This week we busted the tech myths we most commonly see people waste their time on, helped remedy the silly things you may be unknowingly doing on Facebook, took a look at your rights as an amateur photographer, and more. Here's a look back.

Top 10 Pervasive Tech Myths That Are Only Wasting Your Time

Ever been told that you should fully discharge your battery to prolong its life? Or that jailbreaking your phone is illegal? Or that you should wait for the newest Intel processor because it's going to be "so much faster"? More »

The Stupid Things You Do on Facebook (and How to Fix Them)

In spite of its many useful features, Facebook can be a constant source of annoyance, embarrassment, and trouble if you make a few stupid decisions you might not even realize you're... More »

Seven Helpful Sites That Tell You What The F**k To Do

Feeling indecisive? Need a little help figuring out where to eat, drink, or what music to listen to? Sure, plenty of apps and web sites can help you out, but when you really want to get to the point, nothing beats the direct approach. More »

Know Your Rights: Photography in Public

Nearly every modern phone has a camera attached to it and subsequently more and more people are taking photos in public places than ever before. The shot might be as simple as snapping a picture of a parade or as tricky as recording video of a riot. More »

Make Your Pockets Virtually Theft-Proof

When traveling-or just being paranoid-you have reason to worry about a sneaky pickpocket coming to steal your wallet. Even if the chances are slim, getting stranded in a foreign place can be scary and troublesome. More »

Five Best Web Hosting Companies

When you're ready to take your data into your own hands and run your own blog, own your own photos, and host your own apps, it's time to find a good web host that can put it all on the web for you, give you the tools, bandwidth, and storage you need, and support you when you need help. More »

Put Your Pants On Without Your Underwear Bunching Up

It's a silly problem to lament, but it's very real: that moment when you pull up your pants, only to have your underwear bunch up around your waist. Redditor 04andrew22 shares his brilliant solution. More »

Is It Still Worth It to Fill Up Your Drive With Music?

Once upon a time, music was hard to get in digital form, so when you had it, you hung on to it for dear life, filling your hard drive with dozens of gigs of music. More »

How to Be Clever, and Not Annoying, When Asking for a Favor

Asking for a favor can be scary because, in many cases, you're asking to be rejected. If someone can't (or doesn't want to) help you, there isn't much you can do about it. More »

Kill Time Productively on Your Phone

The smartphone has made killing time when you're standing in line easy, but instead of launching another bird into the sky you can turn those two-minute spurts of non-activity into productive moments. More »

Relive Your Childhood with These Nostalgic Wallpapers from Your Youth

You may be working all day long, but that doesn't mean you can't reminisce about the fun things from your childhood. Here are a few wallpapers to take you back to your salad days. More »

This week we squeezed our workout routine into 20 minutes, ordered tailor-made clothing on the cheap, cured our router's constant need for a reset, and more. Here's a look back.

A 20-Minute Daily Exercise Plan for People Too Busy to Work Out

You lead busy a life, and finding time to stay healthy is tough. Fortunately, all you need is 20 minutes of exercise per day to get fit. If you don't have the time to go to the gym every day, here's how you can get in shape quickly from just about anywhere-little-to-no equipment required. More »

Five Best Online Custom Clothing Stores

Shopping for clothes in brick and mortar stories may give you instant gratification and the chance to try them on, but why bother when you can online, get bigger discounts, and have your clothes tailored to fit before they even get to your house? More »

Being Shy Is Just a Bad Habit, and You Can Break It With Regular Practice

Most shy people wish they were more confident, because shyness is ultimately a symptom of you being uncomfortable with who you are. You judge yourself based on other people's standards and spend too much time in your own head, thinking of how best to act and react in any given situation. More »

In Memoriam: Our Favorite Apps and Services That Have Gone Belly Up (and Their Replacements)

If the life of a power user teaches you anything, it's that some of the best apps and tools don't always stand the test of time. Let's pour one out for some of those dearly departed. More »

Why Do I Have to Keep Resetting My Router, and How Can I Fix It?

Dear Lifehacker,
My router sucks. My connection goes wonky once every few days, and I have to unplug the router and reboot it (I believe this is called a hard reset) to fix the problem. More »

With the Right Foods, Staying Full While Dieting Is Easier Than You Think

If you're trying to watch what you eat, or your doctor's put you on a diet, you know what it's like to struggle with gnawing hunger even though you're all out of calories for the day. More »

Stay Awake When You're Tired with a Little Acupressure (and Other Techniques)

Keeping yourself awake after a bad night of sleep or after a long day at work can be tough. Instead of resorting to excessive amounts of caffeine, illustrator and blogger Yumi Sakugawa has put together an infographic with a bunch of clever ways to keep yourself awake including a few handy... More »

From Saucy Pics to Passwords: How to Share Sensitive Information Over the Internet

Raise your hand if you've shared a username and password with someone over IM? Ever share a document with your SSN or other extremely sensitive information without protecting it? More »

Cubby Is Like Dropbox... If Dropbox Also Had Free, Unlimited Syncing (And We've Got Invites)

Windows/OS X: Cubby is a new cloud syncing service with one major difference from its competition: It doesn't have any storage limits when you're syncing from computer to computer. More »

Grant Your Desktop Superpowers with These Superhero (and Villain) Wallpapers

It's that time of the year again-superheroes are hitting the big screen to defend the world from evil. Show your support for the Avengers, Batman, and more with these wallpapers. More »

This week we made use of your unused and underused thumb drives, tricked ourselves into being awesome, forced ourselves out of the house, and more. Here's a look back.

