Yeah, I got that point of the linked tutorial was to program via serial, but that was actually what I was trying to avoid. I know I could buy a serial programmer cable, but I've already got this handy UNO, and a nice set of jumper wires. I just wanted to hook up MISO, MOSI, RESET, SCK and program that way.
Not a noob, just don't post here often. Unless I've been staring at a breadboard for a while.