Is there any sort of module that would produce a block that shows what modules have been updated recently? Not so much a summary as a numerical representation of what's been added(how many new pictures, links or articles have been added that day. That sort of thing.) If you run a reasonably big site with a wide range of features, it may get difficult for faithful readers or newcomers to figure out where the new material is to check out and it seems a block like that on the front page would be perfect for pointing them in the right direction.

There is a module called bopcomments that will do this. Here is the LINK