I was thinking about if I want to use a surface mount processor that I don't really have a way to hold while I program it.
I trick I was told was to use a footprint (board, SMT adapter, etc) and just hold the SMT part down and program it. It worked for me; it was, shall we say, less trouble than I expected. 
This was the ATmega SMT part (TQFP-32?).
-j
PS when I saw this subject line just now, I read "arduino boot cleaner". 