Smart card reader

Hi
I've bought myself a smart card reader from parallax.com:
http://www.parallax.com/Store/Accessories/Other/tabid/167/List/0/ProductID/690/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName% 2cProductName
with this card:
http://www.parallax.com/Store/Accessories/HumanInterfaceDevices/tabid/822/ProductID/685/List/0/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName, ProductName

since I'm pretty new, but thought it might be fun to do something with this I hear about some can help me get this to work, since I do not understand much of what there is in the datasheet

The smart card page had examples for Parallax and Basic Stamp Micros - you could work from that.

The interface looks simple enough but it's not going to be easy to code without some serious know-how.