Truthfully, I don’t believe that matters. Either way, you’ll be put in a queue. The difference is something like 5 days in the queue today, or 4 days in the queue two days from now (which means 6 total days).
I could be wrong, but that’s been my experience in the past.
http://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=846
Read the link for full details. Finer points include, but not limited to:
[b]New Character Creator Update
Changes to the portrait creation UI to make the process more clear[/b]
We are implementing UI fixes that we hope will resolve the above two issues.
Change 1: Change the “Save” button to “Finalize”. “Save” implies that it is possible to go back and make adjustments later. “Finalize” is just more… final.
Change 2: When players click “Finalize” they will be presented with a dialogue box like the one below. The dialogue box shows the portrait snapshot that the player currently has selected. It makes clear that this is the portrait that will represent the character to other pilots in game and that once the player clicks “YES”, no further changes will be possible. However, if a player clicks “NO” they will be returned to the portrait creator and can continue working on their portrait.
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A chance to recustomize
We understand that many players proceeded into game under the impression that they could come back and make adjustments later; whilst other players didn’t end up with the portrait they believed they had chosen.
We want to ensure everyone has the portrait of their choice. So now that we have made the UI clearer we will give all characters who have already completed character customization a chance to recustomize. This will be a one-time recustomization to be used during the grace period.
Characters who had yet to complete customization for the first time will not need this recustomization as they will see the improved UI on their first run through the customization process.
When will these changes happen?
Testing is still underway and if all goes well you should expect to see the changes outlined in this blog in the game before the weekend. We will confirm the timing when we know for sure.
Well, made up my new self, and am reasonably happy with it (at least the portrait). The meager clothing options were severely disappointing; my character has, in her RP, exposed a fondness for shoes… all 7, yes seven, choices (to me) were Ug-ly 
, but then how would they implement microtransactions if you had a million choices?
Yes, the character creator was a little slow, but not unbearably so, and my PC survived. Yay 
This is in the motd, but I cannot find an official thread:
Extended downtime on Thursday, January 20 to deploy Incursion 1.1.1. Downtime begins at 10:00 UTC and will be completed by 13:00 UTC.
What’s the deal CCP?
Edit: They updated the motd. Links are at:
http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1451953
and
http://www.eveonline.com/updates/patchnotes.asp?patchlogID=217 (Everything in green text)
Interesting article about the beginnings of CCP and EVE. Reprinted from another language from a few months ago.
From the article fastcaft posted:
“At one point, we released a patch that sent people’s computers to the blue screen of death. We accidentally destroyed like 2,000 computers. The players were actually okay about it, strangely.”
If my computer went blue and I could prove it was their fault, I would not be okay with that.
Nice article.
By the way, is there a GWC channel in-game?
I remember that event…don’t really remember people being okay about it though.
Yeah. “GWC” without quotes.
Lol. Neither do I. A bit of embellishing I think.
Programming tip: Never name a file after a critical OS file name. Such as boot.ini. Bad coding caused it to delete \boot.ini instead of .\boot.ini.
Here is the result of CCP’s investigation:
(Yes, this is an actual video that CCP put out themselves.)
“Okay about it” to CCP probably means not that many people rage quit and no one called in a bomb threat to Reykjavik.
Too be fair, 2,000 out of 300,000 is not many I suppose now that I think more about it. d:
I think I distinctly remember reading “bomb” and “CCP” in the same sentence while reading the EVE forums right after the incident.
New CCP trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJKcK-Fv80I&hd=1
Set a long skill queue. 1.1.2 patch tomorrow.
Hey!
At 1:30 the narrator uses the word “Hive-Mind”. :eek:
Did GWC’ers give permission to use the term?
I smell a lawsuit.
Star Trek TNG producers would beat us too it.
OK, I’m pretty satisfied with my character now, but I might take advantage of this additional redesign they gave us to tweak her a bit.
Noob question, Starsaber, how did you get those screen shots?
I went back into the character creator and did Alt + PrintScreen 
She looks like Kaylee!
Wow, I was trying to have her look like Jewel Staite, but I suck with character creators, so I gave up on it. Guess I was closer than I thought.
Combination of clothes and hair sold me.