Turn Your Underused (or Unused) Thumb Drives into Awesome, Indispensable Tools This Weekend

Although cloud services have made thumb drives a bit less useful for a lot of us, they're still a staple of every geek's toolkit because there are so many things you can do with them. More »

366 Days, or How I Tricked Myself into Being Awesome

Back in 2007, we learned Jerry Seinfeld's productivity secret. Since then, more than a few of us have employed Seinfeld's trick to become more productive, and we're not alone. More »

Five Best Fitness Tracking Appliances

If you're thinking about heading outside or to the gym to get some exercise now that the weather's warm, you may benefit from an appliance you can wear on your wrist or in your pocket that keeps an eye on your activity level and gives you feedback on how well you're doing. More »

How Can I Avoid Becoming an Introverted Weirdo?

Dear Lifehacker,
Tech has made my home awesome; I can watch anything I want in a heartbeat; I can track my pizza through every stage of delivery; I can even work from home. More »

How to Supercharge Your Dropbox or Google Drive with Wappwolf

Wouldn't it be awesome if you could just drop a PDF in a folder and it would automatically show up on your Kindle? Or if imported photos automatically scaled themselves down to a smaller size? More »

How to Survive the 10 Grueling Levels of Office Hell

Even those of us that love our jobs can have days where office life just seems like a terrible punishment from the beyond. If your job is crushing your soul piece by piece, here are some ways you can deal with the pain and suffering of office life. More »

Instantly Become More Photogenic By Tilting Your Head Forward

The key to looking good in photos? It's all about your jaw, as photographer Peter Hurley explains in this video. Essentially, stretch your forehead forward and down a bit to accentuate your jawline. More »

Want to Eat Healthier? Pick Up Some Fast Food and Skip the Restaurant

Fast food can get a bad reputation for being unhealthy, and it often is, but Brian Dunning of the myth-busting In Fact explains why a sit-down restaurant puts you at a greater health risk than picking up some fast food. More »

Never Forget to Refill Your Brita Pitcher with This Clever Tip

Redditor violenciarivas shares a tip for making sure your filtered water pitcher is always full. More »

Zero Dollar Books Shows You All the Best Selling Kindle Ebooks Currently Available for Free

Sorting through the Amazon store for free ebooks can be a bit of a mess. To simplify the process Zero Dollar Books is a simple webapp that aggregates all the best selling free ebooks and shows them off in a nice clean view. More »

Jerry Seinfeld's Productivity Secret

When software developer Brad Isaac told us he had productivity advice from Jerry Seinfeld, we couldn't turn down the chance to hear more. Read on for the whole story from Brad. More »

Give Your Desktop a Break with These Relaxing Wallpapers

Your desktop can be a source of stress when it's completely disorganized, or you can tidy it up and use a simple, relaxing wallpaper to offer yourself a more calming effect. More »

Raising children is a war, and in war there's sure to be collateral damage. Case in point: this DIY-daddy's thousand-dollar dining table, which carried the mark of a little devil before it was cleaned off with a nifty household trick. The home improvement experts at Stack Exchange have the answer(s).

Photo by Stack Exchange.

Question:

I have a 3-year-old daughter. I left a black permanent marker out. The rest is history, and it seems to be, well, permanent.

See the image to the right. The top circled area shows one mark. The bottom circle shows what happened when my wife tried to scrub another mark off. Now it's permanently scuffed.

See here for a full description of the table we're working with.

Please help!

— Tom (originally asked here)

Answer: Use Isopropyl Alcohol (Or Booze)

Permanent marker can often be removed with isopropyl alcohol. First, assuming you still have the markers, try using isopropyl alcohol to remove it from a test surface. If it works, then try on the underside of your table to ensure it does not damage the finish. If it is safe, then go for it.

Comment by a few other ways to remove graffiti.

— Answered by Steven

Answer: Goof Off (or Don't)

I just tried Goof Off on the underside of my table and it worked very well. Of course, the underside of my table is sealed with polyurethane.

You might just want to leave your permanent marker stain alone. This might seem like a strange attitude, but I resigned myself to marker stains years ago. Now, when I look around at the child-inflicted damage around the home, I think of it as the history of my family in this house.

— Answered by uncle brad

Answer: Power Sand

If your furniture is unsealed, the ink has likely permeated into the grain. In the end, it might come down to getting out the power sander.

— Answered by DA01

Accepted Answer: I Figured It Out (Toothpaste)

Thanks everyone! Before I could even read any suggestions, my wife went ahead and tried using toothpaste over the mark and it has removed it well enough. Go figure. I don't even know where she found that idea, I don't like taking gambles like that, but it worked. We'll leave the scuff mark, for now.

— Answered by Tom