Since a very young age, Chris Hunter has always had a vested interest in how things work and why. That curiosity and drive led his grandfather to hand him a 386 DX processor with a motherboard. The quest was to figure out how it works. At the age of five, Chris gathered all of the knowledge and piggy bank money he could muster to build his first pc. Three years later, he finally built a 16MHz computer with 2MB of ram and a 10MB hard drive. It was hard to finance a computer on a child's budget, but that did not discourage him.
Following the first boot was a firestorm of information. Every bit of data available on computing was gleamed until the local library was exhausted. His comprehension of computing exponentially grew with the introduction of the internet. However, the majority of Chris's knowledge was gained through trial and error. Spending hours trying to figure out what he broke and how he broke it. Google was unfortunately not around.
Over time, any person will stop breaking their own computer and have to start fixing others. By age fifteen, Chris had launched his own repair business in the Reno/Lake Tahoe, NV area to cover his ever-increasing upgrade costs. This business supported his hardware habit and lifestyle until he moved out of state.
Chris then moved on to pursue college. He enrolled at Oklahoma University for a MS in Computer Science and BS in Computer Engineering. Within a few days of arriving in Oklahoma, Chris was hired to provide level 2 Gateway Technical Support. The job entails answering hundreds of calls a day, and fixing every computer over the phone. This process of continually fixing computers greatly expanded his awareness of how they work. It also gave Chris the ability to visualize the customer's perspective. This experience, combined with his writing skills, allows him to formulate technical verbiage in a manner that the un-informed can comprehend. Along with many other technical related jobs of that time, his job was outsourced to the Philippines.
In order to fill the income gap, Chris restarted his repair business in the OKC area. The business grew to a profitable status with five employees. Despite the success, school had to take priority for many of the employees, and the company was disbanded. Chris is still working on his degree programs.
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Spring of 2007 is when Chris met the owner of fastsilicon.com. Nigel Woodford immediately offered Chris a job contributing to the site. This was a dream situation for Chris, and he picked up the occupation quickly. The site's traffic tripled within nine months, and Chris garnered a promotion to Senior Hardware Editor with offers of partnership. Chris's reviews and articles are in use by websites around the web. These referrers include all major tech sites, and many bigger locations such as Slashdot.org and Maximum PC. His reviews are also in use by companies such as thermaltake and Noctua. Unfortunately, due to mismanagement, Chris decided it was time to move on.
Chris saw the potential, and he launched BHFO in order to continue his successful expedition into the editorial world. Although he loved writing, it was taking up to 10 hours a day with out much income. Chris took a break from writing in order to finance this endevour. He has since supplemented his income with a Computer Repair Business under the BHFO flag. The Northern Nevada company has almost 200 return customers is growing fast. He is hoping to start technical writing again.