The iPod can be put into Firewire Disk Mode, in which it behaves like a Firewire hard drive without any of the additional iPod functionality. On a 3G or earlier iPod, reset it then hold the Previous and Next buttons until the display reads Disk Mode. On a click-wheel iPod, hold Select and Play/Pause. Reset the unit again to return it to normal functionality.

In North American street railway practice, a grand union is a rail track junction where two two-track railway lines meet, usually at a street intersection.

Shinichiro Watanabe is a well-known young director who has overseen such projects as Macross Plus and Cowboy Bebop.