Hey Kirk,
Re the photos, if you don't have the program that was mentioned above by Sheyne, but you do have Paint, the program in Windows for looking at pictures, you can do the same type of thing Sheyne is talking about. Open the picture and click on the icon that allows you to edit (if you are in viewing mode only, the icon is near the far right underneath the picture). When in edit mode, go to Image, in the menu. Then pick "Skew/Stretch" and in the stretch option, where it says 100% you just put in 50% or some smaller percentage, and do the same percentage for both width and height. It will shrink it for you and you can save that new smaller copy so your old picture stays the original size.
Hope that helps! Happy Saturday everyone!
Jenny
p.s. when I get some time, I'm going to try to find some pics of me from waaay back in the
80's to show how ultra cool I was in junior high--eyeliner, peroxide, and all! I know you guys can hardly wait!