A simple category on object to let you perform a block after a delay, rather than having to pass in a selector reference

gistfile1.m

// http://stackoverflow.com/a/4007066/5416

@implementation NSObject (PerformBlockAfterDelay)

- (void)performBlock:(void (^)(void))block 
          afterDelay:(NSTimeInterval)delay 
{
    block = [[block copy] autorelease];
    [self performSelector:@selector(fireBlockAfterDelay:) 
               withObject:block 
               afterDelay:delay];
}

- (void)fireBlockAfterDelay:(void (^)(void))block {
    block();
}

@end