My mac is slowly dying!

It's a whole series of bizarre things which started last Saturday when I booted up my mac.
First there is a program window permanently open called "loginwindow", spotlight has disappeared, and whenever I type it stops for a bit and says "cannot contact spell checker."
Most annoyingly I cannot empty the trash, and now my computer is full! Quicktime crashes whenever I open it, and many icons in finder are missing.
I have no idea whats going on!! I am virus free!
Machine Name: Mac mini
Machine Model: PowerMac10,1
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.2)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.25 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 512 MB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.8.9f4
Serial Number: VM5300FUTYV

250mb of available space left is most certainly in the danger zone. Of course I can not say without doubt that there isn't something else going on with your system, but with that little space left you can expect system issues.
The first thing I would do in your situation is free up enough space to be able to start backing up your important documents either to an external or cd/dvd's. After that I would start freeing whatever space you can. Then, you can start attacking the problems you are having.
Hopefully someone more knowledgeable with space issues will offer a more specific course of action. Personally, for performance and stability reasons, I never let my internal hard drive go below 40% full.
This may be excessive, but I haven't had any issues for over a year on the system I am currently using.
Good luck!!

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