{"id":1630,"date":"2007-06-27T16:40:37","date_gmt":"2007-06-27T15:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/tonys-top-timewasters\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:52:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:52:45","slug":"tonys-top-timewasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/tonys-top-timewasters\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Blair&#8217;s top software timewasters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" title=\"Tony on guitar\" id=\"image1631\" alt=\"Tony on guitar\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2007\/06\/tonyblair.jpg\" \/>So, after 10 historic years as British Prime Minister, Tony Blair <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/politics\/article1993529.ece\">has left Parliament<\/a> for the last time. The retiring PM will no doubt be spending some time basking in the praise he\u2019s been getting from people like George Bush and Bono (and of course, trying to ignore everyone who\u2019s glad to see the back of him), but what will he do next? Well Tony, if you\u2019re back home reading insideTonic and wondering how you\u2019re going to fill the days from now on then why not download some PC software to pass the time? We think these will come in particularly useful:<\/p>\n<p>1. <a href=\"http:\/\/abiword.en.softonic.com\/\">AbiWord<\/a> \u2013 Typing up your memoirs is going to take you a while. Save yourself some money now you\u2019re unemployed by using this impressive free word processor rather than paying for MS Office.<\/p>\n<p>2. <a href=\"http:\/\/risk-2.en.softonic.com\/\">Risk<\/a> \u2013 If you ever get hungry for power again then you&#8217;ll have to settle for pretend politics, I&#8217;m afraid. This computerized version of the classic game of world domination might be just what you&#8217;re looking for.<\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"http:\/\/guitar-pro.en.softonic.com\/\">Guitar Pro<\/a> \u2013 We all know you like to play the guitar so why not resurrect your dreams of becoming the next Jimi Hendrix with this comprehensive guitar tuition application?<\/p>\n<p>4. <a href=\"http:\/\/peacemaker.en.softonic.com\/\">Peacemaker<\/a> \u2013 Rumour has it that you\u2019re thinking about a move into the UN to help resolve conflict in the Middle East. The object of this game is to try and resolve the crisis by playing as the Israeli or the Palestinian leader, so you can see if you\u2019re up to the job.<\/p>\n<p>5. <a href=\"http:\/\/envisioneer-express.en.softonic.com\/\">Envisioneer Express<\/a> \u2013 Now that Gordon Brown has turfed you out of Number 10, you\u2019re going to have to get yourself a new pad. Put a smile on Cherie\u2019s face by creating a dream home using this 3D home design tool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, after 10 historic years as British Prime Minister, Tony Blair has left Parliament for the last time. The retiring PM will no doubt be spending some time basking in the praise he\u2019s been getting from people like George Bush and Bono (and of course, trying to ignore everyone who\u2019s glad to see the back &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/tonys-top-timewasters\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tony Blair&#8217;s top software timewasters&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-1630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":337508,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1630\/revisions\/337508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1630"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=1630"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=1630"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=1630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}