curious to know how everyone is able to have a profile picture.  I would like to put my bike as my profile picture but cant figure out how.  Can anyone help me out

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check the button on the left "Specify avatar by URL"
copy the URL to your avatar into the box on the right

If you haven't uploaded an avatar yet, imageshack.us may be the right place for it. 

thank you very much