I did almost exactly that and I've still been bitten by this.
I had a weak password like 99beers that I've used for many years for the 90% of sites that don't matter. I started to transition to something like adding the first letter of the site name plus one to the beginning, so ycombinator.com would be z99beers. Still not strong, but I thought it reduced the risk if one site was compromised.
But since this compromise has been so large and well-publicized, I've gotten locked out of several sites that do matter, apparently just based on being in the Gawker dump. Since my email has never been compromised, this isn't a big deal, but it's a hassle.
Now I'm making a serious effort to apply LastPass and random passwords to everything.
I had a weak password like 99beers that I've used for many years for the 90% of sites that don't matter. I started to transition to something like adding the first letter of the site name plus one to the beginning, so ycombinator.com would be z99beers. Still not strong, but I thought it reduced the risk if one site was compromised.
But since this compromise has been so large and well-publicized, I've gotten locked out of several sites that do matter, apparently just based on being in the Gawker dump. Since my email has never been compromised, this isn't a big deal, but it's a hassle.
Now I'm making a serious effort to apply LastPass and random passwords to everything.