Not sure if this matches what you want but it is a start:
<?php
//get random term, and random posts in that term
$min_count = 4; //minimum number of posts in term to consider
$taxonomy = 'category';
$param_type = 'category__in';
$term_args=array(
'orderby' => 'name',
'order' => 'ASC',
);
$allterms = get_terms($taxonomy,$term_args);
// only terms that meet our $min_count
if ($allterms) {
$terms=array();
foreach( $allterms as $term ) {
if ($term->count >= $min_count) {
$terms[]=$term;
}
}
}
if ($terms) {
$random = rand(0,count($terms)-1); //get a random number from 0 to number of elements in $terms array
$term=$terms[$random];
$args=array(
"$param_type" => array($term->term_id),
'post_type' => 'post',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'orderby' => 'rand',
'posts_per_page' => 4,
'caller_get_posts'=> 1
);
$my_query = null;
$my_query = new WP_Query($args);
if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
echo 'List of Posts in '.$taxonomy .' '.$term->name;
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
<p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
<?php
endwhile;
}
}
wp_reset_query(); // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
?>