diff --git a/.themes/classic/source/_includes/asides/github.html b/.themes/classic/source/_includes/asides/github.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..935ccff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.themes/classic/source/_includes/asides/github.html
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{% if site.github_user %}
+<section>
+  <h1>Github Repos</h1>
+  <ul id="gh_repos">
+    <li class="loading">Status updating...</li>
+  </ul>
+  {% if site.github_show_profile_link %}
+  <a href="https://github.com/{{site.github_user}}">@{{site.github_user}}</a> on Github
+  {% endif %}
+  <script type="text/javascript">
+    $.domReady(function(){
+        if (!window.jXHR){
+            var jxhr = document.createElement('script');
+            jxhr.type = 'text/javascript';
+            jxhr.src = '{{ root_url}}/javascripts/libs/jXHR.js';
+            var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
+            s.parentNode.insertBefore(jxhr, s);
+        }
+
+        github.showRepos({
+            user: '{{site.github_user}}',
+            count: {{site.github_repo_count}},
+            skip_forks: {{site.github_skip_forks}},
+            target: '#gh_repos'
+        });
+    });
+  </script>
+  <script src="{{ root_url }}/javascripts/github.js" type="text/javascript"> </script>
+</section>
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/.themes/classic/source/javascripts/github.js b/.themes/classic/source/javascripts/github.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..623d493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.themes/classic/source/javascripts/github.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+github = (function(){
+    function render(target, repos){
+        var i = 0, fragment = '', t = $(target)[0];
+
+        for(i = 0; i < repos.length; i++)
+            fragment += '<li><a href="'+repos[i].url+'">'+repos[i].name+'</a><p>'+repos[i].description+'</p></li>';
+
+        t.innerHTML =  fragment;
+    }
+    return {
+        showRepos: function(options){
+            var feed = new jXHR();
+            feed.onerror = function (msg,url) {
+              $(options.target + ' li.loading').addClass('error').text("Error loading feed");
+            }
+            feed.onreadystatechange = function(data){
+              if (feed.readyState === 4) {
+                var repos = [];
+                var i;
+                for (i = 0; i < data.repositories.length; i++){
+                  if (options.skip_forks && data.repositories[i].fork)
+                    continue;
+                  repos.push(data.repositories[i]);
+                }
+                repos.sort(function(a, b){
+                    var a = new Date(a.pushed_at),
+                        b = new Date(b.pushed_at);
+
+                    if (a.valueOf() == b.valueOf()) return 0;
+                    return a.valueOf() > b.valueOf() ? -1 : 1;
+                });
+
+                if (options.count)
+                    repos.splice(options.count);
+
+                render(options.target, repos)
+              }
+            };
+            feed.open("GET","http://github.com/api/v2/json/repos/show/"+options.user+"?callback=?");
+            feed.send();
+        }
+    };
+})();
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diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 00dc8aa..42de341 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ twitter_follow_button: true
 twitter_show_follower_count: false
 twitter_tweet_button: true
 
+# github repositories
+github_user:
+github_repo_count: 0
+github_show_profile_link: true
+github_skip_forks: true
+
 # Google Plus
 google_plus_one: true
 google_plus_one_size: medium