First, here's the original, full size banner (click to view full size):
Next, here's a smaller version that I made by messing around with the brightness/contrast and whatnot (click to view full size):
Feel free to alter or add text to these if you want to do so. Just make sure to credit
comfy_slippers or 
iconomize for the manip if you do. ;)EDIT: I decided to try
gefnir's idea of blurring the side. I think it looks a little bit better now, so here are the updated versions:
