NSURLConnection in its own thread

gistfile1.m

NSString* url = @"http://your.url/here";
NSURL* nsurl = [NSURL URLWithString:url];
NSMutableURLRequest* urlReq = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:nsurl];
NSURLConnection *conn = [[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:urlReq delegate:self];

while(!finished) {
	[[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] runMode:NSDefaultRunLoopMode beforeDate:[NSDate distantFuture]];
}

- (void) connectionDidFinishLoading:(NSURLConnection *)connection
{
	finished = TRUE;
}