Task Management – RFID Style

I learned a valuable lesson today:  before you start a project that relies on some hardware, price the hardware first.  I've completed all of the django code to track the amount of time spent on tasks (where each RFID Tag represents a task), but I cannot complete the project because it's going to cost over $400 in hardware.  Hmm… Xbox 360 or complete the project?

So, if anyone is feeling philanthropic, I need a 13.56 MHz RFID read/write module that interfaces over RS-232 (don't feel like spending the time on USB) and the Feig 13.56 MHz pad antenna.