module.bak	2007-01-12 17:36:59.000000000 +0000
+++ nodefamily.module	2007-01-12 17:42:16.000000000 +0000
@@ -375,12 +375,12 @@
 /*
  * Returns an array of all parent content types for the given child content type
  */
-function nodefamily_get_parent_types(&$type) {
+function nodefamily_get_parent_types($type = NULL) {
   $relations = variable_get('nodefamily_relations',array());
   
   $parents = array();
   foreach($relations as $parent => $children) {
-    if (in_array($type, array_keys($children))) {
+    if($type == NULL || in_array($type, array_keys($children))) {
       $parents[] = $parent;
     }
   }
@@ -390,10 +390,10 @@
 /*
  * Returns an array of all child content types for the given parent content type
  */
-function nodefamily_get_child_types(&$type) {
+function nodefamily_get_child_types($type = NULL) {
   $relations = variable_get('nodefamily_relations',array());
   
-  if (array_key_exists($type, $relations)) {
+  if ($type == NULL || array_key_exists($type, $relations)) {
     return array_keys($relations[$type]);
   }
   else {
@@ -743,6 +743,42 @@
 
 
 /**
+ * @ingroup hook_block implementation
+ * implementation of hook_block
+ * @todo make sure we only load lonely nodes
+ */
+function nodefamily_block($op = 'list', $delta = 0, $edit = array()){
+  // The $op parameter determines what piece of information is being requested.
+  switch ($op) {
+    case 'list':
+      foreach (nodefamily_get_parent_types() as $type) {
+        $blocks[$type]['info'] = t('My nodefamily for %type', array('%type' => node_get_name($type)));
+      }
+      return $blocks;
+    case 'view': default:
+      $block['subject'] = t('My %type', array('%type' => node_get_name($delta)));
+      $block['content'] = nodefamily_block_contents($delta);
+      return $block;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup hook_block implementation
+ * Generate the content for the block
+ * @todo unhardcode the [] bracketses
+ */
+function nodefamily_block_contents($type) {
+  global $user;
+  $node = node_load(array('type' => $type, 'uid' => $user->uid));
+  if ($children = nodefamily_relation_load($node)) {
+    foreach ($children as $profile) {
+      $items[] = l($profile->title, 'node/'. $profile->nid) .' ['. l(t('edit'), 'node/'. $profile->nid .'/edit') .']';
+    }
+    return theme('item_list', $items);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
  * Views integration
  */
 
@@ -994,4 +1030,4 @@
     $tablename = $query->get_table_name($table, $num);
     $query->add_where("%s.type = '%s'", $tablename, $filter['options']);
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}