"Attempts of being" a mod is actually encouraged(to a certain extent) by the moderators. It cuts down on their workload.
Why make the mod come and tell a guy that his post belongs in The Classifieds when anyone here can do it? There's nothing wrong with helping out the mods and the community.
Back to the topic at hand, I would like to see something for that black space.I use 1280x1024, so that's a lot of blackness. At least center it. Then the wasted space would be on both sides, making for nice makeshift borders.
The group list idea is ok, but I'm sure there are better uses for that space.
Maybe it's time for a New Hotness™.
[Edited on 1/10/2006]