Two machines, one user sync?

We now have two machines running Snow Leopard.
is there an elegant way to have one home user for both machines that syncs
application support files?
thanks
∞WES

User>Library>Application Support>Address Book
User>Library>Application Support>iCal
these folders contain all the input data info for the apps.
What I have done so far to sync is copy folder from one machine to the other,
so all the entries are accessible on each machine.
my question is more specifically:
I entered an address in AddressBook on machine 1, is there a way to automate it showing up in my AddressBook on machine two?

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