I found a funny comic about password complexity this weekend: http://xkcd.com/936/
It makes a good point. And I was actually taken to that comic by an article that breaks down the futility of how we all generally manage our passwords:
“I’m sorry, but were you actually trying to remember your comical passwords?”
by Troy Hunt
http://www.troyhunt.com/2011/08/im-sorry-but-were-you-actually-trying.html
It’s some good food for thought. I’m certainly looking in to programs like
1Password http://agilebits.com/products/1Password
And the prominent cross-platform (Mac, Windows and Linux/*NIX) but not nearly as easy to look at …
KeePassX http://www.keepassx.org/