Okay, cool. What I got done tonight was to make a database and populated it with a few essentials. Very soon I shall be finishing up another database project/web site. When that is done I will incorporate this essentials database into that and will make a way for ppl to login and add to the database their list of essentials. I'm doing this like this because it is clear to me there's going to be times when someone is going to have a lengthly list, and I don't want to be typing in a long list from possibly many people--verifying, removing duplicates, etc.

So...

Here are some fields which the database will require, if you want to prepare your list: 
Software name (Bryce, Poser, Fractal, Terragen, etc) (to be complete, might as well have essential lists for other popular software.)

The essential's Name, 
Author,
Web link,
Type (Application, Object, Material)
Description.

I hope this will become a useful tool for everyone. I'll eventually incorporate it into this other larger database project. In the mean time, I'll probably make a temporary web site with a login feature for some to start populating their lists. Nothing fancy for now, though. But my current thought is it has the potential to become popular....