- (void)methodToRunInBackgroundThread:(id)object {
    // Create this thread's pool
    NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];

    // Do stuff here...


    // And when you're done you'll probably want to update your view but you have to do that on the main thread
    // Bundle up whatever you're sending into a NSArray or something and pass that to another method
    [self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(doOnMainThread:) withObject:@"stuff" waitUntilDone:NO];

    // Release the pool, thread is done
    [pool release];
}