1. A system comprising: a configurable component of a configurable environment; a configuration module of the configurable environment, the configuration module of the configurable environment being configured to receive a configuration variable, and instruct the configurable component of the configurable environment to configure itself according to the configuration variable; and a configuration application and an environment-translation module of a portable consumer electronic device, the configuration application being configured to send a configuration variable to the configuration module of the configurable environment to initiate configuration of the configurable environment and the environment-translation module configured to translate a configuration variable specific to the configurable environment into a standard configuration variable.