Yesterday, in a commencement address to graduates of Hampton University in Virginia, the president made a few comments about the distracting nature of technology that have been caroming around the InterWebs ever since. Here's the money quote:

You're coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which don't always rank that high on the truth meter. And with iPods and iPads; and Xboxes and PlayStations -- none of which I know how to work -- information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation. So all of this is not only putting pressure on you; it's putting new pressure on our country and on our democracy.

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As I write this, the number one Google News story on this speech comes courtesy of Fox News ("Obama Warns Grad of iPad Perils"), which links to a New York Post story titled, incredibly, "." I quote:

Lobbing more grenades than the popular "Call of Duty" video game at targets like Apple, Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony, Obama described the companies' most popular offerings as distractions that are putting unnecessary pressure on the country.