Alrighty, your items are restored. Sorry it took so long.
As for the popups, perhaps I can make those alerts a little more annoying. I've actually been intending on making the alert box itself a little more obvious. You COULD make it bigger by adding the following to your CSS:
#notifsmall{
font-size:24pt !important
}
Note though, if anything changes about the alert box, you might need to update your code.
But that'll definitely make your alert box bigger and more annoying.