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Or, instead, you simply get yourself a copy of Password Gorilla ( https://github.com/zdia/gorilla/wiki ) and let it both generate truly random passwords for each service and securely store all those unique, truly random, passwords for you.

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I do random-generated passwords for important things like root accounts, FTP accounts, and business-related email accounts, but then use a formula similar to the one in the first post for every-day stuff like forums, web apps, gmail, etc, so I can type them in from memory when i'm using them multiple times a day.

Oh, and KeePass (on my Android phone, Macbook, and home Win 7 PC) + Dropbox = heaven. The whole idea of a multi-platform password store with it's actual database file kept in Dropbox (or similar) is something i've been dreaming of and begging for, for years.

True! Personally, i prefer remembering them by heart as i often need to access services from different devices, e.g. my smartphone. But for users not in the need of mobility, Password Gorilla will suffice.

As soon as a full Tcl/Tk environment is available on Android, Password Gorilla should run on an Android smartphone. Not there yet, but someday it will happen.

Agree. On any given day I'm using so many devices at work, home, trying out Live CD's, etc. that I need some algorithm that I can just memorize and type in.

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