Maybe you should move your page to tripod. I find it really easy to upload my files and you get 50MBs of storage space. I haven't had a single problem with Tripod yet.
For the pictures to look good, just use one of the 128x128 picture ands convert to a .gif file and it would look almost exactly the same - it uses less colours but you can't really tell the difference. You can even do it in paintbrush, just go to Save As and change from bitmap to gif!
Also, it's Patrick Stewart (with a K)...
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