New Blog Title Design

I know, it's not the most exciting topic, but it's better than nothing :)
I've been thinking I'd like to come up with a spiffy lettering for the title of this blog. I've tried different things so far, but I'm not quite happy yet. What you see today is where I'm at: a kind of plasticky, GI, red, boldface look. The beach ball is related to the weather where I am now, Barcelona :)
I'm including a couple more designs I tried before. They both got voted down at home for being too spammy :D What do you think?

Version 1

Version 2