Every 90 days, it’s the same old thing. Time to change my password at work. It wouldn’t seem to be that big of a deal, but for some reason, I always seem to have trouble.
First of all, the password has to be a specific amount of characters. So even if I have a good one in mind, if it has too many or too little characters, then I’m stuck. Then it has to have at least one number in it. And that number can’t be at the end. For example I couldn’t use jameil1, I would have to do something like jam1eil. That’s just an example, not an actual password, so don’t be trying to hack my stuff. But for real, I find myself having to type like those 1d10tz (that spells "idiots" for the non-idiots) 0n mYspac3 in order to come up with a password that actually works. And I just can’t bring myself to do that.
Instead, I have to think of something that I will actually remember. I have a great long term memory. For instance, I can remember that my phone number from 1983-1986 was 914 425 1464. But my short term memory is shot. Sometimes I’ll just forget what I was doing while I’m doing it. *Insert weed joke here*. It has to be something memorable if I’m going to remember it. I’ve used my favorite rappers, my favorite sports teams, the kids in my family. I can remember those. But I can’t use any derivatives of them again for 18th months. So, now I have to think of random thoughts that pop in my head to use as passwords. And those just don’t stick. I think I’ve run out of passwords
One of the biggest problems with my password is that I always seem to be leaving on vacation when it’s time to reset them. I’m either having a long weekend, or a week long vacation when it’s time to change my password. I shouldn’t use that as an excuse since it does remind me every day for 2 weeks before it’s time, but I don’t be thinking about it until the very last minute. Who knew my procrastination could extend to something as mundane as changing a password. In fact instead of writing this post, I probably should be thinking of my next password since I only have 9 days left.
P.S. Jameil can you stop posting... I'm really running out of things to blog about as evidenced by me posting about passwords. LOL
Friday, February 19, 2010
Every 90 Days
Posted by Rashan Jamal at 10:08 PM
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5 comments:
You really should've stopped posting weeks ago. Gone head and take a break tomorrow. You've earned it.
Have you done some version of your school and the years you graduated?
You guys are too funny with this posting thing!
Wow I've never heard of a place that said a password had too many characters. Most places I've been a part of say the password has to be at least 8 characters that has a special character and number somewhere tossed in.
Cheers to proving we can just about blog about anything! LOL!
My memory is bad, fam. I have to write the password down somewhere just in case I forget it. LOL
You need to just put the password in you cell, each time you change it. I guess, you'd then have to remember that you stored it in your cell.
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