How to remember password after changing it?

[PoohBearPenguin]

One way is to use a program like password safe, which allows you to store your passwords for accounts/sites in an encrypted file. You still need to remember a password for the program however.

What I do is think of a TV show or a movie, and a favorite character.

For instance: Star Trek, Captain Kirk.

StarTrekCaptainKirk is too long, and besides if someone knows I like Star Trek, it's easily guessable.

So how about shortening StarTrek to just ST, and shorten Captain Kirk to just Capt. Kirk: STCapt.Kirk - will work but I can still do better, and most passwords require a number as well. "4" sort of looks like an "A" doesn't it? So now I have: STC4pt.Kirk

That should do it. Note I could come up with other ways of writing this with the same memory device of "Star Trek Captain Kirk."