I've had enough of dragging an old PC around with parallel ports around so I can program the odd PIC with my home made // port programmer.

After much sifting the web it looks like the USB PICkit2 clone here is the easiest and perhaps best currently around
http://www.mcuhobby.com/articles.php?article_id=7

Anybody seen or built anything in USB that they recommend above this one ?(not a just a serial-USB converter port hack type preferably)

Thanks,
Martin