this.GetRepos = function()
{
    //create an array of the github data, used to prevent mutiple hits
    //to the server for the same user
    var github_usernames = new Array();

    //for all the github-projects divs
    $(GITHUB_PROJECTS_CLASS).each(function(i) {

        //create an array of all unique userids in the page
        if(this.id != undefined)
        {
            //add this object (div by default) that met the query parameters
            //to a list to be altered later
            if( GitHubRepos.displayObjects[this.id] == undefined)
            {
               GitHubRepos.displayObjects[this.id] = new Array();
            }
            GitHubRepos.displayObjects[this.id][i] = this;
        }
    });

    //for each unique user
    for(var i in GitHubRepos.displayObjects)
    {
        //format the github url for our given user and callback function
        var github_url = format(GITHUB_JSON_URL, i, "GitHubRepos.DisplayRepos");

        //insert a script into the DOM to add our JSON data via the github url
        //once the script loads it will callback the DATA_DISPLAY_FUCNTION
        $('head').append(format(DYNAMIC_SCRIPT_TEMPLATE, github_url));
    }
}