Let me introduce my new module Bittersweet. It seem that Drupal hasn't have such future before. Now every blogger will be satisfied.
Bittersweet module provide a block for chronological display nodes of selected content types (there is an option at block settings page).
http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/1748/selection002u.png
This is only alpha version. In future I'm going to create separate pages for time periods (year, month). Also to create wider options of block display. Module makes only 1 query to the database, but I also want to get info about caching system yet.
I'm hard yet to add the module to drupal.org. If somebody will explain me this procedure, I'll share it.
Welcome for testing and reviews.
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Actually, there already is a module for this -- http://drupal.org/project/recent_blocks (though its likely dormant due to views2 taking over this functionality).
I don't think
I don't think http://drupal.org/project/recent_blocks has the same futures.
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regardless, drupal.org discourages module duplication -- the recommended strategy is to collaborate with existing module maintainers to add features and functions rather than make the module space more complicated for users to navigate.
In any case, the contribution guide is at http://drupal.org/node/7765.