Abstract: The customizable yo-yo system of the present invention makes available a plurality of yo-yos, e.g. two yo-yos or three or more yo-yos, which can easily be disassembled and reassembled to make a set of custom yo-yos. Each of the custom yo-yo has a unique set of performance characteristics selected by the user's preference and skill level. In addition, each of the yo-yos parts are color coded to indicate its associated skill level.

Abstract: A clock radio receives over a network, instructions from a remote device that are configured to sound a local alarm on the clock radio. The clock radio may also receive audio alarm data to be used by the clock radio in sounding the alarm. A user can “snooze” the local alarm and have it sounded at a later time, or “stop” the local alarm and initiate streaming and playback of preconfigured audio data from the remote device. The preconfigured audio data can include a range of personalized and public media. The clock radio enables a user to step through audio files within a stream of preconfigured audio data and to step through additional streams of preconfigured audio data available from the remote device.