Think of something weird but memorable

[bugshaw]

The act of thinking up and committing to memory of such a thing, in circumstances such as the periodic change requirement of my first-tier login password, appear to wipe the part of the brain where I keep the second-tier password. When I dredge my recall I only find the password-before-last...

Comments

[sharikkamur.livejournal.com]

I know just what you mean. I really need to come up with a decent algorithm for generating passwords that I'll actually be able to remember that aren't blindingly obvious.

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

I used Lovecraftian horrors for a while (which was fun)

[sharikkamur.livejournal.com]

I try not to use Terran languages either. :)

[pseudomonas.livejournal.com]

I use lines from songs/poems, mangled.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Oh dear...

[fanf]

Write passwords down and keep them somewhere safe.

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

Now I have remembered it, I remember how obvious it is to me and why I didn't make a note of it :-)

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

When I first had to change passwords regularly (OMG 1987!) I think I went for passwords based on month names. Then zodiac signs. Then Tarot cards ...

[erik]

I use the same random string of letters and numbers and vary the shift key:
ajs5B185
AJS%b185
ajs5B!*%
etc.