Programmers -- Commercial

• Reflection Technology's DT001 SimmStick / In-Circuit programmer, $17
• PICStart vs PICALL & P16PRO

Programmers -- DIY

• David Tait's list of in-circuit programmers
• "Classic" PIC Programmer
• "No Parts" PIC Programmer
• PicBlaster -- 3 resistors, one capacitor, a diode, and a voltage regulator
• one IC + one resistor
• several other tiny programmers (incluing the one-resistor programmer)
• many many others

Serial port pinout