Python is one of those languages that people either love or hate... wait, thats all programming languages.  Anyway, I found this wiki that has some snippets of some pretty useful things to do in Python.  Included are howtos on opening and writing to files, both ascii and binary, working with email, xml, web programming, SVN, linux shells, SQLite, and more.  Its a pretty handy thing to have around, just in case you ever start a project that requires you do something regarding one of these areas.  It may not teach you everything about working with whatever you're looking up but it'd give you a jumpoff point anyway.  Plus, its a wiki!  If you know of a useful snippet that isn't there, add it!