..an interesting concept when looking for something to intellectually process while otherwise held corporally captive. Flights, commutes, conference calls, meetings and the like all qualify as ideal times to mess around with intersections.
I propose (or maybe even hypothesize) that any two ideas/objects eventually intersect if you push them around long enough. Let's call it the inescapable voyage to the lowest common denominator which occasionally results in something useful theory. Take for example: cup holders and chewing gum , an available USB port and too much time, or even a website and a lot of poorly thought out ideas.
So. Free brain processing time plus the catalog of crap you've been exposed to that is still rattling around in your brain and the concept of merging them together in pairs, one at a time until you come up with something: funny, ridiculous, useful, wasteful, marketable or simply interesting. I find it helps to pick one interesting idea or object and bump as many other ideas or objects against it until something decent comes out.
A notepad and google (plus a random letter or combination of letters) can add a whole new element to the process. Add alcohol for worse results.
I guess it could also be called 'captive creations', or 'poor man's data mining', or even 'here's what I came up with during our last business meeting that is completely unrelated to what was discussed'.
A random personal few from my last meeting:
poker fishing - I didn't say these were good, merely random.
basic competency testing printed on dollar bills - must be answered before redemption, wrong answer = exploding bill.
*vending machine, martinis, home pregnancy kits - weekend hangout
air horn and obscenities - really, really loud obscenities
* a triple inspired by being forced to listen to a co-worker's ramblings that sent my brain off on a tear about what her social life must be like.
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