Conecting to a remote harddrive

Hello everyone,
I have a mac mini hooked up to my TV at home and use it to play all my dvd's, music, etc through my home stereo. Plugged into the mini is a 160gb usb2.0 hard drive with all of my music on it.
I also have a macbook that I love. I am not too savvy when it comes to more advanced networking, but I would like to be able to connect to this hard drive when I am at school or work and use the music on there as my itunes library. Is this possible? I will be connected to my school and work wirelessly when I am there.
I have been reading a little on different VNC programs, but I am unsure exactly how those might be used.
Ideally I would like some solution that is free or cheap, but I am willing to pay for a solution that will make this possible.
Another issue I was thinking of that might be applicable to my problem is determining if I have a static or dynamic IP address. Would this make a difference? How would I determine if my IP is static or dynamic, and how would I get a dynamic IP if I need it.
Thanks for your help with this long winded question.

This isn't really a Mac Mini-specific question.
I'd suggest that you post in the Tiger networking or the iTunes forum, to get maximum exposure to answers.
And this is not an easy problem. A lot will depend on what routers are between your MacBook and your Mini.
Additionally, are the songs you want to access protected by Apple's Fairplay Digital Rights Management, or are they stuff you ripped?

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