Ideas
Design point: are syntax changes on the table, or not?
Add a basic URL type.
Import hook for importing from URLs (e.g. http://stdlib.python.org/2.3.4/pickle)
What else?
References
Aaron Swartz's ideas: http://logicerror.com/webizingPython
TBL's original talk: http://www.w3.org/2002/Talks/0206-python/all.htm
Related: /F's idea for XML literals: http://effbot.org/zone/idea-xml-literal.htm