Things heating up in VC-land: "You can tell from the relaxed manner of venture capitalists at recent Christmas bashes -- things are getting better. The Woodside Fund brought out the big wines, Duckborn and Caymus. Doll Capital Management, fresh from its hit with Chinese job site, 51Job, rented out the grand Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, offering an open bar and lavish food. Not to be outdone, Mayfield rented out the Computer History Museum last night, serving equally quality nosh. We bumped into Mayfield partner Kevin Fong who, while sipping at a cocktail, explained how much better things are this year than the past couple."—SiliconBeat

Good to see, but we have a long way to go before we're back to this. Keep it going!