As much as like github for repos - I didn't feel it was *yet* worth to pay the monthly fee to get unlimited private repos. So I decided to move all my private repos to bitbucket, which is free! If you ever need to do the same, here's a link that explains it really well: http://befused.com/git/github-bitbucket-move
I am maintaining this blog to document things that I have done and would like to remember or perhaps could help other people who are facing the same issues.