IsNumeric() stinks

Read the thoroughly insightful and funny post by Mike Teevee as a reaction to the technet documentation with regards to the useless ISNUMERIC() function introduced in SQL Server 2012:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186272.aspx

Select "SQL Server 2012" under "Other Versions", otherwise the post is hidden.

Silverlight not working because of font issue

If Silverlight is installed correctly, but still not working, check for Windows Fonts with an ampersand in the name and remove them:

http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/719317/silverlight-5-error-1001-font-filename-issue

Uneasy way to determine proxy server

Open a command prompt and perform the following steps:
  1. Inspect the output of netstat -an | find "EST" (short from 'ESTABLISHED')
  2. Go to a fresh site (one that you have not recently visited)
  3. Run the netstat command again, looking for the new connection. It might look like:
    TCP 192.168.1.1:1989 192.168.1.88:8080 ESTABLISHED
(credits go to Royce Williams)

Alternatively, install TCPView and look at the remote address and remote port columns for the browser connections.