I'm sure you saw this, but...

http://www.msnbc.com/news/922784.asp?cp1=1

also, for the "day in the life" scenario, this is a sort of interesting / cool / or possibily problematic way of defining 'producers' by the objects they manipulate and therefore, record into the system. I definitely agree that, if implemented in a simple enough way (lose the moss idea) that it could be fun to track celebrity purchases, especially now in this heydey of reality shows. I personally would love to go through some of the stuff that the people from the Real World buy when they are on the show. Especially if they were living in the same city as me - I'd track their purchases so I could better my chances of "running into them" sometime.

it's pretty obvious that rfid will be a new standard in the way objects are tagged, so it's a good idea to start thinking about ways they can be used in relationship with mobile devices, etc. Actually, as I've been reading more about it the past couple of weeks, I want to talk to you about my 590 project for the fall at some point...remind me to do that...preferably over beverage.