http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1651315 (one of those 3 upvotes is me!)
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1666022 (didn't even notice this one at the time)
Yes, the 'recent' and 'by industry' listings are nice. The data set seems small enough, though -- by either day or even last few months -- that it'd be nice to have a longer page, with more details, and 'instant' filtering by amounts, regions, industries, terms, etc. Something like Google Finance stock screener on the last year of Reg-D filings would be awesome: