1) 30 second post time. It's to prevent us from being overwhelmed if a bot gets past the Captcha system. The 30 second limit is actually a global setting, so it also affects search and it's the nature of the software.
2) Re Photos. Frankly, I prefer Photobucket over our system. It's easier, and you get a larger image, and it's free. Use the forum code they provide and paste it into your posts. Yo0u get images like this:



It's the code that starts with [IMG] and ends with [/IMG]