diff -u modules/dashboard/dashboard.module modules/dashboard/dashboard.module
--- modules/dashboard/dashboard.module	3 Nov 2010 17:36:46 -0000
+++ modules/dashboard/dashboard.module	3 Nov 2010 17:38:54 -0000
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     case 'admin/help#dashboard':
       $output = '';
       $output .= '<h3>' . t('About') . '</h3>';
-      $output .= '<p>' . t('The Dashboard module provides a <a href="@dashboard">Dashboard page</a> in the administrative interface for organizing administrative tasks and navigation, and tracking information within your site. The Dashboard page contains blocks, which you can add to and arrange using the drag and drop interface that appears when you click on the <em>Customize dashboard</em> link. For more information, see the online handbook entry for <a href="@handbook">Dashboard module</a>.', array('@handbook' => 'http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/dashboard', '@dashboard' => url('admin/dashboard'))) . '</p>';
+      $output .= '<p>' . t('The Dashboard module provides a <a href="@dashboard">Dashboard page</a> in the administrative interface for organizing administrative tasks and navigation, and tracking information within your site. The Dashboard page contains blocks, which you can add to and arrange using the drag and drop interface that appears when you click on the <em>Customize dashboard</em> link. Within this interface, some blocks which are not primarily used for site administration do not appear by default, but can still be added to the dashboard via the <em>Add other blocks</em> link. For more information, see the online handbook entry for <a href="@handbook">Dashboard module</a>.', array('@handbook' => 'http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/dashboard', '@dashboard' => url('admin/dashboard'))) . '</p>';
       $output .= '<h3>' . t('Uses') . '</h3>';
       $output .= '<dl>';
       $output .= '<dt>' . t('Tracking user activity') . '</dt>';
@@ -644,6 +644,8 @@
   foreach ($blocks as $block) {
     $output .= theme('dashboard_disabled_block', array('block' => $block));
   }
+  $output .= '<div class="clearfix"></div>';
+  $output .= '<p class="dashboard-add-other-blocks">' . l(t('Add other blocks'), 'admin/dashboard/configure') . '</p>';
   $output .= '</div></div></div>';
   return $output;
 }
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- modules/blog/blog.module	30 Aug 2010 05:58:46 -0000	1.360
+++ modules/blog/blog.module	3 Nov 2010 17:38:53 -0000
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ function _blog_post_exists($account) {
  */
 function blog_block_info() {
   $block['recent']['info'] = t('Recent blog posts');
+  $block['recent']['properties']['administrative'] = TRUE;
   return $block;
 }
 
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- modules/dashboard/dashboard.css	30 Aug 2010 00:22:03 -0000	1.14
+++ modules/dashboard/dashboard.css	3 Nov 2010 17:38:54 -0000
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
   -webkit-border-radius: 4px;
 }
 
+#dashboard .dashboard-add-other-blocks {
+  margin: 1em 0;
+}
+
 #dashboard .ui-sortable {
   border: 2px dashed #ccc;
   padding: 10px;
@@ -66,7 +70,6 @@
   background-color: #E0E0D8;
   border: #ccc 1px solid;
   padding: 10px;
-  min-height: 90px;
 }
 
 #dashboard #disabled-blocks {