See my Mac Mini on another Mac's desktop with firewire

Hello, Does anyone know how to connect a Mac Mini and an Imac G5 so I can see my Mac Mini on his desktop and run the applications from my machine on his? I am hoping to work at my father-in-law's on an upcoming trip and not bring a monitor with me.
I found some info in Help about sharing files but that sounded like I would only be able to work with the files in my Shared folder. I want my Mac Mini to show up just like another hard drive on his desktop.
Thanks,
Jim

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