Random items on home page

[Fez-o Joe]

check admin > config > maximum values > New Product Listing - Limited to ... > select from options

I can see where he's coming from on this - as I've built up the database, I've noticed that the 'random' items are all pulled and showing on the side from the same category... it may be a different category on the bottom, but all the items are still in the same area. (new site - www.disastersupplycatalog.com)

Anyone know where this 'random' gets seeded from?!?

Or, does the random just mean random category - not item?

Just curious.