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>The parallel interface is perhaps the simplest.  I have not built one 
>but I have read a lot about them.  The software most often mentioned 
>is PonyProg.  You can read about it and see the interface schematic 
>here:


The BA1FB programmer is very nice, I use it a lot.
Other than that, it's an AVRISP, or STK-500