Technobubble: Steve Wozniak travels to Reno in Tesla P85D, wins 'big' at blackjack

Technobubble is a regular feature by reporter Jason Hidalgo about games, gadgets and technology. Follow him on Twitter @jasonhidalgo

While munching on some crispy shrimp tacos at a chain restaurant yesterday, I fired up the old Twitter app and noticed an interesting tweet from Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.

"Charging on the way to Reno. (@ Tesla Supercharger in Folsom, CA)."

To recap, "Woz" and his wife Janet were traveling. To Reno. In a Tesla electric car.

How cool is that?

The fact that the Wozniaks also were eating at a chain restaurant — Chili's Grill & Bar at Folsom — made me chuckle as well. As someone known to line up for the latest Apple gadget with the masses, Wozniak is seen as an everyman among many geeks, his not-so-average personal worth and $100,000-plus electric car notwithstanding.

It's a personality that's in stark contrast with the "other Steve" who was crucial to Apple's formation and later renaissance. I doubt that the late Steve Jobs would've ever tweeted out that he was playing blackjack, much less where he was gambling, like Wozniak did last night at Reno's Silver Legacy Resort Casino. I'm also almost 100 percent sure that Jobs would not tweet out his actual room number as part of a fun math equation about how easy it was to remember. Heck, I'm a nobody and I wouldn't tweet out my hotel room number the way Wozniak did, and it's not because journalists typically aren't known as math savants.

Then again, that personality is the reason a lot of folks like the guy. Earlier today, for example, one Twitter user excitedly posted a picture of what he claims to be Wozniak's Tesla Model S P85D electric car at the Silver Legacy parking lot. Better yet, an even more excited Wozniak would tweet about an hour later about he and his wife's latest blackjack triumph. After winning "5 big ones" at blackjack the previous night, the couple apparently scored another haul. Their latest ginormous take?

"Holy moly," Wozniak tweeted. "We won another $300 with our blackjack system. Time to go home early now."

Yep, the guy can still relate to regular people, alright. Now about this blackjack system...