trading with python

http://www.tradingwithpython.com/
looks like it might be interesting. found it via his blog; he also has a for-pay instructional course.

sh python module

http://amoffat.github.io/sh/
very handy module for shell interaction.

git and python

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1456269/python-git-module-experiences/1479669#1479669
useful discussion on the various ways to access and control git from python

latex, diff, and git

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1325/using-latexdiff-with-git
nice discussion and links