diff --git a/modules/block/block.api.php b/modules/block/block.api.php
index 90e23bd..3301add 100644
--- a/modules/block/block.api.php
+++ b/modules/block/block.api.php
@@ -205,30 +205,32 @@ function hook_block_save($delta = '', $edit = array()) {
  * @see hook_block_view_MODULE_DELTA_alter()
  */
 function hook_block_view($delta = '') {
-  // This example comes from node.module. Note that you can also return a
-  // renderable array rather than rendered HTML for 'content'.
-  $block = array();
+  // This example comes from blog.module which only provides a single block
+  // so it ignores the $delta parameter.
+  global $user;
 
-  switch ($delta) {
-    case 'syndicate':
-      $block['subject'] = t('Syndicate');
-      $block['content'] = theme('feed_icon', array('url' => url('rss.xml'), 'title' => t('Syndicate')));
-      break;
+  if (user_access('access content')) {
+    $result = db_select('node', 'n')
+      ->fields('n', array('nid', 'title', 'created'))
+      ->condition('type', 'blog')
+      ->condition('status', 1)
+      ->orderBy('created', 'DESC')
+      ->range(0, variable_get('blog_block_count', 10))
+      ->addTag('node_access')
+      ->execute();
 
-    case 'recent':
-      if (user_access('access content')) {
-        $block['subject'] = t('Recent content');
-        if ($nodes = node_get_recent(variable_get('node_recent_block_count', 10))) {
-          $block['content'] = theme('node_recent_block', array(
-            'nodes' => $nodes,
-          ));
-        } else {
-          $block['content'] = t('No content available.');
-        }
-      }
-      break;
+    if ($node_title_list = node_title_list($result)) {
+      $block['subject'] = t('Recent blog posts');
+      $block['content']['blog_list'] = $node_title_list;
+      $block['content']['blog_more'] = array(
+        '#theme' => 'more_link',
+        '#url' => 'blog',
+        '#title' => t('Read the latest blog entries.'),
+      );
+
+      return $block;
+    }
   }
-  return $block;
 }
 
 /**