spawnling - spawn gem for Rails to easily fork or thread long-running code blocks
You may equate colon cancer treatment with a loss of appetite or weight loss, but something that affects many patients undergoing colon cancer treatment is a change in their taste buds, with everyday foods just not tasting the same as they did before treatment. Colon Cancer Treatment: How and Why Taste Changes.
Smoking adversely affects the taste buds, which can lead to a metallic taste in the mouth. Environmental chemicals that are inhaled over a prolonged period can also cause a metallic taste. Examples include benzene, hydrazine, gasoline, lacquers, rubber dust, chromates and cobalt.