I've been googling and clicking around moodle.org for the past 20 minutes or so, and I can't for the life of me find where in the world I'm supposed to download all of these cool blocks I keep hearing about! Can someone post a link? Are the all just kept in cvs? Why are you hiding them? Why do you hate me?!
Apparently your clicking didn't unearth this discussion--it will answer your questions. A blocks repository is under development, until then, you must refer to each block's individual discussion thread.
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=17867
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=17867
I would agree that most of the great blocks are in cvs, but sometimes the authors will provide them as .zip files in the threads where they are introduced/discussed. Not everyone who contributes has rights to post in cvs, I think! I had a nice email block (compose mail) that I used for a while before switching to quickmail. I think I got it from the thread, not cvs.
Here is the sourceforge link I have been using for contrib written for moodle 1.5. (I am sure you already have it, but it might help someone else). Sometimes I go there first, and then search the moodle forums for the blocks I think look interesting. Be careful what you download! We got mixed up between the quickmail and the block_quickmail. Had to backup and do that one again.
atw
Here is the sourceforge link I have been using for contrib written for moodle 1.5. (I am sure you already have it, but it might help someone else). Sometimes I go there first, and then search the moodle forums for the blocks I think look interesting. Be careful what you download! We got mixed up between the quickmail and the block_quickmail. Had to backup and do that one again.
atw
Thanks for the replies -- I'll check out all this stuff 
Thanks for the link! But how do I download something? I see the listings (e.g., block_course_menu) but don't see anything to download when I select one of them.
Thanks,
Jim.
You should be able to click on a view file link, but then you have to copy and paste the contents somewhere. Really, if you want to get something from sourceforge, its best to use the tortoise cvs program. See how here: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=26731&parent=125858
Or if you don't want to use CVS, you can download anything in cvs:/contrib named "xxxxx" like this: http://moodle.org/download.php/modules/xxxxx.zip
So if you wanted block_course_menu, just go to http://moodle.org/download.php/modules/block_course_menu.zip
So if you wanted block_course_menu, just go to http://moodle.org/download.php/modules/block_course_menu.zip
Thanks Chardelle and Jon! I downloaded the Questionnaire module some time ago, but have only just got back to exploring the "amazing world of Moodle contrib."
Jim.