Theo Todman's Web Page - Notes Pages

1. Total Time outstanding this period = 426 hours
2. Click Here⁵ for Actual Detail Summary (2007 - 2025) by Sub-Project
3. Click Here⁶ for (by Project)
   • Summary of Effort YTD & QTD
   • Time Analysis (YTD by Study-location)
4. Click Here⁷ for (by Project)
   • Plan versus Actual Effort Summary - Split (Previous Quarter & YTD)
   • Plan versus Actual Effort Summary - Actual (Previous Quarter & YTD)
   • Plan Summary (Next Quarter & Full Year)
   • Actual & Plan Summary (2007 - 2025)

1. Thesis - Reading / Writing (Total Hours = 38)
   • "Biggar (Nigel) - Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning" (Write, 1.25 hours)
   • "Biggar (Nigel) - Reparations: Slavery and the Tyranny of Imaginary Guilt" (Write, 1.75 hours)
   • "Edwards (Dave) - The concept of race is a social construct" (Read / Write, 5.25 hours)
   • "Ferner (Adam) - Metaphysics and biology: a critique of David Wiggins’ account of personal identity" (Read / Write, 8.75 hours)
   • "Han (Byung-Chul) - The copy is the original" (Read / Write, 1.5 hours)
   • "Lechthaler (Manuel) - Composition and Identities" (Read, 5.75 hours)
   • "McBain (Sophie) - Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?" (Read / Write, 1.75 hours)
   • "Nwaubani (Adaobi Tricia) - My Great-Grandfather, the Nigerian Slave-Trader" (Read / Write, 1.25 hours)
   • "Peckham (Jeremy) - Living virtuously with AI chatbots" (Read, 1 hour)
   • "Wikipedia - Slavery in Africa" (Read / Write, 4.5 hours)
   • "Yong (Ed) - An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us" (Read, 5.25 hours)
2. Thesis - Research Repositioning (Total Hours = 4.25)
   • Admin - Birkbeck - Socialising / Discussions (0.25 hours)
   • "Admin - Thesis Planning+Admin (Oct - Dec)" (4 hours)

1. Thesis Background - Reading / Writing (Total Hours = 17.5)
   • RIP: Heisook Kim - Individual Freedom in the Post Pandemic Era (Read, 1.25 hours)
   • RIP: Jesse Norman - The Wisdom of Mentor (Read, 1.5 hours)
   • RIP: Joseph Chan and Brian Wong - Treating legal transgressions as a response to state injustice (Read, 1.25 hours)
   • RIP: Lea Ypi - Amnesty For Immigrants (Read, 1.75 hours)
   • RIP: Myisha Cherry - Anti-Racism Training (Read, 1.75 hours)
   • RIP: Rajeev Bhargava - For State-Funded Multi-Religious Education (Read, 1.5 hours)
   • RIP: YouTube - Axel Honneth: Work – A Short History of a Modern Concept (Read, 2 hours)
   • RIP: YouTube - Heather Douglas: Differentiating Scientific Inquiry and Politics (Read, 1.5 hours)
   • RIP: YouTube - Kwame Anthony Appiah: Why do Religions Divide Us? What Can We Do About it? (Read, 1.5 hours)
   • RIP: YouTube - Linda Martín Alcoff: The Return of Cultural Racism (Read, 1.5 hours)
   • RIP: YouTube - Sally Haslanger: What is a Social Practice? (Read, 0.5 hours)
   • RIP: YouTube - Thaddeus Metz - For Reconciliatory Sentencing (Read, 1.25 hours)
     → See "RIP - The Royal Institute of Philosophy - Podcasts" (17.25 hours)
   • "Williams (John) - Stoner" (Write, 0.25 hours)
2. Thesis Background - Status
   • 25Q3 Status Reports (3.75 hours)
     → See "Admin - Thesis Planning+Admin (Oct - Dec)" (3.75 hours)

