Python
From Wildsong
Brian's random notes on Python
Links
Quick links into the official docs
TUTORIAL http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html
GENERAL http://docs.python.org/
STRINGS http://docs.python.org/lib/string-methods.html
Geoprocessing
Geoprocessing with ESRI COM dispatch is so slow on the machine I have here that I am thinking it's useless to me. Anyway here are some very useful comments
http://www.ollivier.co.nz/support/python.shtm
How about geoprocessing with GDAL? Will that do it for me?