And yeah MrRubix is giving the right way to memory, grouping is the way to go. If you remember in groups you can easily remember the colours of say 30 cards in a row (group them into threes, have say a letter for each combination)
@ FierceDeity: You shouldn't get corrupt data unless you're hacking or changing Kongregate accounts. If you open the game before logging on to Kongregate you might get that too.