Below are some links on the items we discussed: Python open courseware programming scripting perl/phython and a couple other languages promoting and meeting ideas for nwclug various linux news items open and free office suits http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-189-a-gentle-introduction-to-programming-using-python-january-iap-2008/ MIT OPEN COURSEWARE - GENERAL http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm MIT - PYTHON SPECIFIC http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-189-a-gentle-introduction-to-programming-using-python-january-iap-2010/index.htm DIVE INTO PYTHON http://diveintopython.org/toc/index.html AWARETEK - VAST PYTHON RESOURCE(S) http://www.awaretek.com/ http://www.awaretek.com/python/ OPEN COURSEWARE CONSORTIUM http://www.ocwconsortium.org/ Python tutorials and other info: http://www.awaretek.com/tutorials.html http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python http://www.astro.ufl.edu/~warner/prog/python.html http://diveintopython.org/ http://www.perl.org/