I wanted my iTunes to synch (or 'sync' if you prefer) with my iPhone at 7:20 each morning.  NPR updates its A.M. news podcast at 7:15, and I leave for work at 7:30.  Since I take the subway, I can't listen to the news via radio, so I wanted to get my news via podcast.

I couldn't find a way to do this without programming, so I wrote a little Windows program to start iTunes, and tell iTunes to start synchronizing.