In an attempt to force me to work more I have decided to make available to the world: my dissertation word count. It's unorthodox, unheard of but, it just might work. To this end I have a cute little widget on the left. Every time I do a major piece of writing I am allowed to update the counter. It will be updated at the least at the end of every day but also if, like now, I have written 1000 words and am about to go to lunch!