Figuring out linux’s device mapper

Device mapper does a great job at translating devices to somewhat human readable format.  Yet, that layer breaks down in the logging.  Let’s take the situation where you have an error in the filesystem that is getting reported in dmesg or syslog: [1297912.800024] EXT4-fs (dm-1): error count: 1 [1297912.800030] EXT4-fs (dm-1): initial error at 1322435090:

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Getting iPhones, iPads and other iDevices to Print

БогородицаiDevices like the iPhone and iPad have the ability to print to select “supported” printers. Basically, those printers are just broadcasting Apple’s bonjour service to which the iDevice detects natively. However, those “supported” printers aren’t all that readily available and corporate environments being inundated with iDevices can’t rightly replace all of their printers. With a

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