1. Website - Bridge Development
   • Software Development - Bridge Database - Improve efficiency of NGS & Results Hyperlink calculation for Results Export (2.25 hours)
     → See "Software Development - Website - Development" (2.25 hours)
2. Website - Bridge Maintenance (Total Hours = 4.5)
   • Bridge - Website - Theo Todman's Bridge Page¹⁰ Maintenance (1 hour)
   • Bridge - Website - Results Database Maintenance (3.5 hours)
     → See "Admin - Bridge - Admin" (4.5 hours)
3. Website - Development (Total Hours = 6)
   • Website - Generator - Timeline software¹¹: Coxes Farm - Old Photos (3.25 hours)
   • Website - Generator - Compress Ling Pages for Kobo (2.5 hours)
   • Website - Generator - Reinstate Daily Task Reporting in Status: Priority Summary Task List¹² (0.25 hours)
     → See "Software Development - Website - Development" (6 hours)
4. Website - Education
   • "PC Pro - Computing in the Real World" (3.25 hours)
5. Website - Infrastructure (Total Hours = 6.25)
   • Commissioning Scanner on Epson Printer (0.25 hours)
   • Cross-checking Windows Defender (0.25 hours)
   • Develop procedures for junking US Healthcare spam (0.25 hours)
   • Installing GIMP Image Manipulation Program on new Laptop (0.25 hours)
   • Investigating, Purchasing & Commissioning New Wondershare PDF Element (3.25 hours)
   • Microsoft Windows & MS Office - Releases, Bugs & Periodic Re-boots (2 hours)
     → See "Admin - Website - Admin & Maintenance" (6.25 hours)
6. Website - Maintenance (Total Hours = 1.75)
   • 25Q3 Status Reports (1.25 hours)
   • Website - Periodic Full Regeneration (0.5 hours)
     → See "Admin - Website - Admin & Maintenance" (1.75 hours)

1. Website Others - Enigma Ensemble (Total Hours = 3.25)
   • "Admin - Enigma Ensemble Website - Creation, Admin & Maintenance" (0.25 hours)
   • Admin - Enigma Ensemble Website - Development, Admin & Maintenance (3 hours)
2. Website Others - Mayflower DBC Maintenance (Total Hours = 6)
   • "Admin - Mayflower Website - Admin & Maintenance" (0.25 hours)
   • Mayflower Scoring Laptop - Windows Updates (5.75 hours)
3. Website Others - Small Bridge Sites
   • "Software Development - Small Bridge Sites - Development & Maintenance" (0.5 hours)

• Below is a table showing the progress on my project to read the OT, LXX & NT in the original Hebrew and Greek.
• As of the beginning of August 2025, this project is in abeyance (again). I've decided to enhance my grammatical knowledge of Greek and Hebrew before proceding further.
• The table below has been corrected to reflect the second intermission. The Revised End Date is calculated as 'today' plus the amount of time needed to complete the tasks at the rate achieved during the second period of activity. Hence, it will advance by one day a day until I restart.
• The explanation after the first intermission is as below.
  1. I'm on my first pass through the OT & LXX and my second pass through the NT.
  2. I intermitted this project between August 2023 and April 2024 (inclusive; ie. 9 months); as well as deferring completion by 9 months, this has thrown out my completion-date algorithms somewhat. For now, I've amended the Completion Aims to reflect the intermission.
  3. I've calculated and used the daily rate of progress achieved prior to intermission to calculate the estimated completion date.
  4. I don't now have as much time to spare, so - as expected - this rate has fallen since the restart.
  5. I've therefore also calculated and used the daily rate of progress achieved since intermission to calculate the revised completion date.
• I've also read through the Koran, but mostly in English. One day I'll try to read the Koran in Arabic, maybe. Progress on this, and on my first run-through of the NT, is recorded in versions of this report prior to 25Q3.
  

  Testament	Total Verses	Start Date	Intermission	Restart Date	Restart at	Elapsed	Read	V / D	Since Restart	Last Verse Read	Aim	Estimate	Ahead / Behind	Revised
  OT	23,143	13/05/2021	30/07/2023	05/05/2024	1 Samuel 9:25	808	7,469	9.2	4.2	1 Kings 10:22	31/12/2028	11/12/2029	345 Days Behind	06/11/2034
  LXX	28,986	13/05/2021	30/07/2023	05/05/2024	2 Esdras 5:3	808	12,596	15.6	5.9	2 Maccabees 10:5	31/03/2027	11/04/2028	377 Days Behind	15/04/2032
  NT2	7,956	26/12/2022	30/07/2023	05/05/2024	John 8:22	216	3,258	15.1	6.2	2 Corinthians 12:6	31/03/2025	18/03/2026	352 Days Behind	16/09/2026

  
  
