For those wanting to learn some Python, there's a new free online course starting this week. They'll be doing it again later in the year too: https://www.coursera.org/course/pythonlearn The book is also free: http://www.pythonlearn.com/book.php
Maybe it's a bit basic, but it's fun just to see how they run a massive online class like this.
Online python course
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This MOOC on high performance scientific computing might also be useful for ROMS folks. It also involves some Python.
https://www.coursera.org/course/scicomp
https://www.coursera.org/course/scicomp