Ah, but just a word of warning; Apple Pay only works in Japan if you’re using a Japanese iPhone. Japan uses a different NFC protocol called FeLiCa, iPhones from other countries don’t transmit on that band.

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It has to be a single frame from the film, badly converted into 16-colors.

If there’s a alternate Jennifer that belongs in Biff’s 1985, we never meet her. The only Jennifer we are aware of is the original that comes with everyone to 2015, then back to 1985b. They leave here in the altered timeline, and the Doc literally tells Marty in a scene in the movie that she’s safe and that the…

The Google Translate app is indispensable, and does not require a Google account to use.

It’s a common misconception that there are no trash cans in Japan. The truth is, find a convenience store or a train station (extremely easy if you’re in any decent-sized city), and you are almost assured a place to toss your garbage. Same goes for public restrooms. Though there’s a 50/50 chance that you will have to…

There are lots of pre-packaged tours to choose from, but Japan is one of the best places in the world to “just wing it”. It depends on where you want to go, and what you want to get out of it. Whatever you do, I suggest setting aside at least one day for ‘wandering aimlessly through the city and taking pictures’.

Many ATM networks recognize international cards now. 7Bank (7-11s, Ito Yokado department stores), eBank (multiple convenience store chains), JP Bank (all post offices, stand-alone ATM booths), Waon Bank (Aeon malls), etc. They all have English (and sometimes other) language support.

Japan is starting to embrace NFC payment (beyond IC cash cards), much quicker than they’ve adopted credit/debit card use. Places that have never accepted credit cards now accept Apple Pay, for example. In a few years, contactless payment will probably leapfrog plastic.

In A New Hope, handcuffs are called binders.

Rebels called restroom “refreshers” as well.

There’s no paradox with Marty’s friendship with the Doc. Marty hangs out with the weird scientist because he’s a rulebreaker. He probably met Doc while skipping school one day.

He’s also Fred’s father in Big Hero 6.

At this point, that Half Time Show is more nostalgic than anything else.

This is the Enterprise, a big circle with a porch.

I keep forgetting how much I miss News Radio until I see something from News Radio and then I REALLY miss News Radio.

For a while, people watching Mad Men thought that Don Draper was turning into an analog for DB Cooper... until the show ended without him hijacking an airplane.

It’s kind of amazing how a one-off action movie released almost 25 years ago has inspired such a devoted fanbase.

That is an awfully-formatted trailer. But it looks like they’re trying to channel the original campiness of the TV series, which could work out very well. So long as Origins is better than their own ads suggest. At least they’re not going down the dark/edgy route and trying to wedge a non-existent Goa’uld/Human war…