• No activity this period

1. Religion Background - Reading / Writing
   • Walker - The Anglican Church's split: When the culture wins over Scripture (Read / Write, 1 hour)
     → See "BBC - Miscellaneous iPlayer and Podcasts" (1 hour)
2. Religion Background - Admin (Total Hours = 2)
   • 25Q3 Status Reports (1.75 hours)
     → See "Admin - Religion - Admin" (1.75 hours)
   • Admin - St John's Notice Sheets (0.25 hours)
     → See "Admin - Catalogue Papers and Books (including Abstract improvements)" (0.25 hours)

1. Music - Administration (Total Hours = 32.5)
   • 25Q3 Status Reports (2.25 hours)
   • Enigma Ensemble - Admin (18.5 hours)
   • Enigma Ensemble - Admin - Musescore Upgrades (0.25 hours)
   • Enigma Ensemble - Concert Planning (1.5 hours)
   • Enigma Ensemble: Travel, Lunch, Interaction (2.5 hours)
     → See "Admin - Music - Administration" (25 hours)
   • MuseScore - Binge - Watermill (0.5 hours)
   • MuseScore - Gounod - Marionette - Oboe Score Adjustment (1 hour)
   • MuseScore - John Ireland - Downland Suite - Minuet (0.5 hours)
   • MuseScore - Various New Items (1 hour)
     → See "Todman (Theo) - Music Score OCR & Editing Software - Selection & Use" (3 hours)
   • Music Copying / Filing (4.5 hours)
     → See "Admin - Music - Administration" (4.5 hours)
2. Music - Aural
   • "Earmaster - Ear Training & Sight-singing" (1.25 hours)
3. Music - Oboe (Total Hours = 14)
   • Mower (Mike) - The Good Tempered Oboe - 'Dop Dop Doobah' (0.25 hours)
     → See "Mower (Mike) - The Good Tempered Oboe" (0.25 hours)
   • Oboe - Enigma Ensemble (3 hours)
   • Oboe - Enigma Ensemble - Practice (10.75 hours)
     → See "Practice - Oboe - Enigma Ensemble - Playing & Practice" (13.75 hours)
4. Music - Piano (Total Hours = 1)
   • "Faber (Nancey) & Faber (Randall) - Faber Piano Adventures: Adult Piano Adventures All-in-One Lesson Book 1: Spiral Bound" (0.5 hours)
   • Piano (0.5 hours)
     → See "Practice - Piano" (0.5 hours)
5. Music - Recorder
   • "Practice - Recorder - General Practice" (1.5 hours)

1. Bridge - Reading / Writing
   • "Reading - Bridge - Magazines" (Read, 1 hour)
2. Bridge - Admin (Total Hours = 44.25)
   • 25Q3 Status Reports (7.75 hours)
     → See "Admin - Bridge - Admin" (7.75 hours)
   • Admin - Mayflower DBC - EBUScore Training (1.25 hours)
   • Admin - Mayflower DBC - ECATS SIMS Preparation (0.75 hours)
   • Admin - Mayflower DBC - Lunch with DP & AK (3.25 hours)
   • Admin - Mayflower DBC - NICKO Organisation (5.75 hours)
   • Admin - Mayflower DBC - Planning Zoom Meetings (0.5 hours)
   • "Admin - Mayflower DBC - Secretarial & Signatory Duties" (15.25 hours)
   • Admin - Mid Essex - Fletcher Organisation (0.25 hours)
   • Bridge - Emails / Calls to Colin (0.25 hours)
   • Bridge - Emails / Calls to David P (0.5 hours)
   • Bridge - Emails to / Discussions with Dave T (0.5 hours)
   • Bridge - Planning EBU Sessions with David P (2 hours)
   • DP Bridge Party - Meal & Socialising (2 hours)
   • Tony French's Funeral + Wake (4.25 hours)
     → See "Admin - Bridge - Admin" (21.25 hours)
3. Bridge - Play (Total Hours = 66)
   • Bridge - Chelmsford (Albert) (3 hours)
   • Bridge - Cumbria - RealBridge (David P) (2.5 hours)
   • Bridge - DP Bridge Party (7 hours)
   • Bridge - Leighton Buzzard - RealBridge (Colin) (2.5 hours)
   • Bridge - Leighton Buzzard - RealBridge (David P) (3 hours)
   • Bridge - Mayflower (Colin) (6.25 hours)
   • Bridge - Mayflower (David P) (9.75 hours)
   • Bridge - Mayflower (Tim C) (3.25 hours)
   • Bridge - Milton Keynes - RealBridge (Dave T) (20.75 hours)
   • Bridge - Milton Keynes - RealBridge (David P) (8 hours)
     → See "Admin - Bridge - Playing" (66 hours)
4. Bridge - Study (Total Hours = 56.25)
   • "Bridge - Handle" (12 hours)
   • Bridge - Session Reviews - Albert (1 hour)
   • Bridge - Session Reviews - Colin (3.25 hours)
   • Bridge - Session Reviews - Dave T (9.75 hours)
   • Bridge - Session Reviews - David P (12 hours)
   • Bridge - Session Reviews - DP Bridge Party (0.5 hours)
   • Bridge - Session Reviews - Tim C (1.25 hours)
   • Bridge - Systems Review - Albert (0.5 hours)
   • Bridge - Systems Review - Colin (2.75 hours)
   • Bridge - Systems Review - Dave T (4 hours)
   • Bridge - Systems Review - David P (5.75 hours)
   • Bridge - Systems Review - Robert (1 hour)
   • Bridge - Systems Review - Tim C (1 hour)
   • Bridge - Systems Reviews - DP Bridge Party (0.5 hours)
     → See "Admin - Bridge - Study" (43.25 hours)
   • "Chawner (Marc) - Defense" (0.25 hours)
   • "Chawner (Marc) - Know Your Percentages" (0.25 hours)
   • "Chawner (Marc) - No Trump Declarer Play" (0.25 hours)
   • "Chawner (Marc) - Playing in a Suit Contract as Declarer" (0.25 hours)

