Discipline...aka I have no idea what I'm doing

Now that he's very, very mobile, all Foosa wants to do is get into things he shouldn't. We've babyproofed to some extent, cabinet latches and socket covers and what not, but he still manages to access things he shouldn't. While I can deal with most of it, like when he dumps my purse all over the floor and goes through its contents, it concerns me that he has zero reaction when I tell him 'no!' Doesn't pause to look at me, doesn't freeze in place, doesn't act like I'm even speaking.(I know he has no hearing problems, because he reacts to other commands, like the aforementioned, 'Do the pig!') I learned a long time ago that 'the books' are nothing but nonsense, but that doesn't stop me from consulting them anyway, just to see what is supposedly normal. In this case the consensus across a variety of sources is that while he might not stop doing the prohibited task when told no, by this age he should at least acknowledge that it is being said. One of the things he does that worries me the most is when he pulls up on the coffee table, and starts banging as hard as he can on the glass panels that are set in the wood. I'm terrified he is going to hurt himself. I tell him no, and he just keeps doing it. No hesitation. I try to remove him from the situation, and distract him with another task, nope, goes right back to it and tries to bang even harder. I've tried various tones, I've tried explaining to him why its not safe to hit glass (for whatever that's worth), I've even tried giving him commands he does understand as alternatives. Nope. It's seriously his favorite thing to do. I'm about to stash the table in the basement until he learns to control himself, but that doesn't really teach him anything. I just wish he'd stop for even one second and make it seem like he's processing what I'm saying. Oh yeah, I'm really winning at this mom thing.