Okay, I broke down and ordered a Pickit 3. It should be coming directly to my place in Canada in a week or so (none of this driving down to Seattle to my brother's nonsense during these tight time schedules). So, now I shouldn't have to drive an hour each way going to Packetbob's place to program my PIC chips... and then knowing my luck, I'd have to make a few trips because of some unforeseen problems.