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onehelloworld.com
You know how things always sound more poignant in movies because they're set to some Zach Braff-arranged segment of a song by The Shins? And how, whenever you say something kind of cheesy to your significant other, you think to yourself, "That would have sounded so much deeper if my life had a soundtrack"? That's more or less the function of One Hello World.

One Hello World is a website where visitors can call in, leave a voicemail, and have a song written to supplement their narrative -- so basically it's like having your own Braff for a minute or two. The recordings are posted along with a little note from the site's creator, and they get thousands of plays. Why? Probably for the same reason Post Secret is popular -- because it's fascinating to get brief, intensely personal glimpses into people's lives.

The site's anonymity adds this sense of universality to it, because the person calling in could be your sister, your boyfriend, your boss. And there's a huge range of content -- from one dad talking about his son's first day of kindergarten, to a woman reading a letter her boyfriend wrote to her from rehab.

It's always magical when the internet makes you feel more connected to humanity, and this is definitely one of those sites.