Thanassis Tsiodras, Dr.-Ing.: The Knight’s Tour in Python. Discussion at Slashdot.
Ted Leung: Python in Netbeans
Thinlet in Netbeans: thinnb
NetBeans Wiki: Getting Started With Python in the NetBeans IDE 6.5
ars technica: Getting a grip on Python: six ways to learn online
Artima: Python and the Programmer: A Conversation with Bruce Eckel, Part I
Elliotte Rusty Harold: Java is Dead! Long Live Python!
/var/log/mind: Java : the perpetually undead language
Bonus link 1 – start it simple: Bokardo: What if Gall’s Law were true?
Bonus link 2 – fight your fear: iBanjo: Programmer Insecurity
Bonus link 3 – Code less: willCode4Beer: Code Reduction or Spartan Programming