Apparently ISNA won't wait to see if the impossible might happen:

All astronomical data indicates that it will be impossible for the crescent to be sighted anywhere in the world on the evening of Friday, November 12. Therefore, Eid-al-Fitr in North America will be on Sunday, November 14, 2004, insha'Allah.

[ ISNA :: News and Press Releases ]

Because starting Jan. 17th, we're running ourselves out of business:

America Online, which earlier this year stopped signing up new broadband customers, is telling existing broadband subscribers in nine Southern states that they must find a new broadband carrier by Jan. 17.

[ Yahoo! News - AOL Tells Customers to Find New Carrier ]

Or am I missing something here, like people craving slow, hard to deal with, Internet connections that they pay too much for?

And is coming to the big screen? I can't tell you how excited I am, and I see that Avril agrees.

Plot Outline: A remake of the classic 80s sex comedy, where a group of high schoolers seek revenge on a nightclub owner and his sheriff brother.

[ Porky's (2005) ]

And they'll make us sit through every disgusting frame... twice.

Though, with Savage Steve writing, perhaps it'll be good. Mikah mentioned Better Off Dead, and now I'm craving a Savage Steve Holland movie night. Though, on second thought it will still be Porky's, and therefore pretty base. Of course, in that case, Nar will like it.

8 days ago I didn't even know I was moving. I just wanted to get my name on the list for available 2 bedroom apartments in my building in preparation of my wife's arrival (date still undetermined). Much to my surprise there was a 2 bedroom on the 6th floor available immediately. This satisfied my “preferably higher up” rule as well as had the nicer (IMHO) northern view toward the city. The only question was would the building for some bizarre reason require 30 days notice to transfer between 2 of their apartments?

Monday came and the answer with it, no 30 days notice required. Now the question was is it possible to prepare for a move in 5 nights during Ramadan? Apparently the answer is just barely and it won't be fun. Everything is now safely in the new digs, but I don't believe I even want to think about unpacking.

Will I ever plan a move in such short time again? And during Ramadan? Not if I can help it. Lesson learned.

If only for the fact that the map is always there, and yet doesn't obscure any part of the game, I think I will like the DS a lot.

Super Mario 64 DS is much more than just a port of the Nintendo 64 version of the game. New worlds, new characters, new moves and the addition of action-packed minigames make this title bigger and better than ever before!

[ Games : Super Mario 64 DS ]

I recently received an evite at an email address that evite was not informed about, so I went to add it to my profile as I had done multiple times in the past. Couldn't find the option, so I checked the FAQ:

How can I add/edit the email addresses attached to my Evite account?
Currently, you are not able to add, merge, or edit your email attached to your Evite account. We are in the process of improving this feature to ensure that it functions properly. Please check back as it will be returning soon!

[ Evite ]

What? Why? So aggrevating. Why do they tease me so? Oh evite, how far you have fallen...

I guess I should plan a trip to Game Crazy...

Retailers participating in the Metroid Prime 2 Echoes T-shirt pre-sell offer include Circuit City, Game Crazy, GameStop and Electronics Boutique. Metroid Prime 2 Echoes is Rated T for Teen (Animated Blood, Violence). The hip T-shirt features a Samus name tag on the front and a bounty hunter logo on the back.

[ Nintendo ]

I wonder if there is animated blood and violence on the T-Shirt...

Some people have a ton of time on their hands, and end up saving the rest of us time and frustration.

Doug Gibson, purveyor of fine music news, has brought to my attention a dead sexy “favlet” that all web developers and designers need to get ASAP. Ruler 1.2 is so wicked sweet that it must be experienced to be believed.

If your browser of choice is IE6, however, you'll need the specially reworked version.

Nintendo has officially confirmed that the Nintendo DS will be region-free, allowing it to play games purchased anywhere in the world. Although this news may not specifically cater to American and Japanese folks, it certainly gives us Europeans the benefit of importing our DS systems from abroad, with the help of import specialist sites such as Lik-Sang.com.

[ Gaming headlines ]

This reminds me of my trip to Akihabara recently. There were so many game stores with so many cool games. But, once I get past the fact that they're in Japanese, I have no guarantee that any could work on my systems back home. I know the GameCube doesn't allow swapping of the US/Japanese games, and I think the PS2 is the same.

And since the device is displaying the games, the whole PAL/NTSC debate is unnecessary. I'm guessing that with the world shrinking the way it is, this is a statement of how the economics of regional protection don't hold up anymore, and the ability to manufacture one system for the world pays off much better in the end. Sounds like a real good move to me.