• 25Q3 Status Reports (1.5 hours)
• Downton Abbey Film (2.5 hours)
  → See "Admin - General Culture - Admin" (4 hours)
• "FT - Five Books - Various Subjects not covered elsewhere" (Read, 0.5 hours)
• "Harris (Robert) - Dictator" (Read / Write, 0.75 hours)
• "Harris (Robert) - Fatherland" (Read / Write, 10.75 hours)
• "Harris (Robert) - Imperium" (Read / Write, 0.75 hours)
• "Harris (Robert) - Lustrum" (Read / Write, 0.75 hours)
• Investigations into treatment of injured foxes (0.5 hours)
  → See "Admin - General Culture - Admin" (0.5 hours)
• "LPOC - Listed Heritage: The Listed Property Owners' Club Magazine" (Read, 0.75 hours)
• "LRB - London Review of Books" (Read, 1 hour)
• "Mann (Thomas), Lowe-Porter (H.T.) - Lotte In Weimar" (Write, 0.25 hours)
• "Mann (Thomas), Lowe-Porter (H.T.) - The Holy Sinner" (Write, 0.25 hours)
• "Ryback (Timoth W.) - Takeover" (Read, 1.5 hours)
• St John's Quiz (3 hours)
  → See "Admin - General Culture - Admin" (3 hours)
• "Todman (Theo) - Investigating Housing Developments near Coxes Farm" (Read / Write, 29 hours)

1. Languages - Admin
   • 25Q3 Status Reports (1.5 hours)
     → See "Admin - Languages - Admin" (1.5 hours)
2. Languages - Hebrew (Classical)
   • "Lambdin (Thomas) - Introduction to Biblical Hebrew" (1.5 hours)
3. Languages - Thai
   • "Ling - Learn Thai" (0.25 hours)

• 25Q3 Status Reports (1.5 hours)
  → See "Chess - Admin" (1.5 hours)

1. Mathematics - Reading / Writing (Total Hours = 5.5)
   • Inheritance Tax Planning & Calculation (0.5 hours)
   • Mortgage Refinancing Calculations (5 hours)
     → See "Admin - Mathematics - Admin" (5.5 hours)
2. Mathematics - Admin
   • 25Q3 Status Reports (1.75 hours)
     → See "Admin - Mathematics - Admin" (1.75 hours)

• 25Q3 Status Reports (1.5 hours)
• Communication from new President (0.25 hours)
  → See "ISPE - HiQ Societies - ISPE" (1.75 hours)
• "Wiener (Norbert) - Ex-Prodigy: My Childhood and Youth" (0.5 hours)

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