I recommend that you go directly to ActiveState's Python Cookbook site after reading this column. At the very least, search the cookbook and see what you think. You may also make comments on and rate the scripts there. If you like what you see and you agree with me about the importance of this project, you should consider adding your favorite Python solution to the mix. After all, this is an opportunity, but it is also a test.
Useful documentation is often the place where good open source technologies founder.
Major corporations and powerful interests who reject open source development doubt that a group of unpaid programmers can really collaborate on a project of this sort. Done well, this project will be a demonstration of the strength of the Python community, developed in the open for all to see. As the editor of several Python books and the person who sold O'Reilly on the value of that language, I'd like the site to be a model of the ingenuity and spirit of Python programmers.